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Goldman Sachs says it is facing lawsuits involving $15.8 billion in mortgage-backed securities, a thirtyfold jump from its estimate of $485 million just three months ago.
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Prices for non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities are at their lowest level compared with other products since 2008, according to Amherst Securities Group.
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PIMCO has named Stefano Risa as executive v.p. and head of mortgage and asset-backed analytics in the firm’s New York office.
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Residential mortgage-backed securities have racked up $350 billion in cumulative losses so far since the housing market began to collapse, about half of the total it may eventually sustain, according to FTN Financial.
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Mortgage veteran Bill Twombly is leaving UBS for Brooklyn-based Risk Management Group, a residential mortgage-backed securities analytics and surveillance group.
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Cardano, the U.K. pension fund manager, says it is looking into investing in distressed debt for the first time as resolution of the euro-zone crisis is likely to present opportunities.
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Moody’s Investors Service says it may downgrade Lloyds Banking Group because of concerns over the temporary health-related leave of Antonio Horta-Osorio, the bank’s ceo.
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Société Générale has decided to shelve dividend plans for 2011 as it needs to boost its capital base after absorbing significant write-downs from its exposure to Greek debt.
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Daniel Tarullo, a member of the Federal Reserve board of governors, says the central bank will likely draft rules for U.S. banks based on the recommendation by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in the first quarter of 2012, but that it was unlikely banks would implement them before the scheduled deadline.