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The move away from the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) has been aptly described as “landmark transition” that has the financial industry mobilizing ah...
The move away from the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) has been aptly described as “landmark transition” that has the financial industry mobilizing ah...
Coauthored by Maclean Amlalo The steps to collapsing an RMBS trust start with the trust’s eligibility. A trust qualifies for optional termination (“optional...
Fannie Mae is now following suit in the appraisal-free arena by allowing property waiver inspections on some purchase loans. Oakleaf Group analyzed the mortgag...
According to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s latest Foreclosure and Call Volume Survey,[1] the total number of loans in forbearance increased to 8.46% from...
On April 15, 2020 Moody’s placed 404 classes (bond) of legacy US RMBS on review for downgrade, and downgraded and placed on review for further downgrade 48 cl...
Wells Fargo agreed to a settlement with several groups of institutional investors in November 2018. The date to be excluded from this settlement is April 15, 20...
A review of a large sample of non-agency RMBS transactions, which are backed by varying types of collateral, revealed that optional call eligibility varied depe...
Under my direction, the Modeling and Analytics division of Oakleaf Group aggregates published loan level data for RMBS transactions and checks the “waterf...
Plaintiffs win – Defendants Nomura and RBS tried unsuccessfully on appeal to prove the mortgage / bond losses were attributable to the broader financial crisi...