Banking

New York-based Briarcliffe will provide fundraising services to existing asset managers looking to raise as much as $1.5 billion

Servicers could be dealing with approximately 1.8 million distressed properties when the latest forbearance extension ends in June, Black Knight said.

The extension rates were the highest since the peak of lender deferrals granted in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Hildene Capital, which is pressuring CIB Marine to issue subordinated debt to redeem preferred stock, has nominated two individuals to stand for election to the company's board.

Last month, prominent investor Steve Eisman pegged Credit Acceptance Corp. as his new big short, based on a belief the subprime auto lender and its industry may come under closer CFPB scrutiny under the new administration. Analysts are taking note, as well.

Acting Director Dave Uejio said Tuesday that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will push back implementation of the qualified mortgage rule and may amend or revoke other Trump-era rules that have yet to take effect.

Firms are moving money into loans and notes that offer floating interest rates. Unlike the fixed payments on most conventional bonds, those on floating-rate debt go up as benchmark rates do, helping preserve their value.

Early-stage delinquencies were up slightly in both prime and subprime auto ABS pools, according to the agency's report for January.

A back-office blunder is leaving the financial behemoth faced with the prospect of becoming one of the biggest creditors to the troubled cosmetics empire.

While the Mortgage Bankers Association hailed the move, some experts say it could negatively impact housing inventory.