RMBS

Investors speaking at a panel at ABS Vegas offered a variety of views on investment opportunities this year.

Standard & Poor's expects a modest increase in the issuance of European securitizations sold to investors this year from 2013.

Household indebtedness as a share of disposable income — the debt-to-income ratio — has continued to fall in Europe since 2009-2010, according to a report Wednesday by Moody’s Investors Service.

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s (Finra) proposal to disseminate pricing data for asset-backed securities faces push back from a major industry trade group, SIFMA.

He's now heading the firm's efforts in developing clients. McPherson had previously left NewOak several months after participating in its late-2008 launch.

Final rules implementing the Volcker Rule remove many obstacles to securitization compared with the initial version.

Banks could end up holding more home loans on their balance sheets next year instead of selling them to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the result of fee increases that are designed to increase the role of private capital in the mortgage market.

The European Banking Authority will allow RMBS to be counted in the Liquidity Coverage Ratio as "high quality liquid assets".

Although Ocwen Financial agreed to pay more than $2 billion to settle allegations it mishandled foreclosures and mortgages for thousands of borrowers, it could have been even worse for the country's largest nonbank servicer.

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has proposed to relax securitization capital charges will lead to “meaningful reductions” in capital requirements.