Hedge fund manager and director at Bankstocks.com Tom Brown published a short piece this morning on BlackRock's take on FIN 46. Brown writes, "The sheer dumbness of the rule comes into sharp focus once you see it in action."
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BlackRock applied FIN 46 in its most recent quarterly financial statement (10/14), opting not to take the deferral offered by FASB to fourth quarter 2003. See
Notes A, B and C benefit from credit enhancement amounting to 33.3%, 16.2% and 7.0%, and the deal's capital structure will repay investors on a combined pro-rata and sequential basis.
Originators increased program offerings for the fifth consecutive month, but overall credit availability remains tight, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.
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Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., is introducing a bill to establish an Office of Supervisory Appeals at each of the banking regulators that would give banks more power over the appeals process.
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Under the capital structure the senior notes will be repaid on a pro rata basis. Otherwise, the notes in the structure will benefit from excess spread and a senior-subordinate structure.
