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The turmoil at New York Community Bancorp resumed Thursday with the departure of CEO Thomas Cangemi. The embattled regional bank, which also recorded a $2.4 billion goodwill impairment charge and disclosed other new problems, saw its share price plunge.

Underwriting league tables of asset-backed securities through February 29, 2024

Issuance volume of asset-backed securities for the year through February 29, 2024

Flora Coleman heads up the global policy and government relations team at Klarna. Before that, she developed the global government relations and social impact team at international money fintech Wise. This follows a decade of senior political advisory work, including three years as a senior legislative advisor to the U.K. Government.

The deal has total leverage of 7.81%, and par subordination of 40% on the AAA notes, with 14% on the BBB-rated notes. The notes have a weighted asset (WA) spread of 4.39%, excluding floors.

The changes made to the schedule of bringing advanced credit metrics to major mortgage investors Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac affect bi-merged reports and Vantagescore 4.0's implementation.

Chris Bennett is a skilled senior leader in risk management technology with over 14 years of direct RMIS experience in client service, sales, and product management. As the Head of Strategy for the Origami Risk core solutions division, Chris is responsible for business development and strategic alliances as well as for delivering new business solutions to insurers, MGAs, TPAs and risk pools. Chris is skilled in both the RMIS and claims administration markets and previously served as Vice President with CS STARS where he was an integral part of the firm's period of rapid growth and high customer satisfaction. For more information on Origami Risk, visit https://www.origamirisk.com/.

The latest inflation news has created concern that the Federal Reserve's pivot on short-term rates could be delayed.

Keri Johnson is a director at Stout. She has extensive expertise with SEC reporting, GAAP-compliant financials, acquisitions and divestitures, accounting process improvement and ERP system implementations. She specializes in oil and gas accounting as well as in many areas of technical accounting. Prior to joining Stout, she was the chief accounting officer at EAG Inc., where she led a team that provided accounting services to oil and gas clients.

The transaction is a reset CLO, where the maximum weighted average life on the deal is reset to nine years, in that case, and the non-call period is reset to 2.2 years as of the refinancing date.

Scott Gray is the co-founder and CEO of Clincierge, a provider of patient support services for clinical trials. Since 2015, Clincierge patient coordinators have managed logistics and reimbursements in more than 300 clinical trials worldwide. For more information, visit www.clincierge.com.

Rep. Maxine Waters, ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, led the letter, spurred by the recent merger announcement between Capital One and Discover, which the letter said would enable the merged company "to influence multiple points of the marketplace."

Randall Kroszner, Ph.D., was a Governor at the Federal Reserve Board from 2006 through 2009. He is currently the Norman R. Bobins Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

McConnell has been the last serious bulwark within the party against Donald Trump's animosity toward US international commitments, including in Ukraine.

Initial overcollateralization is 11.3%, up from 8.50% of the initial collateral pool balance. Aside from that adjustment, target overcollateralization is 22.45%, compared to 13.00% on Westlake 2023-4 deal.

Larry Marietta, CPA, is the founder and president of Marietta CPAs, an Indianapolis-based firm specializing in small business and strategic advisory services.

Bridget Haile is the chief customer officer at Summer, a fintech startup and certified B corporation on a mission to simplify student debt repayment and forgiveness. After years spent at the intersection of finance, tech, and human advice, she is passionate about using technology and empathy to make complex financial systems more accessible and understandable for everyone. Previously, Bridget led the Client Experience team at Ellevest, an investment platform designed to get more money into the hands of more women, and she is a graduate of Harvard University.

Loan volumes fell for the third straight week, with depressed demand for government lending driving activity downward, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

The mortgages have an average balance of $70,312, and an average coupon, on a weighted average (WA) basis, of 10.06%. Also on a WA basis, the borrowers have an original credit score of 739.

Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr said in a speech Tuesday that banks might need to establish margin to counteract counterparty risks presented by private funds.