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Douglas Dell is Vice President – Executive Leader Learning & Development for Sedgwick. An accomplished leader in training, talent development and learning ecosystems, he is currently creating and implementing L&D for Sedgwick Property Americas spanning early career programs for apprentices and interns to the next generation and focused on advanced managerial, technical, and executive leadership including career paths and learning journeys. He concurrently manages the commercial learning services of Vale Training and Consulting Services, supporting technical skills for insurance adjusting and estimating professionals, skills assessments, professional certifications, and continuing education. Formerly, he held learning leadership roles at Crawford & Company, NCR and Philips Healthcare. Previously, he was the board advisor and Chairman of the Atlanta chapter of the Association for Talent Development and a member of the graduate faculty for the University of Phoenix; and a current board member of EVTEC - a certification standard for Electric Vehicle technicians and estimators.

Charles C. Roberts, Jr. is president of C. Roberts Consulting Engineers, Inc. (http://www.croberts.com). He has a bachelors degree, masters degree and a Ph.D. in engineering. He has worked as a consulting engineer in the area of accident reconstruction and failure analysis since 1976. He has published several books and articles on accident reconstruction, failure analysis and history.

The share of loans in Arbor's CLOs that failed to make a scheduled payment more than doubled in the fourth quarter, according to preliminary data compiled by Banco Santander SA.

But Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac conducted no private-market sales of nonperforming loans early last year as adjustments were made to the program.

Wilbur Swan is the CEO of Catchlight, a software startup incubated within Fidelity Labs, where he serves as a managing director.

Prior to Fidelity, he led commercialization of the Thomson Reuters enterprise data and AI platform and was a co-founder of ContactNet, which was acquired by Thomson Reuters. He is an accomplished speaker, innovator and thought leader at the intersection of technology, data and artificial intelligence.

John Barbagallo, former president of commercial lines at Progressive, currently serves as strategic advisor at SambaSafety, a recognized innovator and leading provider of cloud-based risk management solutions for over 15,000 organizations with automotive mobility exposure.

Alexey Afanassievskiy is the executive director and head of portfolio management of Mind Money.

Some 630 residential mortgages provide the collateral for the deal, and that includes a substantial majority, 81.0%, that the rating agencies consider to be non-prime.

A regulator claims Freedom Mortgage's bad data in 2020 violated a consent order the company signed a year earlier for intentional misrepresentations.

Most borrowers are small- and medium-sized companies that have a lot of incentive to service the debt from loans on property and casualty policies.

Issuance volume of asset-backed securities for the year through February 1, 2024

Underwriting league tables of asset-backed securities through February 1, 2024

Investors tightening their credit pocketbooks is creating opportunities for lenders. Firms like Värde can step into the gap, buying assets from banks and investing in fixed income.

Joe Neri is CEO of IFF, one of the nation's leading community development financial institutions.

Credit strengths include a relatively fast amortization period, which can reduce exposure to loss risks, plus a collateral pool composed of frequently used, affordable smart phones.

As a result, a robust housing market is now on the horizon, Freddie Mac chief economist Sam Khater declared.

Leana Van Der Merwe is technical and standards executive at the South African Institute of Professional Accountants.