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FHFA’s focus in reforming GSEs: Capital, capital, capital
By Hannah Lang
December 26, 2019, American Banker
Even though Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are still controlled by the government, 2019 saw some of the first signs of progress …
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Senate Democrats Ramp Up Scrutiny of Trump’s Fannie-Freddie Plan
By Elizabeth Dexheimer
December 17, 2019, Bloomberg
It’s been three months since the Trump administration released its plan to end government control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and Democratic …
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Setting New Standards for Residential Mortgage Backed Securities
By Seth Welborn
November 22, 2019, DSNews
Fitch Ratings is calling the newly recommended adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) fallback language a “positive development” as it moves toward becoming the market standard …
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Firms Warn of Risks in Plan to Take Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Private
By Andrew Ackerman
November 24, 2019, Wall Street Journal
Some of the biggest names in finance are warning that the government’s plan to return Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to …
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Risky Mortgage Bonds Return as Delinquencies Pile Up
The subprime mortgage-backed bond may be dead in America a decade after it helped trigger the global financial crisis, but a security with some of the same high-risk characteristics is …
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Fannie, Freddie Regulator Launches Process for New Capital Requirements at Mortgage Finance Firms
By Andrew Ackerman
November 19, 2019, The Wall Street Journal
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s federal regulator kicked off a process for the mortgage finance companies to raise enough capital …
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JP Morgan Deal Shows Possible Path to Smaller Fannie and Freddie
By Sam Goldfarb
November 8, 2019, The Wall Street Journal
A recent move by JP Morgan Chase & Co. to shed risk on some of its mortgage loans is stirring …
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Fannie, Freddie government lifeline cut could cause economic pain: DoubleLine
By Megan Davies and Kate Dugid
November 7, 2019, Reuters
The Trump administration’s aspiration to end government control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is unlikely to be realized anytime …
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Risky Mortgage Bonds Are Back and Delinquencies Are Piling Up
By Claire Boston
November 4, 2019, Bloomberg
The subprime mortgage-backed bond may be dead in America a decade after it helped trigger the global financial crisis, but a security with …
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2019 Fixed Income Year in Review
By Billy Hult, Tradeweb Markets
Originally published by Tradeweb and on the TABB FORUM
With sweeping regulatory reforms and plunging interest rates, this decade brought massive challenges to fixed income …
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