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Proposed changes to GAAP could make it less attractive to lease large equipment, but more attractive to securitize leases.

Two Ohio utility rate reduction bonds that priced this summer rekindle a debate as to the appropriate benchmark for these securities.

A longstanding leading issuer of munis, New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) took an entirely new approach to the capital markets this past July: a catastrophe bond.

Proposed changes to GAAP could make it less attractive to lease large equipment, but more attractive to securitize leases

John Deere priced $849 million of notes backed by equipment installment sale contracts,

The French reinsurer, SCOR Global Life plans to issue a mortality insurance –linked securitization called Atlas IX Capital Ltd.

Despite announcing that a deal would be ready in “weeks,” FeatherStone has yet to select a ratings agency to rate the deal, nor has the group selected a lead underwriter to lead the transaction.

Moody’s Investors Service and Fitch Ratings have both given top marks to John Deere’s latest securitization of equipment installment sale contracts.

John Deere is planning an $848.6 million securitization of agricultural and construction equipment loans, it second deal of the year.

Insight Wireless Group is marketing $177.5 million of securities backed by mortgages on cellular towers.

CNH Capital America's latest, $755.5 million equipment lease securitization priced wide of levels on its previous deal, which came to market in May.

Kane SAC, a subsidiary of Kane, has launched a private catastrophe bond platform from which it has initially issue $9.5 million of Series 1-2013 notes.

CNH Capital America is marketing its third equipment lease securitization of the year, the $755.5 million CNH Equipment Trust 2013-C.

The proposed changes could result in downgrades of a single notch to one or two existing deals.

Lowered fixed-income allocations will continue to pressure on structured finance credit spreads in the medium term, said Standard & Poor’s today.

The City of New York priced its $91.4 million of tax lien securitization at 85 basis points over the Eurodollar synthetic forward curve (EDSF) for the 1.12- year, triple-A rated tranche.

Despite improving transaction characteristics for container lease securitizations, the sector still faces some risks that could prevent deals from earning 'A' ratings, Fitch Ratings warns in a research report published today.

Citigroup plans to issue two credit card receivables securitications from its Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust,

Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corp. is planning a $563 million securitization of federally-guaranteed student loans, according to a presale report from Standard and Poor's.