Switching from LIBOR to another reference rate looks to be difficult for vintage non-agency MBS. Adopting a replacement rate will require significant communication and cooperation among investors.

A class-action lawsuit against the issuer of a credit card ABS has the potential to eliminate the preemption banks rely on when contributing assets to MBS and ABS.

Investors in interest-only tranches of Countrywide MBS are seeking to change the way payments are calculated.

Noting strong demand for non-agency MBS, issuers are getting creative with the types of loans they package into deals. JPMorgan, Credit Suisse, Angelo Gordon and Goldman Sachs are all entering new sectors.

The rating service’s proposal regarding the treatment of private mortgage insurance on GSE risk-sharing transactions and non-agency MBS prompted some concerns from industry participants.

PIMCO is set to issue a non-agency MBS with loans sourced from non-QM deals issued by Lone Star Funds. The older MBS were subject to clean-up calls, allowing PIMCO to re-package the loans.

Investors in securitized products have proposed various standards for establishing a system for communication among bondholders and issuers.

Deer Park Road Management Company was fined for undervaluing non-agency MBS in a hedge fund. The action is aimed at discouraging artificially smooth performance reporting.

Issuance of MBS backed by non-QMs remains healthy while prime non-agency MBS activity has slowed.

New York-based real estate investment trust MFA Financial is working on two separate non-QM- related MBS deals that could come to market sometime this spring, according to officials familiar with the transactions.