The research firm said the negative equity bucketn improved in 2Q12 versus 1Q12 by $42 billion to $1.15 trillion.

The portfolio comprises primarily of motor vehicle retail installment sale contracts and/or installment loans secured by new and used automobiles and light-duty trucks.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York announced today the sale of the rest of the securities in the Maiden Lane III (ML III) portfolio.

Moody's Investors Service has outlined the main type of risk that securitizations backed by cash flows from single-family rental properties would present in a report published today.

Sources say Fannie Mae has toyed with the idea of no repurchases after 24 months while Freddie has discussed a larger window.

The central bank is planning to sell $3.4 billion in toxic mortgage debt today that it inherited four years ago when it bailed out AIG.

GoldenTree Asset Management’s latest CLO will allow for up to 40% of its holdings to be invested in bonds, a large portion atypical of CLOs.

For the week ending Aug. 23, Freddie Mac reported that rates were at their highest level since the last half of June when they were at 3.66%.

The region's investor-placed securitization issuance reached €44 billion in the first seven months of 2012. This decreased roughly 10% from the same period in 2011, Standard & Poor's said.

The acquiring firm also appoints Andrew Platt to its executive team as head of business development.

The GSE issued a “request for proposal” or similar document to potential vendors late in the spring and anyone receiving it was asked to sign a nondisclosure agreement about its contents.

The Menendez-Boxer bill that would allow more Americans to refinance their mortgages has stalled in the Senate amid a partisan dispute.