The SEC’s proposed rule on conflicts of interest in the securitization market is unworkable and unnecessarily broad, according to industry stakeholders.
Three regional banks failed recently due partly to interest-rate risk. To avoid the same fate, mortgage companies of all stripes are being pushed to give up some profits to manage interest-rate risk.
It looks like the worst of the bank liquidity crisis could be over. And now questions are being asked: Why weren’t these banks hedged? And who bought their high-quality Treasuries and MBS?
The creation of a U.S. sovereign wealth fund could grease the skids for an end to the conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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