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Nevada subprime settlement negotiated
DB Structured Products will pay the state of Nevada US$11.5m as part of an agreement to resolve an i...
Job Swaps 18 October 2013 -
Russian mortgage proposal welcomed
The Russian Ministry of Economic Development recently proposed several amendments to certain article...
News Round-up 17 October 2013 -
CCMA insufficient to solve Irish distress?
A recent survey conducted by Moody's shows that Irish RMBS originators have welcomed the revised Iri...
News Round-up 17 October 2013 -
RWN placements follow US rating action
Fitch says it expects to take limited rating actions on US CMBS transactions as a result of its plac...
News Round-up 17 October 2013 -
ARM, subprime names circulating
US non-agency RMBS BWIC volume picked up yesterday to reach around US$560m, with a focus on ARM and...
Market Reports 17 October 2013 -
New hires to lead EM debt push
Babson Capital Management has appointed Brigitte Posch and Ricardo Adrogue to lead its new emerging...
Job Swaps 16 October 2013 -
EMEA downgrade trends discussed
Fitch reports that asset underperformance was the dominant driver of EMEA structured finance (SF) do...
News Round-up 16 October 2013 -
Accounting change to hurt TBA liquidity?
A new rule amendment being considered by the FASB, if adopted, is set to change the accounting treat...
News Round-up 15 October 2013 -
Greek flavour to RMBS secondary
The periphery continues to outperform in secondary European RMBS. Among the bonds circulating on BWI...
Market Reports 15 October 2013 -
Reduction in sovereign ceiling proposed
S&P has published a request for comment on proposed changes to its methodology for assigning...
News Round-up 15 October 2013 -
IRS impact anticipated
In light of the ongoing US government shut-down, Kroll Bond Rating Agency says it has reached out to...
News Round-up 14 October 2013 -
SF definition updated
Moody's has updated its definition of the types of securities it considers to be structured finance...
News Round-up 14 October 2013 -
SCI Start the Week - 14 October
A look at the major activity in structured finance over the past seven days
Pipeline The number of deals joining the pipeline was fairly consistent last week. Three new ABS we...
News 14 October 2013 -
Record year for clean-up calls?
The number of US non-agency RMBS clean-up calls has doubled since the start of summer (SCI 4 June),...
News 11 October 2013 -
H2B2 positive for existing RMBS
The mortgage guarantee component of the UK government's Help-To-Buy scheme should be positive for ex...
News Round-up 11 October 2013 -
Credit hedge fund performance lagging
Credit hedge funds performed well last month, but are struggling to post returns of even half of the...
News Round-up 11 October 2013