While institutional investors and insurance companies have been increasing their allocations to whole loans, the infrastructure supporting those allocations hasn’t kept pace, the software company said.
Since the Iran war started, interest rates have returned to where they were when President Trump directed the GSEs to purchase $200 billion in MBS and most analysts say GSE reform is now off the table.
The government-sponsored enterprises and Ginnie Mae have requirements that keep many community development financial institutions out of the mortgage business, according to CDFIs.
JPMorgan Chase remained the largest bank CLO investor despite a modest decline in its portfolio during the fourth quarter of 2025. (Includes data table.)