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Newcastle is marketing a prime RMBS, while Enra offers a first charge non-conforming RMBS
BPCE also added a French prime RMBS to the pipeline
Acquisition will enhance origination and servicing platform capacity, says buyer
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A number of non-agency RMBS deals were priced at the end of last week, including private label deals from Starwood and Redwood and a seasoned credit risk transfer (CRT) deal from Freddie Mac. -
Bank of America Merrill Lynch analysts turned bearish on securitization markets this week, saying that the growing US-China trade war and a flatter US Treasury curve were strong reasons to start taking risk off the table.
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored enterprises at the heart of US housing finance, are less than a year away from launching a common securitization platform that will rebalance the market to make a more level playing field for their respective securities.
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Volkswagen (VW) took advantage of the positive tone in a quiet corporate bond market to build huge order books for both euro and sterling transactions on consecutive days. The strength of the bid from UK investors was behind the overall success of those transactions, while the borrower also found a pool of demand in Russian roubles.
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In a quiet spell for the European primary ABS market last week, three Italian NPL securitization transactions were announced, all with state guaranteed senior tranches.
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UBI Banca, the Italian bank with a €97bn loan book, announced on Wednesday the securitization of a €2.75bn non-performing loan (NPL) book, and plans to apply for a state guarantee on the senior tranche which will be retained.
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The Federal Housing Finance Authority (FHFA), which regulates and oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, has seen better summers.
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Homeward Opportunities Fund I, a private equity fund controlled by asset manager Neuberger Berman, is issuing an RMBS backed by $485.5m worth of non-qualifying mortgages (non-QMs), or mortgages which do not conform to the purchasing standards of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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Permanent TSB agreed to sell a non-performing loan (NPL) portfolio to affiliates of Lone Star on Tuesday, following a competitive sale process.
