The debate that won't go away: Nonbank risk to the financial system. Time to worry? The CSBS weighs in.

Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has flagged concerns about the issuer-pays model used by credit rating agencies for securitized products. She said the SEC hasn’t done enough to address the conflicts of interest tied to the model.

Some investors prefer buying non-agency mortgages via whole loan transactions rather than stocked in MBS. Whole loans offer better yields and more loan information.

After WeWork’s failed initial public offering, investors are questioning the risk a co-working model poses to commercial MBS.

One of these days, Fannie and Freddie will need to raise capital by selling stock. Rumor has it that institutional investors are already being courted, including Berkshire Hathaway.

The San Francisco-based lender is prepping a $200 million ABS stocked with home-equity lines of credit originated using blockchain technology.

Low interest rates, along with better alignment of incentives between issuers and investors, are helping boost demand for securitized assets.

Market participants are finding it difficult to move away from LIBOR in the absence of an alternative rate and because of document-related issues.

The bank has shed all securities it acquired as collateral for its $70 million warehouse credit line to now-defunct Live Well Financial.

For the third straight year, in 2018, marketplace lenders held the top spot in the unsecured personal lending space. Meanwhile the share of banks dropped to 28%.