The class A notes issued by HarbourView CDO III Ltd., a collateralized debt obligation that includes mortgage-backed securities, has been downgraded from B to A-minus by Fitch Ratings.Fitch also lowered the Distressed Recovery rating on the class B notes from DR5 to DR6, and assigned a DR2 rating to the class A notes. The rating agency said the deal has been in default since March 2005, when the principal balance of the collateral debt securities fell below the aggregate balance of the rated notes. HarbourView III has exited its reinvestment period with a portfolio consisting chiefly of "diversified structured finance assets" as well as corporate debt and the debt of real estate investment trusts, the rating agency said. Fitch can be found online at http://www.fitchratings.com.
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JPMorganChase and Bank of America raised concerns about the proposed removal of risk-weighted assets from the denominator of the short-term wholesale funding component of the GSIB surcharge — changes backed by Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., reportedly plans to send the recently passed housing bill to the White House on Monday, starting a 10-day clock for the president to sign the bill.
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The national delinquency rate rose 15 basis points to 3.5% last month due to a calendar anomaly, marking a 4.5% month-over-month incline and 9.4% annual change.
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ICE launched a fraud detection tool for underwriters, Newrez partnered with Matic and Rate announced a free home equity monitoring tool this month.
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Nearly one-third of states now have official nonbank standards for liquidity, capital and corporate governance that firms over a certain threshold must meet.
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KBW now rates UWM as outperform, and BTIG calls the stock a buy, but both cite high leverage levels and industry macro trends depressing its stock price.
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