Securitization

Freddie Mac's new chief executive, Donald Layton, urged critics to keep an open mind about the troubled GSE and pledged to focus on "the nuts and bolts" to improve efficiency.

Residential lenders issued $36.4 billion of Ginnie Mae MBS in April, a 25% spike from the prior month, according to new figures released by the agency.

The House of Representatives this week adopted a Republican amendment that would bar the Justice Department from engaging in further mortgage settlement talks without giving bond investors a seat at the negotiating table.

TriLyn has formed an investment management platform focused on opportunities in high yield commercial real estate (CRE) debt.

A major shake up in the senior ranks at Arch Bay Capital has taken place with several departures from the company, according to three nonperforming loan investors that have conducted business with the firm.

Global shipping company Hapag-Lloyd increased an existing trade receivable securitization to $150 million.

Freddie Mac on Thursday named Donald Layton, who previously held executive positions at E*Trade and Chase, its CEO.

Middle market CLOs have remained relatively scarce since the financial crisis, as it’s still difficult for deal sponsors to get financing to warehouse loans to small and medium-sized companies.

WSFS Financial Corp., the parent company of WSFS Bank, announced the firm's implementation of selected asset strategies. This includes sellling MBS as part of its portfolio management.

The National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA) has asked a federal regulator to craft a ‘qualified mortgage’ (QM) rule specifically for private reverse mortgages.

Solar securitizations have long been eyed as a financing alternative that can lower the weighted average cost of solar energy products for customers. It will also reduce exposure to developers.

Newcastle Investment Corp., a mortgage investing REIT managed by Fortress Investment Group, is “very optimistic” it will participate in a big investment in mortgage servicing rights with other entities that its manager oversees, chairman Wesley Edens said.

Mayer Brown has hired Barbara Goodstein as a partner in the banking and finance practice in New York. She was formerly a partner with Dewey & LeBoeuf.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has sold the entirety of the TRIAXX CDO holdings from its Maiden Lane III portfolio to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith after a competitive bid process.

Freddie Mac reported new lows on 30- and 15-year fixed mortgage rates for the week ending May 10. The 30-year fixed slipped one basis point to 3.83% while 15s were two basis points lower to 3.05%.

Zipcar has renewed its ABS program with Credit Agricole. The program was first announced in May 2010 and extended in May 2011.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) Acting Chairman Martin Gruenberg will be delivering the keynote address at the American Securitization Forum's (ASF) annual meeting.

Decisions such as the definitions for qualified mortgage and qualified residential mortgage are being made in isolation that will have unintended consequences when they are rolled out, such as limiting competition between private mortgage insurers and the Federal Housing Administration, an executive with Genworth Mortgage Insurance told attendees at the Mortgage Bankers Association’s National Secondary Market Conference in New York.

SpringLeaf Finance Corp., which is partly controlled by the U.S. government, has entered into another round of layoffs, and may have to file for bankruptcy protection, according to industry advisors close to the company.

Industry vendor CoreLogic has decided to close its appraisal management company in Danvers, Mass., according to a memo obtained by ASR's sister publication National Mortgage News.