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January 19, 2018

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Non-Mortgage ABS Issuance Hit Post-Crisis High in 2017 Despite Sluggish Finish in 4Q17

A huge rebound in securitization of credit-card receivables in 2017 helped boost the non-mortgage ABS market to a significant 21.2 percent increase in new issuance, according to a new rank-ing and analysis by Inside MBS & ABS. Read More

Capitol Hill Hasn’t Shown Its Secondary-Market Reform Plans, FHFA Worries about Too Many Guarantors

Although the stars might be aligned for legislative reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac this year, new developments late this week illuminate the difficulty of the task at hand. Read More

Issuance of Non-Agency MBS Backed by New Jumbo and Expanded-Credit Mortgages Starts 2018 with a Bang

After a typical lull at the end of the year, issuance of non-agency MBS is coming fast and furious. A number of issuers are prepping deals backed by a variety of newly originated loans, including prime jumbo mortgages, expanded-credit mortgages and loans eligible for sale to the government-sponsored enterprises. Read More

MBS and ABS Issuers Tap Financing for Retained Risk, Helping to Minimize Impact of Requirement

Issuers of MBS and ABS are finding ways to finance their holdings of retained risk in the wake of risk-retention requirements that came into effect in 2016, according to attorneys at the law firm of Mayer Brown. Read More

Freddie Expands ACIS Credit-Risk Transfer Program, Securing Two-Year Commitment to Cover Acquisitions

Freddie Mac recently introduced a new front-end credit-risk transfer option for its Agency Cred-it Insurance Structure program, the second-largest form of its CRT activity. Read More

The Fed’s ‘Great Unwind’ Will Likely Lag Due to Payment Uncertainties, Aspects of the TBA Market

The plan of the Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee to shrink the U.S. central bank’s huge balance sheet probably will unfold with a bit of a lag because of the uncertainty surrounding principal payments and the forward-settling nature of the to-be-announced MBS market, according to economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Read More

GSE Shareholders Continue to Appeal, Argue Their Case Against FHFA, Treasury in 2018

After their case against the Federal Housing Finance Agency was dismissed by the U.S. District Court for Delaware in November, government-sponsored enterprise shareholders David Jacobs and Gary Hindes recently filed an appeal. Read More

Eighth Circuit Raises the Bar for Indemnification Claims, Ruling Benefits Mortgage Sellers, Insurers

Correspondent lenders and insurers may benefit from a recent decision by the U.S. Appeals Court for the Eighth Circuit regarding indemnification for prior settlements. Read More

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