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  • Reaction was mixed to the announcement that the European Central Bank would launch a new covered-bond purchase plan next month.
  • Pressure is mounting on Bank of New York Mellon to settle fraud charges in connection with foreign-exchange cases as the New York state attorney general and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan have filed fresh complaints against the bank.
  • MF Global has expanded its mortgage-backed securities team with the hiring of Rusian Margolin, Peter Ma and Steven Boginsky.
  • Bank of America has confirmed reports that it is closing its retail lending operations in six low-volume states-- Alabama, Alaska, Montana, Nebraska, Wisconsin and Wyoming—as it works to streamline its mortgage business.
  • Nationwide Building Society is launching a euro-denominated covered bond, in addition to a prime residential mortgage-backed securitization.
  • Dexia is said to be in advanced talks with a potential buyer for its Luxembourg branch, according to Luc Frieden, the country’s finance minister.
  • A U.K. tax tribunal has affirmed a valuer’s judgment and ruled that investors in Northern Rock were not entitled to any compensation for losses they suffered after the British government nationalized the troubled mortgage lender in February 2008.
  • UBS has admitted that it failed to take action once it uncovered evidence of authorized trading, which led to losses of $2.3 billion at the Swiss bank.
  • David Kaplan, head of residential mortgage-backed securities trading at PrinceRidge, was let go yesterday, reportedly as part of cuts on the securitization side of the business as the two-year-old group looks to focus instead on corporate financing. Kaplan could not be reached for comment.