Opinion Virus is Dodd-Frank’s first real test
If banks are unable to weather the economic fallout from the outbreak, calls for more dramatic reforms could get louder.
Rob Blackwell
IntraFi Network
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Opinion GSE investors better beware underlying risks
The FHFA’s attempt to move some of its balance sheet into the private sector could leave investors with greater liabilities than they were initially told.
Tobias Peter
American Enterprise Institute’s Housing Center
Opinion No, the FHA should not be pushed to the brink again
Now is not the time for the government to cut Federal Housing Administration premiums and enter new segments of the housing market.
Opinion There’s a ‘true lender’ fight brewing in California
The state has proposed a law to cap the interest rate on certain consumer loans, but nonbanks aim to skirt it by seeking a rent-a-charter.
Tom Dresslar
California Department of Business Oversight
Opinion CFPB can do better by fintechs than a ‘policy tool’
It should offer some form of guidance to spur innovation, a former official with the bureau says.
Dan Quan
Nevcaut Ventures
Opinion Let’s get housing reform right this time
As lawmakers tackle Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, any revamp must lessen risk to the mortgage system and U.S. taxpayers.
Robert Broeksmit
Mortgage Bankers Association
Opinion CLO investors benefiting from ‘MASCOT’ note flexibility
Modifiable and splittable/combinable tranches are part of a new feature emerging in the CLO market which is intended to partially set off the negative impact to holders of CLO debt associated with the call feature.
Opinion Taxpayers are the GSEs’ true stockholders
Complaints made by legacy shareholders of Freddie Mac have no value after the Treasury Department pumped up Freddie and Fannie Mae through conservatorship.
Edward Pinto
American Enterprise Institute Housing Center
Opinion How CMBS lenders can stop worrying and learn to love C-PACE
The incentives are stronger than ever to work toward standardizing the documentation, language and process for loans in commercial mortgage-backed securities to be combined with PACE financing.
Carson Leonard
Alston & Bird
Opinion With interest rate volatility, servicing assets suffer
Will the runoff of MSRs leave a hole in the capital of the mortgage finance industry?
Christopher Whalen
Whalen Global Advisors LLC
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