According to Covenant Review, HPS Investment Partners is among the first CLO managers to plan on the use of a forward-looking SOFR term rate to price coupons if Libor benchmark rates disappear after 2021, as expected.
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Foreclosure activity fell 21% in July compared to a year ago and rose 6% from June after twelve consecutive months of declines, according to Attom Data Solutions.
August 26
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The bank started buying more Treasurys and mortgage-backeds over a year ago, long before talk about rate cuts. What did it know that its rivals didn't?
August 25
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The agencies handed banks a significant victory when they finalized revisions to the Dodd-Frank proprietary trading ban, but officials also plan to re-propose changes to the “covered funds” section of the rule.
August 25
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EJF Capital is launching its seventh securitization of subordinated bank debt, via a CDO vehicle that allows smaller banks to raise capital more cheaply and efficiently for regulatory purposes.
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Ginnie Mae followed through with plans to look more closely at secured debt ratios in its latest round of new and revised issuer requirements.
August 23
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Blooma has developed a software product that combs databases to create property profiles for commercial real estate lenders. It can drastically cut origination costs and approval times and help banks identify safer loans, the company says.
August 23
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The tech-driven asset management firm announced it had closed a $115 million asset-backed securities deal led by Cantor Fitzgerald, with unsecured consumer loans acquired from Prosper Marketplace.
August 22
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Refinances jumped in July in response to a considerable mortgage rate decline from the month prior as homeowners set to lock in lower costs, according to Ellie Mae.
August 22
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The manager will have four years to actively buy and trade loan assets in THL Credit Lake Shore MM CLO II, compared to two in THL's debut deal from March.
August 21
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Sheila Bair, who holds board seats at several other organizations, will sit on Fannie's compensation, corporate governance and risk policy committees.
August 21
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The new $258.4 million NP SPE IX transaction is scheduled to pay off in just seven years, compared to 10 years on NP's last deal in 2017.
August 21
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Trustees are concerned about obtaining proper consents from legacy residential mortgage-backed securities investors in a timely fashion in order to make the switch from Libor to another index, Fitch Ratings said.
August 21
