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Morgan Stanley Investment Management's new Global Mortgage Securities Fund will invest in mortgages and securitized debt instruments issued by government agencies and private institutions, the bank said this week.
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Peter Albano is joining Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. as head of taxable fixed-income sales, overseeing mortgage-backed securities as well as high-grade corporate credits and institutional emerging markets.
February 6 -
U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff ruled that Flagstar Bancorp violated agreements with Assured Guaranty Municipal to follow its own underwriting guidelines; he ordered Flagstar to pay Assured $90 million.
February 6 -
The Justice Department is suing credit rating agency Standard & Poor's for allegedly ignoring their own standards and rating mortgage investments much higher than they should have been in years leading up to the financial crisis.
February 5 -
The securitization investor class of 2013 is likely to be the most geographically diverse group since before the onset of the financial crisis.
February 4 -
Investors no longer feel limited to their own country for securitization investment opportunities; they are becoming comfortable with the risks and rewards of investing in and owning a global book.
February 4 -
REO to rental has come a long way in the past year, but it is still not clear what role securitization will play in the financing of repossessed homes for conversion to rentals.
February 4 - Europe
The Basel Committee’s decision to allow banks to include highly rated residential mortgage bonds into the calculation of a new liquidity coverage ratio is good news, at least for European banks.
February 1 -
REO to rental has come a long way in the past year, but it is still not clear what role securitization will play.
February 1
