The big engines in the ABS market — vehicle and business-finance deals — posted solid gains in annual issuance last year, along with sharp declines in quarterly production. (Includes three data tables.)
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Nonbanks are fueling securitization of home-equity lines-of-credit, closed-end second liens and home equity investments. Issuance jumped in 2023 as refi business dried up. (Includes two data tables.)
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Participants in the MBS and ABS market have widespread concerns about a proposal to adjust capital requirements for large banks. They argue that the proposed capital requirements are unnecessarily high.
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Ginnie Mae is exploring a new reverse MBS to provide a new form of liquidity to issuers with home equity conversion mortgages above the 98% maximum claim amount.
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FINRA proposed reducing trade reporting requirements to one minute after execution from 15 minutes. Many trades of agency debt securities and TBA MBS already meet the proposed reporting requirements, while ABS reporting lags.
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The federal government last week filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit by Texas Capital Bank against Ginnie Mae for eliminating TCB’s interest in the home equity conversion mortgages of bankrupt Reverse Mortgage Funding.
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