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It can hardly be said that the process of releasing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac out of government conservatorship has been rushed. The painstaking process has taken place over the course more than a decade and has consumed the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) through two presidential administrations. And yet, FHFA capital requirements proposals published this week for the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) may not go far enough to ensure their safety and soundness. -
The end of government control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac drew one step closer this week, but a US Supreme Court ruling on the leadership structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) raises the possibility that the course could be reversed under a new government after November's election, write Max Adams and Jennifer Kang.
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Aegon Asset Management named Russell Morrison as the new global chief investment officer for its $188bn fixed income investment platform as part of its effort to form a global, unified management board.
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Investcorp Credit Management announced on Tuesday that it has hired Brian Marshall to its US credit business.
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The UK government allowed the growth of the non-bank sector after the global financial crisis, but during the coronavirus pandemic, it has left it to fend for itself.
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Ares Management Corporation has agreed to extend a covenant waiver on its securitization financing for Non-Standard Finance (NSF) after initially giving the lender until June 29 to find alternative funding.
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Residential mortgage REIT Two Harbors Investment Corp. has announced that Thomas Siering is stepping down as the president and CEO after over a decade with the firm, replaced by William Greenberg, former vice president and co-CIO.
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A group of lawmakers led by Texas Republican Van Taylor has sent a letter this week to secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin and chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell, urging them to address the ‘looming crisis’ in the commercial real estate market, particularly for struggling borrowers saddled with CMBS debt.
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The Basel Committee has proposed tweaks to its securitization rules to ease non-performing loan sales — but it hasn’t gone as far as market participants would like, and has rowed back from proposals tabled by the European Banking Authority last October, which would have cut capital requirements much further.
