When servicing on auto ABS transferred earlier this year following the failure of two issuers, delinquencies on the deals spiked. Months later, defaults remain well above the levels seen before the transfers.

A lawsuit accusing Moody’s and S&P of fraud and negligent misrepresentation in rating auction rate securities in the runup to the 2008 crisis was dismissed by a New York court last week.

The Department of Energy is providing a 90% guarantee on loans in an ABS from Sunnova Energy. The loans are part of DOE’s new solar program, Project Hestia.

Loan buyback demands don’t seem to be an issue in the world of non-QM lending, at least not yet. But that could change, especially for low-capital originators who get swamped by aggregator demands, even on performing mortgages.

Federal Reserve examiners didn’t do enough to prevent the failure of Silicon Valley Bank, according to the Fed’s IG. Now, the Fed is working to address interest rate risk tied to bank holdings of MBS and ABS.

In a case that could have far-reaching effects on MBS investors, a New York judge ordered a servicer to recalculate clean-up call termination prices to include deferred payments.

The case against UBS Securities will determine whether the antiretaliation provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires a whistleblower to prove “retaliatory intent.”

The Climate Impact Suite will allow whole-loan investors to assess expected losses due to climate risk.

Revised rating methodologies by DBRS and other rating services could lead to mortgages with private MI going into non-agency MBS.

Ginnie loosens requirements for RPL pooling; Fannie sees tighter spreads with latest CRT issuance; tender offers on outstanding CRT transactions; new ABS issuers; DBRS proposes changes to commercial MBS rating methodology.