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New CEO for Fannie Mae
Michael Williams has been appointed president and chief executive for US mortgage lender Fannie Mae.
Banks may be the latest victims of a continuing drive by rating agencies to impose harsher tests on highly-rated structured finance products, analysts said.
Government sponsored entity (GSE) Fannie Mae announced losses of $25.2 billion for the fourth quarter of 2008 yesterday, linked to mortgage defaults, falling home prices and ailing credit markets. The...
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Clearing CDS for lift-off
A new single-name North American credit default swap (CDS) contract, due to be launched next month, is expected to bring greater standardisation to the market and pave the way for central clearing.
Cash-settlement auctions working, says Isda
The auction process for cash-settling credit derivatives trades has been tested recently but is working well, said Bob Pickel, chief executive of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, at a symposium held by the organisation in New York...
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Agency/supranational - Winner: Fannie Mae Bookrunners: Barclays Capital, Citi, JPMorgan Following hot on the heels of the government bailout on September 7, the $7 billion issue from Fannie Mae received a resounding welcome from the market. The...
Dealers vote for third LCDX auction
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association will publish terms for a cash-settlement auction on loan credit default swaps (LCDSs) referencing Hawaiian Telecom over the coming weeks.
Freddie Mac posts heavy losses in Q3
Battered by the ailing residential real estate market, Freddie Mac reported a $25.3 billion loss in the third quarter of 2008 and requested a $13.8 billion capital injection from the US Treasury.
Paulson: buying MBSs no longer Tarp priority
Treasury secretary Hank Paulson closed the door to systematic US government purchases of illiquid mortgage-backed securities under its $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Programme (Tarp), during a briefing in Washington, DC today.
US home loan modification scheme unveiled
In an effort to halt home foreclosures, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), in conjunction with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, unveiled a programme to ease payment terms for hundreds of thousands of US mortgage holders on Tuesday.
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