CalCon Mutual Mortgage plans to issue a $576.2 million non-agency MBS with mortgages eligible for sale to the GSEs. It will be the first non-agency MBS from the issuer.
Space Coast Credit Union's first securitization, composed of prime auto loans, should perform well compared to its competitors, according to rating services.
The SEC has finalized a rule prohibiting certain conflicts of interest in the securitization market. Industry participants are largely happy with changes in the final version of the rule.
The red-hot vehicle ABS market saw intense competition between S&P and Fitch for ratings supremacy. Kroll rode the resurgent ECM MBS market to boost its share of rated issuance. (Includes two data tables.)
After S&P made changes to its insurer risk-based capital adequacy criteria, Arch Capital canceled eight of its mortgage insurance-linked note transactions, citing newly unfavorable capital treatment.
REIT values can rise and fall depending on interest-rate swings. The good news is that rates have steadily dropped the past five weeks. The bad news: A rate cut by the Fed will need a recession to occur first.
Bank holdings of credit-card ABS were the only sector to show an increase in the third quarter as most top players recorded declines in their portfolios. (Includes two data tables.)