MBS/ABS Production Soared to Record-Busting $1.3 Trillion in First 9 Months, IM&A Data Reveal Despite a major disruption in the securities market attributable to last month’s terrorist attacks, new issuance of mortgage- and asset-backed securities in the first nine months of this year climbed to a record-shattering $1.27 trillion level, according to preliminary numbers compiled by Inside MBS & ABS.