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US RMBS stays subdued
The US RMBS secondary market was quiet once again yesterday as bid-list volume dipped to around US$3...
Market Reports 11 April 2014 -
Japanese credit quality improving
S&P reports that it raised 9.41% of its outstanding ratings on Japanese structured finance s...
News Round-up 9 April 2014 -
MBS funds lead returns
Hedge fund performance was negative in March - returning -0.11% for the month and 1.22% fo...
News Round-up 9 April 2014 -
Reclassifications unlikely to impact ratings
In its role as trustee, US Bank recently reclassified approximately US$500m in forbearance modificat...
News Round-up 8 April 2014 -
Citi agrees to settle RMBS claims
A group of 18 institutional investors has reached an agreement with Citigroup under which it will ma...
Job Swaps 8 April 2014 -
Scrutinising servicing
Mortgage servicers in the cross hairs
Investors and regulators have both started to fix mortgage servicers in their sights. A fresh wave o...
News Analysis 8 April 2014 -
Servicer advance approach revisited
S&P has published an advance notice of proposed criteria change concerning US RMBS transacti...
News Round-up 7 April 2014 -
US RMBS supply rises
US non-agency RMBS secondary market activity continued to build yesterday. BWIC volume reached aroun...
Market Reports 4 April 2014 -
Agency launches RMBS tool
Fitch has launched RMBS Compare, an Excel tool providing access to the rating agency's European RMBS...
Job Swaps 4 April 2014 -
Russian notes placed on review
Moody's has placed the senior notes of AHML 2013-1 under review for possible downgrade. The action f...
News Round-up 4 April 2014 -
RBS to execute on Granite deeds
Moody's says the execution of deeds of undertaking by swap provider RBS relating to swap agreements...
News Round-up 4 April 2014 -
Extraordinary expenses affect assumptions
The treatment of extraordinary expenses in US RMBS transactions could affect cashflow patterns and c...
News Round-up 4 April 2014 -
Subprime voluntary prepays analysed
Moody's estimates in its latest ResiLandscape publication that voluntary prepayments, as measured by...
News Round-up 3 April 2014 -
Portuguese paper tendered
Banco BPI has launched a tender offer for 10 bonds across its Douro Mortgages No. 1, 2 and 3 RMBS. T...
News Round-up 3 April 2014 -
Spring in the step
The European RMBS market has been consistently busy in recent weeks. This healthy level of activity...
Market Reports 3 April 2014 -
SF lawyer on the move
Kaye Scholer has appointed Lawton Camp as a finance partner in its New York office. He joins the fir...
Job Swaps 3 April 2014