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Rising interest rates have slowed a recent run of unexpectedly high prepayments of government-insured mortgages, making servicing rights for loans held in Ginnie Mae securities more attractive to investors.

Securitization pros compared notes on regulatory compliance and learned about the risks and rewards of fintech; here are the highlights of the Structured Finance Industry Group;s annual confab.

Angel Oak is preparing its first offering of rnonprime esidential mortgage bonds with a credit rating.

New Residential Investment Corp. is readying an offering of bonds backed by both reperforming and nonperforming mortgages, according to DBRS.

Rules requiring issuers of asset-backeds to keep "skin in the game" of deals haven't been as burdensome as many featured.

Securitization pros are guardedly optimistic about the Trump Administration’s impact on the industry, even if no one expects to see a rollback of regulations imposed by the Dodd-Frank Act in the immediate future.

The Structured Finance Industry Group is teaming up with the trade association for the blockchain industry to explore ways that distributed ledger technology can be used to speed up transaction processing and improve transparency.

Fannie Mae is planning another transaction that shifts credit risk on mortgages before it acquires them.

Mariner Investment Group has launched offering of private-label resident mortgage bonds, but it’s hard to characterize the collateral.

The Prime Collateralised Securities Initiative is aiming to boost synthetic securitization, which offer an alternative way for European banks to free up capital for more lending.