Fitch Ratings has downgraded 1,186 bonds in 871 RMBS transactions that have had principal writedowns.
Fitch said it had issued ratings in the case of all the downgraded bonds that indicated defaults were expected.
Subprime credit collateral backed 290 of the downgraded, 286 were backed by prime credit collateral, 275 were backed by Alt-A credit collateral, and the 20 remaining were other unspecified types of transactions.
The fixed-rate loans are divided into three sub-pools that relied on rating methods from the RMBS, CMBS and ABS sectors to assess their risks.
The House Financial Services Committee also sent to the full House two bipartisan bills, including one that would prevent large banks from opting out of having to recognize Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income in regulatory capital.
The portfolio does not have any meaningful originations that have completed a full repayment cycle, making the company's performance data thin.
Formerly of Wells Fargo, she will coordinate several key units to create a structure for a sustained capital markets program that capitalizes on recent innovation and growth in home equity finance.
The Structured Finance Association questions whether funding closed-end seconds is an appropriate role for the government-sponsored enterprise, while newer lenders welcome the liquidity support.
The CFPB has dissolved the Office of Supervision, Enforcement and Fair Lending and eliminated the job of associate director in a move that impacts how it designates nonbanks for supervision.
