The Securities and Exchange Commission had charged James Im, a former bond trader for Nomura Holdings, with fraud for inflating the prices of MBS he bought from and sold to investors.

Failure to submit a timely and specific repurchase demand involving pre-2008 non-agency MBS doomed a U.S. Bank lawsuit.

The White House responded quickly to SCOTUS’ Wednesday ruling that the FHFA director can be fired at will. Within hours, Mark Calabria was shown the door and Sandra Thompson was appointed acting chief.

As the clock winds down on the Trump White House, the GSE regulator continues to pull levers. Just not the big one. Credit: Steve Mnuchin.

The use of LIBOR as an index is slated to end in just under 13 months but the benchmark administrator has other ideas. One issue: legacy contracts.

The enterprise said 544 loans from uniform MBS pools and 677 loans from mega/super pools were erroneously liquidated due to a servicer’s error. Investors in the securities have the option to pursue claims.

FHFA Director Mark Calabria hopes to finalize the GSE capital rule before yearend. But the proposal is so controversial that many industry watchers said it most likely won’t survive a change in administration.

Nonbank Ginnie Mae issuers increased their borrowings under the PTAP program in May but not significantly. Next up: FHA’s forbearance policy on loans in progress.

Less than a week after dismissing the Arrowood case, Judge Margaret Sweeney released a previously sealed different decision in a related case.

A coalition of state AGs and Hawaii’s Office of Consumer Protection urged the OCC to withdraw a proposed rule that would confer federal preemption privileges on unregulated nonbanks.