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Scott Eichel, former co-head of asset- and mortgage-backed securities trading at Bear Stearns, hasn’t looked back since the 85-year-old institution was absorbed by JPMorgan at the height of the subprime mortgage meltdown for just $10 a share. -
Secondary bids in European asset-backed securities have seen “significant” softening in the past couple of weeks as market professionals flee riskier assets, according to a London-based ABS trader at a U.K. investment bank.
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Citigroup is urging regulators to reconsider plans to force securitizers to keep a slice of risk in deals they structure, saying the plan lacks full analysis and is too broad and confusing.
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The industry is split over the effectiveness of the Securities and Exchange Commission's rule 17g-5 with bankers ratings agency officials taking different stances on the initiative at the American Securitization Forum's annual meeting in Washington.
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Investors in European asset-backed securities deals are facing a busy next few weeks as issuers press investors to vote on changes needed to bring existing transactions up to speed with revised Standard & Poor’s counterparty criteria.
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A principal write-down has prompted Fitch Ratings to lower the ratings on 31 bonds in 15 U.S. commercial mortgage-backed securities transactions from CC and C to D.
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More European banks could follow Unicredit’s lead in offloading loan portfolios via the securitization market to boost capital ratios, according to London-based analysts.
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BNP Paribas today priced its €1.5 billion ($2.15 billion) Dutch residential mortgage-backed deal, Phedina Hypotheken 2011-1, the first trade from the program to be placed with investors.
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is said to be looking into whether Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s Investors Service did sufficient research to properly rate loans in mortgage-backed securities.
