Valverde leaving Ginnie; Cherry Hill ditches Middleman; mortgage rate futures planned; strong master servicer ranking for Computershare; new ETF with MBS; SFA appoints new global head of advocacy.
October was the busiest month of the year for non-agency MBS issuance. Activity has been limited thus far in November, though there are plenty of deals in the pipeline.
Attendance at the ABS East conference hit another record this week, with investors showing strong demand for structured finance products. Issuance is expected to remain elevated, helped by interest rate moves.
Issuance of MBS with non-qualified mortgages is growing even as insurance companies increase their purchases of non-QMs as whole loans. Investor demand for the products looks likely to remain strong.
Some SWFs in other countries have extensive ownership interests in major corporations and sweep much of their profits into state coffers.
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