Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner late this week had a message for those hoping to water down last year's financial regulatory overhaul — it's not going to happen.
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Goldman Sachs has offered initial price guidance on certain slices of a $400 million CLO it is arranging for Ares Management, according to reports.
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Moody's Investors Service has just released a Request for Comment (RFC) that describes its proposed approach to rating ABS backed by U.S. FFELP student loans.
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The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has sold $7.014 billion worth of assets from its Maiden Lane II (ML II) portfolio via a competitive process to Credit Suisse.
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The Bundesbank, Germany’s central bank, plans to shed roughly €2 billion ($2.6 billion) of distressed property loans tied to the Lehman Brothers' debacle, according to a Financial Times report today.
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Milbank has hired Deborah Festa as a partner, resident in its Los Angeles office. Festa regularly advises investment managers in strategies and deals designed to augment and protect their assets.
January 19
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Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan said the ongoing settlement talks between the federal government, state attorneys general, and the nation's largest servicers have produced a "package of programs that we believe will be very positive" for the housing market.
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Data provider Lender Processing Services (LPS) reported today December 2011 month-end mortgage performance statistics derived from its loan-level database of close to 40 million mortgage loans.
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Russian bank VTB 24 is looking to do a securitization of its car loan portfolio and might announce this transaction in 1Q12, according to Interfax Information Agency report.
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Freddie Mac reported a new low of 3.88% on 30-year fixed mortgages for the week ending Jan. 19, down one basis point from last week.
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Freddie Mac yesterday afternoon released the results of its 28th Annual Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Survey of prime loan offerings. The GSE conducted the survey from Jan. 3 to Jan. 5.
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Carrington Holding Co. announced an agreement with certain investment funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management to fund the purchase of up to $450 million in distressed single family homes on a national basis.
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The nation's attorneys general, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) are “very close” to finalizing a legal settlement to settle 'robosigning' allegations levied against the nation's dozen or so top-ranked servicers, HUD secretary Shawn Donovan said Wednesday morning.
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