Finance

Consumer ABS are probably going to be a higher-velocity market going forward given their shorter average-life profile, according to a presentation released this morning from Wells Fargo analysts.

Wells Fargo & Co. is in the market with a $200 million package of nonperforming residential loans, according to investors that have been briefed about the deal.

MGIC Investment Corp. has filed a lawsuit in Federal Court in Milwaukee against Freddie Mac and its conservator, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, over the pool insurance dispute between the two companies.

Amherst Securities Group (ASG) analysts reviewed three categories of 5/1 hybrids with different interest-only terms, including non-IO, five-year IO term and 10-year IO term in a report released this afternoon.

While bond insurer Ambac Assurance Corp. (AAC) has been paying policyholder claims for the last several years, its related segregated account branch has not been doing so. On Wednesday the Wisconsin Commissioner of Insurance applied to a Wisconsin court for the segregated account to make cash payments to policyholders for 25% of claims.

This thought came up while looking at Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) CEO David Stevens’ proposal, unveiled at the MBA’s National Secondary Market Conference in New York, to combine Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae’s mortgage bonds into a single security.

Freddie Mac reported new lows in 30- and 15-year fixed mortgage rates in the week ending May 17.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has postponed the sale scheduled for today from its Maiden Lane III portfolio.

Spanish securitizations may have proven more resilient than originally expected during the Eurozone crisis.

GE Capital has filed an S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) dated May 16 to issue under its GE Capital Credit Card Master Note Trust.

In a emailed note released early this morning, Standard & Poor's analysts said that they expect auto-related ABS issuance to continue to track vehicle sales for the remainder of 2012.

To resolve billions in failed-bank loans that had no buyers at the point of closure, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) has formed 32 complex vehicles to carry some of the agency's load from the crisis. But not everyone is a fan of the deals.

Deliquencies for bankcards were lower or stable in April for six major issuers, although charge-offs were higher for four lenders, Standard & Poor's analysts reported in their midday commentary.

Mortgage delinquencies continued on their downward path in the first quarter with 7.4% of all loans considered past due, the lowest reading since the third quarter of 2008, according to new figures compiled by the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Morgan Stanley isn’t the only bank marketing a CLO this week; its competitors are shopping at least four other deals.

Two New York Senate Committee chairmen have raised the possibility of investigating bond insurer MBIA’s behavior in applying for a transformation of the company in 2008 and 2009.

When Residential Capital Corp. filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this week it left behind a trail of unsecured creditors with claims totaling well over $1 billion, according to court documents.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) General Counsel Michael Krimminger will be leaving the agency later this month to join the law firm of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton as a partner in its Washington, D.C., office.

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported a 13% surge in the Refinance Index to ~4220 from 3735 for the week ending May 1, while refinancing share as a percent of total applications rose to 74.9% from 72.1%.