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Sliced and sliced again: investors’ latest trick for risk transfer
‘Retranched’ synthetic securitisations offer higher yields, but questions remain over legality of structures
New Tradeweb/IBA benchmark tipped as ‘competitor’ to SOFR
Forward-looking risk-free rate aimed at US mortgage market could have broader applications
Left out of Fed action, lower-rated CMBS overheat
BBB yield-to-worst spirals as highly-rated bonds recover after central bank and government intervention
Investors cheer debut Fannie SOFR note launch
Healthy demand could have been higher if S&P had approved benchmark
Dodge & Cox turns to MBS as Treasury yields rise
Income Fund grows securitised allocations from 36.1% to 39.7%
FHLBs: safe as houses?
Health of huge bank funder rests on home loans and money market funds
Soaring Fed Home Loan Bank borrowings spark systemic risk fears
Parallels drawn with Fannie and Freddie as commercial bank borrowing from FHLBs nears $500bn
SSA deal of the year: Fannie Mae
Risk Awards 2017: Mortgage giant refines risk-sharing deals as political landscape shifts
Hedge funds, leverage and mortgages: why Fannie and Freddie's new deals worry some experts
Hedge funds have been keen buyers of the new mortgage risk-sharing deals issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but as spreads have tightened, worries about leverage have grown. Some now argue mortgage finance requires a more stable source of capital. By…
UBS 'unethical' in mortgage-backed securities pricing
UBSGAM settles SEC mispricing charges for $300,000
Fannie Mae CEO steps down
Williams to leave agency once replacement is found
SEC charges against Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac execs are 'effort to rehabilitate reputation'
Securities fraud charges brought against former top executives seen by one legal expert as attempt by regulator to improve image
The Hartford appoints Rupp as chief risk officer
Fortune 500 group The Hartford appoints new executive vice-president and chief risk officer
Deloitte sued for $7.6 billion after ignoring 'red flags' in TBW fraud
Deloitte has been sued by TBW's bankrupty trustee and a TBW subsidiary for $7.6 billion in losses, after failing to detect fraud in the mortgage lender
US tax fix smoothes way for back-loading buy-side portfolios
US tax fix to aid buy-side portfolio back-loading
Fannie Mae says FHFA's margin rules would drive up hedging costs
US mortgage giant says segregating variation margin will hurt FHFA- and FCA-regulated entities, and create new funding obligations for swap dealers
US lawmakers push for domestic covered bonds market
Home grown: a domestic US covered bond market
International banks spark surge in US covered bond issuance
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