RMBS

At the ABS East conference, organized by the Information Management Network, the message of ending the market’s over-reliance on ratings rang loud and clear.

There is a scarcity of investors at this year’s ABS East conference hosted by Information Management Network.

The stormy Miami weather at Information Management Network's ABS East conference on Monday was an apt metaphor for the problems facing the mortgage market.

Residential lenders issued $350.3 billion of Ginnie Mae MBS in fiscal year 2011, down 15% from the previous fiscal year, according to new figures released by the the agency.

Information and analytics provider CoreLogic and Amherst Holdings have jointly introduced Agency Prepayment Analyzer.

Master servicers have been instrumental in dealing with the robosigning debacle in existing securitization deals, said participants at Information Management Network’s ABS East Conference on Sunday.

When it comes to bond pricing, one message that rang out clear at Information Management Network’s ABS East Conference on Sunday: investors need to do their own homework and make sure they know what’s behind the valuation tools they employ.

Dutch RMBS has proven to be one of the rare bright spots in post-crisis European ABS, which could inspire U.S. investors to take a look at the sector, Standard & Poor’s said in a recent report.

Moody's Investors Service has placed on review for possible downgrade the ratings of 82 tranches in 27 U.K. non-conforming RMBS transactions and two tranches in one ABS U.K. consumer loan transaction.