Commercial banking

The manufactured home loan lender, a unit of Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary Clayton Homes, was accused of ignoring red flags that sent many borrowers into bankruptcy, default and ultimately out of their homes.

Alternative income documentation underwriting accounted for 61.9% of the collateral, compared with 55.2% of the underlying loans in the previous deal.

Underwriting league tables of asset-backed securities through January 2, 2025

Up to 68% of the portfolio assets were restructured. The securitization has a grace period with term extension that allows borrowers to pay interest-only.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond president said while he believes the central bank's current level of rates is restraining the economy enough to continue lowering inflation in 2025, there are still upside risks to inflation and growth.

Uncompleted trades involving the 20-year Treasury exceeded $21 billion in the week ended December 25 ... the second-highest amount in the history of the tenor.

Tal Zackon is the CEO and co-founder of TRES, a Web3 financial data platform. TRES was founded in 2022 and is backed by some of the most respected names in Web3, including Circle, Blockdaemon, Moonpay, Alchemy,  angels from Fireblocks and Chainalysis, and more.

Freddie Mac shares rose to $4.14 at 12:30 p.m. in New York Friday, Fannie Mae's stock climbed to about $4.23, each up 22% from the previous day's close.

Laurent Descout, CEO and co-founder of Neo, is a serial fintech entrepreneur and investor. Previously he has been financial advisor in asset-structured finance for more than 10 years.

CLO market strength likely to continue in 2025 if the U.S. economic soft landing remains on track.

The transaction will fund a new storm recovery reserve of $150 million, approximately $45 million of which will help recover losses from June 2023 storms.

Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs have also withdrawn from the Net-Zero Banking Alliance in the past month, as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office.

Mathias Imbach is the co-founder and group CEO of Sygnum. Prior to Sygnum, he was general manager at RNT Associates, where he led multiple venture capital and private equity investments and participated in blockchain and DLT-related equity deals globally. Mathias started his career at Bain & Company where he led advisory projects for private equity funds, family offices and technology companies. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of St. Gallen and a Master of Science from the London School of Economics, or LSE.

Denise Tyson is the current founder and CEO of Schaefer City Technologies, an award-winning, innovative insurtech company delivering software solutions to help insurance and reinsurance companies and their defense counsel spot and avoid Nuclear Verdicts®. She holds extensive experience in the insurance industry, including insurtech start-ups, mergers/acquisitions, reorganizations, and financially challenging situations.

Samuel Tae is a principal at Ryan in the international tax group, specializing in global tax planning and structuring. He advises on both inbound and outbound tax matters and has extensive experience helping clients expand and optimize their global tax structures.

The Freddie Mac mortgage rate tracker on Thursday morning showed the conforming 30-year fixed rate mortgage creep closer to the 7% level last seen in May.

Dr. Robert Singer is senior professor of accounting and program coordinator in the Department of Accounting at the Robert W. Plaster College of Business and Entrepreneurship of Lindenwood University in Saint Charles, Missouri.

Josh Millet, CEO and co-founder of Criteria Corp., is a nationally recognized career and hiring expert with over 20 years of experience. He founded Criteria, a SaaS-based pre-employment and employee testing service that reduces turnover and improves hiring outcomes for employers and job candidates, and currently serves as its CEO. He has co-authored testing-related articles published in the Journal of Educational Computing and the American Psychological Society Observer. He holds a Ph.D. in history from Harvard University, where he was a Fulbright Scholar and a Mellon Fellow.

Kartik Ramakrishnan is the CEO of the financial services strategic business unit at Capgemini.