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The Bond Market Association has said it wants the Securities and Exchange Commission to be more clear on how the agency's securities offering reform proposal will affect asset-backed securities, particularly in relation to the recently approved Regulation AB. In one of two comment letters on the SEC's recently proposed amendments to Regulation M, the securities offering regulation, the BMA addressed several points they would like to see changed before the final rule.

Cendant Corp., the largest travel and real estate services company in the U.S., announced last week that it had spun off subsidiary PHH Corp., an entity that housed the mortgage and fleet leasing operations of the parent company.

As the market stands witness to current low default rates, thin credit spreads, and downward flexes in the loan market, analysts from Standard & Poor's are worried that these current positive market trend indicators will paint the wrong picture for market followers.

The annual study of structured finance ratings transitions by Moody's Investors Service found that upgrades have evened out with downgrades in U.S. the structured finance market.

NEW YORK - There was a familiar refrain heard throughout the first day of the World Research Group's third annual conference dedicated to advancing IP structured finance held here last week - where are the deals?

Year to date as of 02/03 Term (days) 01/28 01/31 02/01 02/02 02/03 1-week

Full Credit to Book (Equal if Joint) U.S. Public ABS Market/144A Market Managers Proceeds (mils) Rank Mkt. Share # of Issues Credit Suisse First Boston 2,418.8 1 20.4 3 Deutsche Bank AG 2,162.6 2 18.2 3 Merrill Lynch & Co Inc 1,642.8 3 13.9 2 JP Morgan 1,545.0 4 13.0 3 Goldman Sachs & Co 1,259.0 5 10.6 1 Citigroup 1,232.1 6 10.4 2 Barclays Capital 1,154.4 7 9.7 2 Wachovia Corp 450.0 8 3.8 1 Industry Total 11,864.5 - 100.0 8 Source: Thomson Financial

Full Credit to Book (Equal if Joint) U.S. Public ABS Market/144A Market Managers Proceeds (mils) Rank Mkt. Share # of Issues Merrill Lynch & Co Inc 497.5 1 62.0 1 Morgan Stanley 305.0 2 38.0 1 Industry Total 802.5 - 100.0 2 Source: Thomson Financial

Full Credit to Book (Equal if Joint) U.S. Public ABS Market/144A Market Managers Proceeds (mils) Rank Mkt. Share # of Issues Morgan Stanley 1,579.0 1 96.8 1 Deutsche Bank AG 17.6 2 1.1 1 Barclays Capital 17.6 2 1.1 1 Banc of America Securities LLC 17.6 2 1.1 1 Industry Total 1,631.8 - 100.0 2 Source: Thomson Financial

Full Credit to Book (Equal if Joint) U.S. Public ABS Market/144A Market Managers Proceeds (mils) Rank Mkt. Share # of Issues - - - - - Industry Total - - - - Source: Thomson Financial

Full Credit to Book (Equal if Joint) U.S. Public ABS Market/144A Market Managers Proceeds (mils) Rank Mkt. Share # of Issues Morgan Stanley 5,118.7 1 13.6 7 Credit Suisse First Boston 4,560.0 2 12.1 8 Citigroup 3,557.6 3 9.4 4 Deutsche Bank AG 3,535.7 4 9.4 6 Countrywide Securities Corp 3,102.4 5 8.2 2 Lehman Brothers 2,894.9 6 7.7 9 Merrill Lynch & Co Inc 2,567.8 7 6.8 3 Bear Stearns & Co Inc 2,329.6 8 6.2 5 Royal Bank of Scotland Group 1,962.8 9 5.2 4 JP Morgan 1,380.4 10 3.7 4 Industry Total 37,671.4 - 100.0 52 Source: Thomson Financial

Full Credit to Book (Equal if Joint) U.S. Public ABS Market/144A Market Managers Proceeds (mils) Rank Mkt. Share # of Issues Citigroup 1,980.0 1 30.7 3 UBS 1,583.3 2 24.6 3 Morgan Stanley 1,540.6 3 23.9 1 Banc of America Securities LLC 700.0 4 10.9 1 Deutsche Bank AG 303.3 5 4.7 1 JP Morgan 303.3 5 4.7 1 Goldman Sachs & Co 40.0 7 0.6 1 Industry Total 6,450.6 - 100.0 5 Source: Thomson Financial

Year to date as of Feb 2 Coupon Type Market Average Life Buckets Asset Class Volume Pub/144A Fixed Rate Floating Rate Public 144A 0.0 to 0.9 1.0 to 2.9 3.0 to 5.9 6.0 to 7.9 8.0 to 11.0 Aircraft Leases 126 126 126 126 Auto Loans/Recs 41,391 36,622 4,769 35,132 6,259 16,580 18,742 6,069 Comm. Mtg 2,899 1,294 1,605 2,899 1,261 229 829 540 Commercial Loans Corp Bond/Note 3,846 1,696 2,150 3,846 2,569 746 45 485 Corporate Loans 5,352 286 5,066 5,352 2,480 395 370 1,192 914 Credit Card Rec 28,632 10,299 18,333 24,659 3,974 19,334 1,400 5,749 900 1,249 Debentures 2,122 2,122 2,122 2,122 Equip Loans Equip. Leases 4,744 4,469 275 4,164 580 2,293 1,388 554 221 289 Floorplan Recs 8,026 840 7,186 7,902 124 4,014 830 3,182 Franchisee Loans 194 194 194 Home Impr Loans Installment Recs 1,797 1,797 1,797 1,797 Junk Bonds Leveraged Loans 1,174 64 1,110 1,174 38 10 284 842 Mixed Collateral 1,881 7 1,874 1,881 1,500 306 22 53 Mnfrd Housing Ct 200 200 200 200 Motorcycle Loans 2,740 2,740 2,740 313 1,923 504 Mutual Fund Fees 501 331 170 501 501 Non-Jumbo Mtg Ln 68,520 31,864 33,291 65,728 2,793 41,621 14,956 10,760 849 319 Oil Receivables Preferred Sec 3,597 2,268 1,330 3,597 3,253 158 186 Prv Issued Sec 1,852 1,079 380 590 1,262 1,852 Rental Car Rec. 2,400 1,300 1,100 2,400 1,300 1,100 Rev Cred/Home Eq 216,332 125,057 77,504 186,006 30,325 143,388 44,757 25,956 1,606 553 Sm Business Loan 828 828 828 828 Struc Fin Credit 14,838 6,458 8,380 14,838 5,807 2,507 4,928 1,508 Student Loans 30,626 6,957 21,983 25,639 4,986 17,780 3,239 4,044 3,663 1,808 Tax Liens Ticket Rec Timeshare Loans 635 386 250 635 336 300 Tobacco Receives Trade Recs Unspecified/NA Note: Figures are preliminary and subject to change. Data includes U.S. deals and dollar Euro 144As.Source: Thomson Financial

Rev Cred/Home Eq 48% Non-Jumbo Mtg Ln 15% Auto Loans/Recs 9% Student Loans 7% Credit Card Rec 6% Other 15%

Year to date as of 01/27 Term (days) 01/21 01/24 01/25 01/26 01/27 1-week

Full Credit to Book (Equal if Joint) U.S. Public ABS Market/144A Market Managers Proceeds (mils) Rank Mkt. Share # of Issues Deutsche Bank AG 2,162.6 1 19.8 3 Credit Suisse First Boston 2,035.0 2 18.6 2 JP Morgan 1,845.0 3 16.9 3 Merrill Lynch & Co Inc 1,259.0 4 11.5 1 Goldman Sachs & Co 1,259.0 4 11.5 1 Citigroup 1,232.1 6 11.3 2 Barclays Capital 1,154.4 7 10.6 2 Industry Total 10,947.0 - 100.0 7 Source: Thomson Financial

Full Credit to Book (Equal if Joint) U.S. Public ABS Market/144A Market Managers Proceeds (mils) Rank Mkt. Share # of Issues Merrill Lynch & Co Inc 497.5 1 100.0 1 Industry Total 497.5 - 100.0 1 Source: Thomson Financial

Full Credit to Book (Equal if Joint) U.S. Public ABS Market/144A Market Managers Proceeds (mils) Rank Mkt. Share # of Issues Morgan Stanley 1,579.0 1 96.8 1 Deutsche Bank AG 17.6 2 1.1 1 Barclays Capital 17.6 2 1.1 1 Banc of America Securities LLC 17.6 2 1.1 1 Industry Total 1,631.8 - 100.0 2 Source: Thomson Financial

Full Credit to Book (Equal if Joint) U.S. Public ABS Market/144A Market Managers Proceeds (mils) Rank Mkt. Share # of Issues - - - - - Industry Total - - - - Source: Thomson Financial

Full Credit to Book (Equal if Joint) U.S. Public ABS Market/144A Market Managers Proceeds (mils) Rank Mkt. Share # of Issues Merrill Lynch & Co Inc 3,607.8 1 16.5 4 Barclays Capital 2,081.7 2 9.5 2 Citigroup 2,081.7 2 9.5 2 Bear Stearns & Co Inc 1,842.6 4 8.4 3 JP Morgan 1,764.4 5 8.1 3 Royal Bank of Scotland Group 1,751.0 6 8.0 3 Morgan Stanley 1,666.3 7 7.6 2 Credit Suisse First Boston 1,633.8 8 7.5 2 Deutsche Bank AG 1,516.1 9 6.9 3 Washington Mutual Inc 1,123.6 10 5.1 1 Goldman Sachs & Co 1,123.6 10 5.1 1 Industry Total 21,919.0 - 100.0 20 Source: Thomson Financial