RMBS

Residential Capital Corp. has re-entered the wholesale market, including jumbo lending, hiring a new executive to oversee the channel, ASR's sister publication National Mortgage News has learned.

S&P Valuation and Risk Strategies has agreed to offer new RMBS investor analytics using the 1010data service.

The Senate appointed conferees on Tuesday to negotiate differences with the House on regulatory reform legislation and craft a final bill.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has agreed to a six-month delay for European ABS in the implementation of rating agency requirements under Rule 17g-5 (a)(3).

The sale of distressed assets has become one of the largest segments of the mortgage business, panelists at the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) Secondary Market Conference in New York City agreed.

Citigroup sold a series of mortgage-linked securities without disclosing that Morgan Stanley helped shape them while betting they would fail, according to a report by Bloomberg News.

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has increased the number of securities in its coverage of corporate actions announced through its Global Corporate Action Validation Service (GCA VS).

Ginnie Mae announced specific details surrounding two important operational changes to its multiple-issuer pools.

Sidley Austin has added three partners to its executive committee, the committee that exercises general authority over the affairs of the firm.

The regulatory reform bill that cleared the Senate is supposed to impose risk retention requirements on MBS issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but some legislative experts say the language adopted may have missed the mark.