The status quo in the MBS market – suffocating domination by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae – isn’t likely to change for the next five years, or longer, according to industry experts at this week’s ABS East conference in Miami sponsored by Information Management Network. Although a number of industry groups have offered proposals similar to the third option outlined by the Treasury Department in its reform white paper – a more competitive market of issuers backed by private capital that issue MBS with backstop guarantees from the government – those proposals are far from uniform, said Laurie Goodman, senior managing director at...