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The Federal Reserve is slated to undertake a number of important rules and regulations in 2026, but decisions around agency leadership and the Trump administration's avowed effort to exert greater control over the central bank are likely to leave a lasting legacy at the agency.

A significant portion of the loans in the pool by balance, 44.5%, are designated at non-QM, according to DBRS, adding that about 50% of the loans in the pool were made to investors for business purposes.

Holders willing to lend the note were able to do so at negative interest rates, with borrowers of the issue agreeing to sell it back the next day for less than they paid.

Bank merger and acquisition activity rebounded this year, led by Fifth Third's $10.9 billion proposed purchase of Comerica. Huntington, PNC and Columbia were involved in some of the other biggest deals announced in 2025.

Fannie Mae sees growth in refinance activity pushing volumes upward, but flattening purchases will temper lender momentum, according to its December report.

Democratic senators are attributing a recent decline in lending activity to a Trump administration regulation that puts new restrictions on borrowers with foreign ownership.

The vehicle's documents acknowledge private credit will generally make up between 10% to 35% of the fund. Its top three holdings are an agency mortgage bond and two US Treasury notes.

Proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services recommended approval of Fifth Third's $10.9 billion proposed acquisition of Comerica.

FAT Brands warned in late November that it could be forced to file bankruptcy after creditors demanded full repayment on its roughly $1.2 billion of whole-business securitization debt.

Principal will be distributed pro rata among the senior A1 through A3 certificates, and subordinate bonds will not receive any principal until all senior classes are reduced to zero.

Monthly excess spread will confer credit enhancement to the notes, KBRA said, and while it will be released it will not be available as credit enhancement in future payment periods.

CLIF Holdings' capital structure includes overcollateralization and a liquidity account of $1 million.

Discrepancies were ultimately flagged not by regulators or auditors, but by a junior analyst at Waterfall Asset Management, one of Tricolor's lenders

PMT 2025-CNF2 is not required to provide advances of schedule interest and principal on loans that are delinquent by 120 days or more.

Michael Hutchins, the two-time interim chief executive at the government-sponsored enterprise, will remain with the company in his role as president.

The payments company submitted applications to the Utah Department of Financial Institutions and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to create PayPal Bank. If approved, Mara McNeill, the former president and CEO of Toyota Financial Savings Bank, will serve as PayPal Bank's president.

The senior notes will build hard credit enhancement levels over time because classes B through G will be locked out of principal payments for eight months.

Federal Reserve Gov. Stephen Miran said higher goods prices could be the trade-off for bolstering national security and addressing geo-economic risks.

The government-backed housing-finance giants increased their retained portfolios by more than 25% in the five months through October, according to the latest figures.

The deal includes debt service coverage ratio (DSCR) triggers, where a cash trap event will occur on any payment date if the DSCR falls below 1.15x.