ABS issuers are scrambling to get a handle on complex new rules to mitigate conflicts of interest in the structured finance market that are being developed by the Securities and Exchange Commission and federal banking regulators. “At the end of the day, we’ll spend lots of time figuring out how to comply,” said Bianca Russo, managing director and associate general counsel at JPMorgan Chase, during a seminar sponsored last week by the American Securitization Forum. “It’s going to be a challenge to comply, however the rules turn out.” Complexity and consistency are...