Amherst Holdings LLC, an Austin, Texas-based company that assists institutional investors in the U.S. residential mortgage market, is expanding overseas to Asia. Paul Kan, previously a senior vice president and senior trader of mortgage-backed securities and securitized products for Asia at Lehman Brothers, has been named managing director of the new Hong Kong-based venture. The company said its initial focus will be on facilitating securities transactions in the United States between Asian accounts and Amherst's broker-dealer affiliate, Amherst Securities Group LP.
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The filing alleges TWO executives engaged in a "stealth mission" to get the deal canceled, including subverting participation in a March shareholder vote.
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One of three Federal Open Market Committee members to vote for a higher federal funds rate last month, the Cleveland Fed president is undeterred by the labor force decline in July.
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Some equity and credit agency researchers have lowered their sights in line with market changes, but their forecasts suggest stability for those that pivot.
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The new record arrives after five months of annual home-price growth, which surged to its highest in more than a year, according to ICE Mortgage Technology.
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The arm of the asset management giant is paying over $100 million for the Cherry Hill business started in part with Freedom Mortgage over a decade ago.
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The average down payment across the list was 17.1%, well above 13.1% nationally, and the median credit score was 766, compared with 747 countrywide.
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