Securitization

Real estate finance expert Brian Olasov has joined the Atlanta office of Carlton Fields Jorden Burt as executive director, financial services consulting.

As China’s economic slowdown roils global equity and commodity markets for the third straight session, securitization investors have just one concern: whether the Federal Reserve will end its’ near-zero interest rate policy in September.

Walker & Dunlop has hired Jeffrey Taschler, a veteran in commercial real estate lending and structured finance, as chief operating officer of its CMBS lending platform.

Social Finance Inc. has hired Joanne Bradford, a veteran of the technology and media industries, as chief operating officer.

The Treasury Department announced Tuesday that members of the public will have an additional month to submit comments about the online marketplace lending industry.

Once again the markets have fallen in love with a group of young, aggressive and not very regulated lenders.

Issuance of European CLOs is running ahead of last year’s pace, and analysts at Bank of America expect this to continue, despite a recent drop in the origination of new loans.

Mars Capital Finance is returning to market with a securitization of U.K. nonconforming and reperforming owner-occupied and buy-to-let mortgage loans, according to Standard & Poor’s.

While issuance of Spanish covered bonds has fallen over the past couple of years, the credit quality of these programs has been improving.

A Chinese unit majority owned by Nissan Motor Co. is prepping an auto loan securitization for CNY1.5 billion ($242 million).

Banks are seeing stronger consumer demand for credit for a range of products, including residential mortgages, auto loans and credit cards, according to a Federal Reserve Board survey of senior loan officers released Monday.

The RE.bound initiative is looking into a novel use for cat bonds: financing resiliency infrastructure. A related study by re:focus partners has put out proposals for certain cities to deal more effectively with climate-related challenges. Here's a few ideas.

Deutsche Bank plans to issue €316 million ($346 million) securities backed by three commercial mortgage loans that are secured by 37 office, retail and hotel properties located in Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium.

Mischler Financial Group, Inc. has named Patrick Beranek as managing director, structured products

Clydesdale Bank is marketing £4.6 billion of securities backed by a pool of U.K. prime residential mortgages under its Lanark master trust.