The government-sponsored enterprises' risk-sharing deals are being hailed as an innovative approach for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to offload credit exposure to private markets. But their growing popularity is raising questions about how these transactions should be reported in financial statements.
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LendingClub Corp. named Scott Sanborn to replace its founder and chief executive officer, who resigned unexpectedly last month, and said it will dismiss 179 employees to cope with the decline in loan volume caused by the turmoil.
June 28 -
Nationstar Mortgage is issuing its fifth securitization of nonperforming reverse mortgages, a unique esoteric RMBS class the mortgage servicer has engaged in four previous transactions.
June 28 -
Fitch Ratings will now conduct reviews of residential mortgage-backed securities deal agents as part of its RMBS master criteria, with Clayton Holdings as the first deal agent to receive an assessment.
June 27 -
The Supreme Court's decision Monday not to hear a closely watched lending case leaves unresolved some key questions for the U.S. financial industry.
June 27
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In a setback for the U.S. consumer finance industry, the Supreme Court said Monday that it will not review a lower court's decision that bolstered the ability of states to enforce bans on high-cost lending.
June 27
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Risk-off is never good for structured finance, and the reaction to Britains vote to leave the European Union is no exception.
June 27 -
Ginnie Mae for the first time surpassed Freddie Mac in total outstanding mortgage securities backed by single-family loans, according to researchers at the Urban Institute.
June 26
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Cabela's Master Credit Card Trust Series 2016-1 was set with a $570 million fixed-rate Class A-1 tranche with a 1.78% coupon, and a $280 million floating-rate Class A-2 tranche at 85 basis points over the one-month Libor rate.
June 24 -
Issuance volume of asset-backed securities for the year through June 24, 2016.
June 24 -
Underwriting league tables for asset-backed securities for the year through June 24, 2016.
June 24 -
The U.S. government's decision to take all profits from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac was the right thing to do even in light of the companies' subsequent return to profitability, a former Treasury Department official said in documents released this week.
June 23 -
Renovate America, a provider of home energy efficiency improvements financing, is planning a new securitization platform providing additional data into its capital markets transactions.
June 23
