RMBS

  • Weak pools blunt Countrywide boost

    The positive credit effects of the US$7.35bn settlement proceeds distributed to outstanding Countrywide RMBS trusts last June (SCI 19 May 2016) have been muted by increasing pool losses and rising shares of seriously delinquent loans, says Moody's. The rating agency notes that the influx of cash to the Countrywide deals was not large enough to significantly affect the transactions' credit profiles .......

    News Round-up 24 January 2017

  • Euro secondary still seeks supply

    Demand continues to outstrip supply in the European securitisation secondary market. Tone remains positive across the board and investor appetite is still strong in every sector. However, there continues to be next to no supply via BWICs or new issuance. Consequently, when auctions do appear they trade exceptionally well and are keeping spreads flat to slightly tighter. There is currently one BWIC on .......

    SCIWire 24 January 2017

  • Dutch market strengthening

    The recent STORM 2017-I involved the sale of the largest publicly distributed senior Dutch RMBS tranche since the financial crisis, at €2bn (see SCI's primary issuance database). The deal, amid a number of other credit positives, suggests that the Dutch RMBS market could be poised for growth in 2017. JPMorgan European securitisation analysts point out that the Netherlands has enjoyed a broader economic recovery, .......

    News 23 January 2017

  • CMBS pro named president

    ReadyCap Commercial has named Anuj Gupta as president, responsible for loan originations, affinity relationships, capital markets, credit and asset management. He has played an active role in the firm since 2013 and will now join the executive management team full-time. Gupta has more than 20 years of experience in commercial real estate lending, having previously led CRE capital markets and new origination .......

    Job Swaps 23 January 2017

  • Representations claims resolved

    Société Générale has agreed to pay a US$50m civil penalty to the US Department of Justice to resolve claims under the Financial Institutions Reform Recovery and Enforcement Act related to its activities in connection with the marketing, sale and issuance of an RMBS dubbed SG Mortgage Securities Trust 2006-OPT2. As part of the agreement, the bank has acknowledged in writing that .......

    Job Swaps 23 January 2017

  • Duration risk

    Rate rises hurt Fed's MBS book

    The December interest rate hike in the US reflected the increasing health of the economy, but it also created issues for the US Fed's large book of MBS, which make up US$1.7trn of its balance sheet. Indeed, rising rates bring the spectre of duration risk for certain fixed rate assets, such as Fannie Mae 30-year mortgage pools. These assets account for 40.7% .......

    News Analysis 20 January 2017

  • FHFA seeks GSE mortgage feedback

    The FHFA is requesting public input on chattel loan pilot initiatives for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and on proposed evaluation guidance on serving underserved markets. The FHFA issued a final rule on 13 December 2016 to implement duty to serve provisions. The GSEs must serve three specified underserved markets by improving the distribution and availability of mortgage financing in a safe .......

    News Round-up 19 January 2017

  • Market risk highlighted

    Fitch highlights Delft 2017 (SCI 12 January), which it hasn't rated, as an example of an RMBS that could expose investors to the strength and liquidity of housing and lending markets in a concentrated period near bond maturity. The agency says that such concentrated refinancing risk in portfolios of high LTV ratio interest-only mortgage loans can result in rating caps for .......

    News Round-up 19 January 2017

  • Euro ABS/MBS accelerates

    Activity has accelerated in the European ABS/MBS secondary market after a slow start to the week. The continuing strong tone and investor cash reserves continue to fuel demand for paper, which has generated increased bilateral trading in most sectors over the past two sessions. At the same time, BWIC volumes remain low as sellers keep their powder dry, while the lack of .......

    SCIWire 19 January 2017

  • Net negative

    GSE reform could have widespread impact

    Privatisation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could have widespread negative consequences for the US RMBS and CMBS markets, as well as on availability of credit for the housing market. Encouraging private label issuance to step in as the GSEs scale back remains a significant challenge. Treasury Secretary designate, Steven Mnuchin, recently stated that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should be privatised. .......

    News Analysis 19 January 2017

  • Modelling head named

    MSCI has recruited David Zhang as head of securitised products research. In this newly created role, he will oversee the firm's development of models that help traders, portfolio managers and other institutional investors analyse risk and return for securitised products. Zhang previously headed modelling of securitised products at Credit Suisse. In 11 years at the firm, he designed models for measuring risk .......

    Job Swaps 18 January 2017

  • Euro secondary slow

    It's been slow start to the week so far for the European securitisation secondary markets. Participants look to have taken the opportunity of the US public holiday yesterday to catch their breath and there was little movement in terms of trading or levels. However, tone remains very strong across the board and volumes are likely to pick up as the week wears .......

    SCIWire 17 January 2017

  • Ratings suits settled

    The US Department of Justice, 21 states and the District of Columbia have reached a nearly US$864m settlement agreement with Moody's, Moody's Analytics and their parent Moody's Corporation. The settlement resolves allegations arising from Moody's role in providing credit ratings for legacy RMBS and CDOs, including pending state court lawsuits in Connecticut, Mississippi and South Carolina, as well as potential claims .......

    Job Swaps 16 January 2017

  • Flawed logic

    Regulators' confidence in extra ratings 'misplaced'

    The regulatory drive to require multiple ratings for European structured finance products may not achieve its intended aims, despite necessarily adding costs. The findings of a recent Finance Research Letters study suggest that the regulatory initiative is based on an understanding of market practices that is not borne out by facts. Conventional wisdom states that investors gain comfort from additional ratings and .......

    News Analysis 13 January 2017

  • Dutch non-conforming refi readied

    Morgan Stanley is in the market with the €157.7m Delft 2017, a Dutch non-conforming RMBS backed by loans originated by Lehman Brothers subsidiary ELQ Portefeuille I. The portfolio in its entirety is currently securitised in EMF-NL 2008-1. On the closing date, EMF-NL 2008-1 will sell the portfolio to Morgan Stanley Principal Funding. In turn, Morgan Stanley Principal Funding will sell the portfolio .......

    News 12 January 2017

  • Aussie auto outlook negative

    The performance of assets backing Australian auto ABS is negative, while the performance of mortgage assets backing Australian RMBS is stable, according to Moody's in a 2017 outlook. The rating agency adds that mortgage delinquencies may increase, but only moderately and from low levels, while auto ABS will generally see higher losses and delinquencies through 2017. Moody's says that several factors support .......

    News Round-up 11 January 2017

  • Investment chief named

    Semper Capital Management has promoted Zach Cooper from deputy cio to cio, replacing Jay Menozzi, who has retired from the industry. Cooper will continue as one of the firm's senior portfolio managers. He has over 20 years of structured credit investment experience, having previously worked at Treesdale Partners, PrinceRidge, Highland Financial and Deutsche Bank. .......

    Job Swaps 11 January 2017

  • FHA snips MIP

    The FHA will reduce the annual mortgage insurance premium (MIP) most borrowers must pay for 30-year mortgages by 25bp for loans up to US$625,000 and by 45bp for larger loans. The new premium rates will affect most new mortgages with a closing/disbursement date on or after 27 January. The ongoing MIP was reduced by 15bp for 15-year FHA mortgages with loan size .......

    News 10 January 2017

  • Japan, China outlooks stable

    Moody's outlook for the performance of assets backing consumer-related ABS and RMBS in Japan is stable, with defaults and delinquencies to remain low and the credit quality of loans backing new deals expected to be strong. The credit quality of new ABS and RMBS in China should also be good, although there are grounds for concern. For Japanese ABS, low unemployment should support .......

    News Round-up 10 January 2017

  • Euro secondary sporadic

    Activity remains sporadic across the European securitisation secondary market. ABS/MBS continues to be as quiet as it was into year-end with only a few flash BWICs and patchy bilateral trading in major names being seen over the past week. However, positive sentiment and pent-up demand mean that spreads remain flat to slightly narrower in the year so far. CLOs have seen more activity .......

    SCIWire 10 January 2017

  • STACR designations assigned

    All but six Freddie Mac STACR credit risk transfer bonds have received NAIC 1 designations for the 2016 filing year. The STACR 2015-HQA2, 2016-HQA1, 2016-DNA2 and 2016-DNA3 M3 tranches received NAIC 2 designations, while the STACR 2016-HQA2 and 2016-HQA3 M3s received NAIC 3 designations. All Fannie Mae CAS RMBS, except two, have also been assigned NAIC designations (SCI 6 January). .......

    News Round-up 9 January 2017
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