A report from Wells Fargo Securities highlighted the importance for investors to protect themselves from the volatile interest rate movements the financial market has seen recently.
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Political pressure backed with money can be very persuasive in Washington and it may provide relief for some underwater borrowers with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans.
April 17 -
Assured Guaranty is saying Moody’s Investors Service should upgrade its bond insurance subsidiaries rather than continue to consider downgrading them.
April 17 -
CoreLogic has gained approval from Standard & Poor's to provide third-party due diligence for RMBS rated by the agency.
April 17 -
Payments made by tobacco companies in 2012 under the master settlement agreement (MSA) largely met official estimates, it was announced Monday.
April 17 -
This week auto issuance is once again driving volume in the ABS market with deals from Ford Motor Credit Co., Honda Motor Co. and BMW.
April 16
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A Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposal would protect certain information banks provide to the agency, but one prominent group is claiming CFPB doesn't have a right to the information in the first place.
April 16 -
Sometime in June, the long-awaited final qualified mortgage rule will be released. Considerable speculation and debate over variations of the rule have taken place since it appeared in the Dodd-Frank Act. Its ultimate form has implications for access to mortgage credit, its cost, and contingent legal liability, among others.
April 16 -
Oak Hill Advisors has added a partner for its European credit business.
April 16 -
Private-label residential MBS interest shortfalls and liquidity disruptions that Standard & Poor's has been observing are likely to continue for some time, a credit analyst said in an online broadcast.
April 16 -
Mortgage lenders issued $29.2 billion of Ginnie Mae MBS in March, up 5% from the prior month as securitizations of Jumbo and multifamily loans surged, according to new figures released by the government.
April 16 -
The 'qualified mortgage' rule that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is working on is expected to limit the kind of mortgages that lenders can make – but may also curb the size of the loans they originate as well.
April 16 -
In a report released today, Barclays Capital analysts said that the potential supply the Federal Reserve's planned sales of parts of its Maiden Lane III (ML III) portfolio should keep a lid on pricing for the AJ tranches on CMBS deals.
April 13