Barclays Capital has hired a longtime Nomura Securities International agency mortgage researcher, and Nomura's continued participation in the agency MBS market appears questionable.Art Frank, Nomura's former director of MBS, has been named director and mortgage strategist at Barclays, according to the latter company. A Nomura spokesman had not returned a call by deadline time, and efforts to reach the company's agency MBS team through its switchboard were met with uncertainty about whether the business was still offering services in that area.
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A tour of the technology that banking has run on, dating back to Franklin's anti-counterfeit measures and the bank-note bulletin that preceded American Banker.
July 3 -
Issuances of new HECM-backed securities dropped off in June on both a monthly and yearly basis, according to a new report from New View Advisors.
July 2 -
The vote to approve the $12 per share deal, which rejected a hostile bid from UWM Holdings, came following several postponements of a special meeting.
July 2 -
A mortgage customer claims his data was compromised in a hack last year at a tax and accounting firm reportedly used by the wholesale giant.
July 2 -
The government-sponsored enterprise clamped down on project review requirements and certain factory-built home appraisals while loosening other guidelines.
July 2 -
The June jobs report is creating an overhang on economist forecasts for interest rates going forward, especially when combined with recent inflation data.
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