Felipe Ossa

Upgrades might be in store for some Russian residential mortgage-backed securities thanks to recently enacted amendments to the country’s MBS law.

Barclays is expanding its West Coast staff that handles commercial mortgage-backed securities.

The widening in structured finance spreads is not yet a cause for credit concerns, according to Standard & Poor’s.

The issuance of nonagency residential mortgage-backed securities so far in 2013 is approaching the $11 billion mark, according to Standard & Poor's.

Roughly in step with other markets, structured finance pricing and issuance in June was governed by questions of how quickly the Federal Reserve would rein in its asset-buying spree.

Yet another CMBS is on the way through JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust.

The Structured Finance IndustryGroup has hired Falcon Capital Advisors as well as a consultancy run by Kristi Leo to help it attract new members and pursue its legislative agenda.

Springleaf is readying another residential mortgage-backed securities deal totaling $835 million, according to a pre-sale report released by Standard & Poor’s April 2.

Mortgage-backed securities in Russian rubles hit a new high in issuance last year.

Redwood Trust is validating expectations that it would keep the private-label market of residential mortgage-backed securities alive this year.

After last year’s false start, the government-sponsored enterprises plan to introduce risk-sharing bonds this year.

Structured finance investors would prefer to rely on fewer sources of pricing for tracking deals, according to 107 investors in the industry surveyed by Principia Partners.