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Liquidation timelines lengthening
With the US housing market seemingly on the path to recovery, the volume of distressed non-agency mo...
News Round-up 24 December 2013 -
G-fee hike delayed
Incoming FHFA director Mel Watt intends to delay the increase in GSE guarantee fees announced earlie...
News Round-up 24 December 2013 -
NAIC changes 'mildly positive'
The US National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) last week released its 2013 model resu...
News Round-up 24 December 2013 -
Cherry picking
Euro relative value trades explored
The European securitisation market offers a number of relative value opportunities going into 2014....
News Analysis 24 December 2013 -
Multi-state servicing settlement sealed
Ocwen Financial Corporation has entered into a US$2.1bn settlement with 49 states, the District of C...
Job Swaps 23 December 2013 -
FHFA supporting return of private capital
Numerous initiatives by the FHFA in recent weeks support the return of private capital to the US mor...
News Round-up 23 December 2013 -
GSE PLS settlement reached
The FHFA has reached a settlement with Deutsche Bank, related companies and named individuals for US...
Job Swaps 23 December 2013 -
NJ RMBS mis-selling suit filed
The state of New Jersey has filed a lawsuit against Credit Suisse alleging that it offered more than...
Job Swaps 23 December 2013 -
SCI Start the Week - 23 December
A look at the major activity in structured finance over the past seven days
Pipeline A limited number of deals joined the pipeline last week and of those only one remained com...
News 23 December 2013 -
RBA reporting templates finalised
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has finalised its reporting requirements for CMBS and other ABS,...
News Round-up 23 December 2013 -
European liquid assets examined
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published two reports on liquidity. One concerns the impact...
News Round-up 20 December 2013 -
Volcker Rule spurs CLO sale
BankUnited has disclosed that it sold its CLO holdings, as well as some Re-Remic positions on the op...
News Round-up 20 December 2013 -
Credit inflows 'muted' in November
Investor flows into hedge funds were positive for a fifth consecutive month in November, according t...
News Round-up 19 December 2013 -
Uneven RMBS performance eyed
The improvement in RMBS performance has been uneven across the US, much like the differences in regi...
News Round-up 19 December 2013 -
Bulk MSRs acquired
Two Harbors Investment Corp subsidiary Matrix Financial Services Corporation has entered into an agr...
News Round-up 19 December 2013 -
Taper talk becomes reality
The New York Fed is to begin tapering its asset purchases with an initial US$10bn reduction in the m...
News 19 December 2013