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A recommendation to give Ginnie Mae expanded authorities is drawing focus in the reactions to a Financial Stability Oversight Council report on nonbank risks.
May 17 -
The 2024-5 series are secured by a pool of loans purchasing primary residences, with an original, cumulative LTV of 73.9%, and a debt-to-income ratio of 35.5%.
May 17 -
An independent third-party company will provide the primary servicing, and the industry and equipment diversification levels are strong in the pool.
May 16 -
The current transaction will sell the most in securitized bonds since the 2022-1 series came to market with $850 million in notes.
May 16 -
The Supreme Court issued an opinion Thursday morning that was unequivocal in its view that Congress is constitutionally empowered to fund agencies with open-ended and indirect funding mechanisms, overruling a 5th Circuit opinion from 2022 that found that executive branches must be subject to direct Congressional appropriations.
May 16 -
Rocket is contributing all 5,455 closed-end loans in the collateral pool, and it is an 'above average' originator. One of the deal's positive highlights is that 27.0% of the assets by unpaid principal balance, were subject to third-party due diligence review.
May 15 -
Pricing guidance suggests the A1+ and F1+ notes are expected to yield 5.5% over the three-month interpolated yield curve, pricing at par. Yields are expected to vary from 5.49% to 5.42% on the AAA notes over three-month, interpolated yield curve.
May 15 -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Martin Gruenberg apologized for his management and temper at a House Financial Services Committee hearing that focused on his handling of the agency in the immediate aftermath of a workplace behavior report outlining serious misconduct that prevailed for years.
May 15 -
The so-called core consumer price index climbed 0.3% from March, snapping a streak of three above-forecast readings which spurred concern that inflation was becoming entrenched.
May 15 -
The number of borrowers who are at their credit limits is approaching its pre-pandemic level, and the percentage of balances that are sliding into delinquency has hit its highest rate in more than a decade, according to new research. Still, card companies are generally expressing optimism about their credit outlooks.
May 14 -
As of Dec. 31, 2023, according to Moody's, the portfolio's delinquency rate was higher than the rating agency had observed in previous MBFS-sponsored transactions dating back to 2019, but it was still extremely low, at 1.46%.
May 14 -
The concentration of borrowers with FICO scores below 700 decreased to 12.13% of the pool, and the contingent of managers and lead underwriters is much longer on the series 2024-A notes that it was on the series 2023-B.
May 13 -
The deal includes subordination in the form of class B notes, a rarity for whole business securitization deals.
May 10 -
All four of the class A tranches benefit from total initial hard credit enhancement of 13.80%, while the B and C classes of notes are covered by 10.6% and 6.0% in initial hard credit enhancement.
May 9 -
Yields are expected to range from 6.3% on the AAA notes to 7.4% on the BBB notes, which are priced against the three-month interpolated yield curve, and have a final schedule payment date of May 15, 2029.
May 9 -
The lender lost a battle to toss the lawsuit, but convinced a judge to compel the regulator to produce data on its competitors.
May 9 -
The securitization amount is smaller than an earlier transaction, and its AAA notes are expected to price at wider spreads than the AAA notes on the 2024-A series.
May 8 -
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said there have been "no decisions" on the controversial capital reform plan, but banks and others who have criticized the proposal are eager for an indication about what's next.
May 7 -
The top five issuers in the pool represent 4.73% of the pool, which is noticeably more diversified compared with the 12.50% concentration, according to Fitch's stressed portfolio at initial expected matrix point.
May 7 -
Subway has asked Morgan Stanley and Barclays Plc to put together the debt package in the form of a whole business securitization, arranging in-person events in Boston, New York and Los Angeles starting May 8.
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