RMBS

The Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) response to Royal Bank of Canada's (RBC) request to conduct registered public offerings of covered bonds is likely to fuel growing U.S. dollar demand, according to Fitch Ratings. For ASR's coverage on the topic, please click here.

A federal judge this week dismissed portions of the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) case against two former executives of IndyMac Bank, the now defunct Alt-A giant that was initially started by Countrywide Financial Corp.

Citigroup, a somewhat frequent seller of nonperforming loans, is in the market with a $99 million package of troubled residential mortgages, according to investors that have looked at the package.

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has fined Citigroup Global Markets $3.5 million for posting inaccurate mortgage performance data, supervisory failures and other violations connected to subprime RMBS.

Bank of America is in the market with a $2 billion package of mortgage servicing rights tied to loans that reside in private-label securitizations, according to bidders and investors briefed on the package.

Panelists at this week's American Securitization Forum annual meeting drew comparisons between the mortgage market bubble to the one that is happening right now in student loans.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) Acting Chairman Martin Gruenberg expressed his support for the development of a U.S. covered bond sector at the American Securitization Forum's (ASF) annual meeting. The gathering is being held in Washington D.C. this week.

Freddie Mac has a new offering of its structured passthrough certificates that are backed exclusively by multifamily mortgages with a 7-year term worth roughly $1 billion.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac MBS should be combined into a single security, according to panelists at this week’s American Securitization Forum annual meeting being held in Washington, D.C.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) has sued Bank of America, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and other banks for a cumulative $92 million in damages on MBS, alleging that shoddy appraisals and other underwriting defects tainted their sale.