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Although there is a lot of talk on renewable energy, specifically solar financing, in the esoteric space, there are other assets giving the non-traditional sector life.

American Airlines is issuing a structured finance deal comprising $725.7 million of Class-A passthrough certificates., according to Moody's Investors Service.

Structured finance can play a role in freeing the Eurozone from its debt mire, said London-based boutique shop Bishopsfield Capital Partners in a report released today.

Fondo De Amortizacion del Deficit Electrico (FADE) has set price guidance on its two-year bond, according to a Dow Jones report.

Esoteric or non-traditional assets continue to gain momentum by claiming a bigger piece of the securitization market.

In removing about 134 tranches of future flow deals from its structured finance bucket, Moody’s Investors Service will no longer apply regulatory rule 17g-5 to them, said a spokesman for the agency.

Moody’s Investors Service has modified its criteria for what counts as a structured finance instrument, the agency said today.

Dislocation in the primary market continues to highlight value in some of the more non-traditional asset classes.

European structured finance company Bishopsfield Capital Partners has hired Arjan van Bussel as a new partner to boost its advisory, real estate and structured finance businesses.

Moody's Investors Service has assigned provisional ratings to the $50 million whole business securitization from NuCO2.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today voted (4-0 today) unanimously to propose a rule intended to prohibit certain material conflicts of interest between ABS sellers and investors.

Marathon Asset Management hired three new partners for its structured and corporate credit businesses.

ASR just launched a weekly video news update to give our readers a quick rundown of breaking news throughout the week.

Turkey’s Garanti Bank is in discussion with the Overseas Private Investment Corp. (OPIC) over receiving straight funding or a guarantee in a deal that could potentially be a structured transaction, said two sources familiar with the process.

Bingham McCutchen is expanding its presence to California by hiring Dan Passage in the firm's Los Angeles office.

Guatemala’s Banco Industrial has closed a three-tranche $160 million structured deal, an upsize from the $100 million initially proposed, according to sources close to the deal.

PERILS , the Zurich-based firm offering industrywide European catastrophe insurance data, today reported that the total limits placed based on the PERILS industry loss index since the start of 2010 is now over $2.5 billion.