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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today voted (4-0 today) unanimously to propose a rule intended to prohibit certain material conflicts of interest between ABS sellers and investors.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will hike their guaranty fees some time next year to better reflect “that which would be anticipated in a private competitive market,” Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) acting director Ed DeMarco said Monday morning.

Marathon Asset Management hired three new partners for its structured and corporate credit businesses.

ASR just launched a weekly video news update to give our readers a quick rundown of breaking news throughout the week.

Now that Walter Investment Corp. has officially purchased subservicer Green Tree Servicing, St. Paul, Minn., and its parent company, GTCH Holdings, it has changed certain job duties of executives that joined the firm.

Bank examiners are exploring whether the nation's depositories have accurately valued $845 billion of home equity and second liens, according to seven people with direct knowledge of the matter, according to a report by Bloomberg.

It's not looking good for fans of keeping the higher GSE loan limits, but that hasn't stopped housing, realty and mortgage trade groups from promoting the issue through their elected officials.

Mike Perry, who led IndyMac Bancorp until its collapse in 2008, is trying to rehabilitate his image, waging a public campaign rarely seen from an executive of a failed bank.

A verdict in Los Angeles Superior Court Friday has conjured up a shared happy ending between DoubleLine Capital CEO Jeffrey Gundlach and his former employer The TCW Group after more than two years of legal wrangling.

The rating agencies continue to rework their criteria in an effort to be more transparent in their methodology.