Career moves

QE’s Unintended Consequences

In this week’s webcast: quantitative easing is making European ABS a tough sell for investors; SocGen plots return to U.S. CMBS market.

S&P Agrees to One-Year Ban from Rating Conduit CMBS

Standard & Poor’s agreed to a one-year suspension from rating commercial mortgage bond conduits and $77 million in fines to settle charges with the Securities and Exchange Commission and two state attorneys general.

TRIA Renewed

In this week’s webcast: Greg Finck hops over to Morgan Stanley Investment and commercial mortgage-backeds get relief from the extension of the government’s backstop of terrorism insurance.

ASR Update

In this week’s webcast: Nomura nabs a portfolio of legacy mortgage bonds and B2R beefs up its C-Suite.

ASR Update

In this weeks’ webcast: two new kinds of “green” securitizations are in the market, and Highland Capital adds to its CLO expertise.

ASR Update

In this week’s webcast, subprime auto lenders are on the defensive again, and Fannie and Freddie name the CEO of their common securitization platform.

ASR Update

In this week’s webcast: buy-to-rent mortgage provider B2R hires CFO and a California country becomes the latest issuer of tobacco bonds to try a buyback.

ASR Update

In this week’s webcast: Mortgage aggregator Rescap turns around and sues originators of faulty loans, and Citi names a European head of RMBS distribution.