Securitization

Is it time for asset-backed deals to go back to Treasurys as their pricing benchmark? This is a question that researchers at J.P. Morgan are posing to the market.

Mortgage consulting firm Clayton Holdings has hired Mark Hughes as a head of sales and marketing.

ReadyCap Lending LLC has launched a $218.8 million small balance commercial loan securitization, according to Moody’s Investors service.

Fitch Ratings warned Friday that it has been “surprised” to see an increasing number of requests by borrowers to change the terms of loans backing mortgage bonds shortly after securitization.

Santander Consumer reported an uptick in loan modifications, a sign that the auto lender is continuing its aggressive play for subprime borrowers.

Freddie Mac priced another residential mortgage securitization that includes a mix of guaranteed and non-guaranteed notes.

U.S. consumers are shouldering record levels of debt to get behind the wheel of an automobile.

Nationstar's third transaction backed by inactive reverse mortgages is the first to be rated by Moody's Investors Service.

Fannie Mae gets reinsurance on mortgages with LTVs in excess of 80%.

Darien Rowayton Bank plans to securitized a portfolio of refinanced private student loan debt, according to DBRS.

Cerberus Capital Management keeps cranking out bonds backed by re-performing residential mortgages.

Morgan Stanley and UBS’ latest offering of commercial mortgage bonds is most notable for what it lacks: a large number of loans with very high leverage.

Fitch Ratings is proposing changes to the way it rates bonds backed by government-guaranteed student loans to account for the slower pace at which these loans are being repaid.

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

Are Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac an antidote to the influence of big banks in the mortgage market, and, by extension, in the economy?

J.G. Wentworth is marketing $102.1 million of bonds backed by structured settlement payments; it’s the sponsors third transaction so far this year.

The Supreme Court might hear a case that’s pivotal for marketplace lenders.

Springleaf Holdings has changed its name to OneMain Holdings after buying its top competitor from Citigroup for $4.49 billion.