Annaly Capital Management remained the biggest REIT investor in the MBS market, but AGNC Investment gained a lot of ground in the third quarter. (Includes two data tables.)
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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.
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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.)
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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.
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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.
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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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