CMS BondEdge, a Los Angeles-based provider of fixed-income portfolio analytics, has announced an agreement to provide RiskMetrics Group with key rate duration calculations for mortgage- and asset-backed securities with prepayment risk.The companies said the data will be incorporated into RiskManager, a product of the New York-based RiskMetrics. The addition of the rate duration calculations will allow for "a more detailed analysis of the prepayment risk" associated with some MBS and ABS, the companies said. CMS BondEdge, an operating division of Interactive Data Corp., can be found on the Web at http://www.cmsbondedge.com.
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More depositories are getting involved in the securitized market and the competition is likely to add to expense management challenges of smaller balance loans.
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Seller-impersonation attempts more than doubled in two years, with artificial intelligence providing fraudsters new tools to commit crimes, a report said.
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Homebuyers who are preapproved have the best opportunity to take advantage of fall discounts, giving lenders an opportunity to roll out marketing around this.
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Bank of America upped its forecast for non-qualified mortgage issuance, with investors, particularly insurers, buying these and other non-agency securities.
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NAF Insurance customers save $719 on average, Phil Miller, senior vice president of strategic partnerships at New American said.
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Polling suggests that Democrats could retake control of the House and have a formidable shot at the Senate as well. If they win both chambers, oversight of bank regulation, crypto and Trump administration officials will be the name of the game.
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