After only six months at Ambac, Brigitte Posch has hopped over to Deutsche Bank, according to sources at the bank. As a director, she is heading Latin American securitizations, reporting to Richard D'Albert, global head of the securitized products group, and Sean Bates, head of emerging markets credit trading. There has been no word yet on her specific focus in the region in terms of asset classes, countries or cross-border versus domestic business. Prior to Ambac Posch spent eight years at Moody's Investors Service, where she was instrumental in expanding coverage into the domestic markets of Mexico and Brazil.
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Early industry reaction to the Federal Reserve's Basel III proposals points to potential capital relief for banks, though stakeholders say the complexity of the changes makes their overall impact unclear.
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The loans were underwritten primarily to full documentation standards, including one to two years of W-2 verification, or two years of personal and business tax returns for self-employed borrowers.
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The deal has a three-month prefunding period, which begins on its expected April 2 closing date, and assets transferred into the pool will be subject to concentration limits.
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A first look at the capital plan suggests it moves the real estate finance industry closer to changes it lobbied for, but the devil may be in the details.
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Regardless of whether a trigger is in place, A-1FCF will always receive principal first until that balance is reduced to zero, and then to A-1LCF until it is fully paid off.
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For the second week in a row, the 30-year fixed increased by 11 basis points, Freddie Mac found, a result of reaction to oil price hikes from the Iran conflict.
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