CDOs

RAIT Partnership is the latest sponsor to tap the securitization market with bonds backed by commercial real estate loans, according to Moody's Investors Service.

Ten U.S. collateralized loan obligations totaling $4.8 billion were issued in November, marking the lowest monthly level since January 2014, according to Thomson Reuters LPC.

NorthStar's only marketed two previous CRE CLOs since 2012.

CLO managers have received some Congressional backing for their efforts to curb the impact of forthcoming risk-retention standards.

Jefferies is Floating Plans to Finance the 5% stakes that CLO managers will need to retain in their own deals.

New bank capital rules on the horizon could nearly wipe out secondary trading in most kinds of asset-backeds, said JPMorgan analysts in a report.

A jump in lending in many parts of Europe, coupled with rising economic growth and higher employment, should help bolster the performance of securitizations in Europe, according to Fitch Ratings.

Issuance of CLOs in the U.S. market this year fell short of 2014 totals will fall further next year, Wells Fargo Securities Senior Analyst David Preston said in a recent report.

Regiment Capital Advisors sold the management contracts to four collateralized loan obligations totaling $1.6 billion to Sankaty Advisors.