Industry participants continue to try to influence the Securities and Exchange Commission on a proposed rule addressing conflicts of interest in the securitization market.

A pending proposal led by the Federal Reserve could see big banks facing higher capital requirements on their holdings of securities classified as available-for-sale.

The new connections and funding are designed to make the loan trading platform available to more sellers, particularly those that focus on agency business.

If the federal government doesn’t increase its debt ceiling in the near term, payments to investors in MBS and ABS will largely still continue as usual, according to DBRS. But there are significant risks in terms of borrower performance.

After receiving intense criticism and a warning from the DOJ, S&P revised a proposal for assessing risk-based capital at insurance companies. One of the changes involves MBS and ABS.

With spreads on commercial MBS at wider levels than they were during the early days of the pandemic, portfolio managers at DoubleLine Capital are looking to increase investments in the sector. They caution against painting the commercial MBS market with a broad brush.

Bloomberg will update its agency MBS prepayment models in May to account for rising interest rates and housing market demand.

Volatility stemming from bank failures in March put a damper on non-agency MBS issuance. A jumbo deal was pulled and expanded-credit activity slowed.

The SEC’s proposed rule on conflicts of interest in the securitization market is unworkable and unnecessarily broad, according to industry stakeholders.

After undertaking drastic leadership changes in December, Chimera is now looking to expand its investments beyond reperforming loans.