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MBS investors need to choose their servicer wisely: Joseph Mason column...
Having the right servicer in place is critical in maximising the recovery value of distressed loans in mortgage-backed portfolios.
Research due to be presented today to a Senate subcommittee shows major rating agencies gave optimistic credit ratings to keep profits high.
Jefferies, the global securities and investment banking group, has hired Cyril Paillard as managing director in mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities sales. Paillard joins from Royal Bank of Scotland,...
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A new mandate: Insurers and RMBS capital
Late last year the US National Association of Insurance Commissioners removed its condition that external credit ratings should be used by insurers to calculate the capital requirements for holdings of residential mortgage-backed securities. Laurie Carver...
Société Générale suffers €1.4 billion in asset writedowns
PARIS – Société Générale (SG) has suffered a €1.4 billion ($2 billion) hit to its quarterly profits as result of having to make writedowns and provisions on US mortgage-related assets. The French bank says it will make a “slight” but unspecified...
US recovery and low interest rates buoy the carry trade in 2010, say...
Mounting confidence in US economc recovery and the Federal Reserve's decision to keep interest rates close to 0% for the time being should lead to a surge in carry trades across asset classes, establishing the strategy as the dominant investment trend...
FDIC considers securitisation of failed bank assets
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is considering securitising some of the failed bank assets in its receivership, according to a policy advisor at the agency. “The FDIC is looking at all options to maximise the value of the assets in receiverships,...
MBS purchase scheme hits $20bn
The US Treasury’s toxic mortgage-backed security purchase scheme passed the $20 billion threshold in November, with private-sector asset managers committing more than $5 billion to the plan. On November 30, the eighth of nine approved Public-Private...
Ex-Bear Stearns hedge fund managers acquitted
NEW YORK – Matthew Tannin and Ralph Cioffi, the two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers accused of fraud for misleading their investors about the subprime crisis, have been acquitted by a Brooklyn district court jury. The result of USA v Cioffi...
Trouble brewing
Despite early signs the US recession may be over, the short-term future for many of the country’s small and medium-sized banks looks grim as they struggle to deal with mounting losses on whole loan portfolios. By Rob Davies
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