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The first reboot of S&P 500 Index group weights in almost two decades has arrived, shaking up stock portfolios and conjuring an industry out of real estate investment trusts that will infuse at least one lightweight ETF with sudden riches.

Caliber Home Loans is preparing a second subprime residential mortgage securitization, just months after completing its first U.S. subprime asset-backed deal of the post-crisis era.

The first residential mortgage-backed securities class rated by Fitch Ratings post-crisis has paid off, the ratings agency said Monday.

The mortgage application forms from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should make for stronger loans, according to an analyst at Moody's Investors Service.

Angel Oak Capital's second securitization of nonprime residential mortgages brought its funding costs down significantly, helped by the addition of some new investors.

The president and founder of a now-defunct Massachusetts-based mortgage company was charged with defrauding Ginnie Mae to the tune of $3 million.

To money managers at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Prudential Financial Inc., the laggards of the debt universe look pretty good right now.

JPMorgan is taking a riskier route for its second jumbo mortgage loan securitization of 2016.

Morgan Stanley has completed $10.5 million in consumer relief, according to the independent monitor of the company's mortgage-backed securities settlement with New York State.

Redwood Trust reported higher net income during the second quarter from a year ago, thanks to an increase in net interest income and a decrease in operating expenses.

Fannie Mae has released historical performance data on a portion of its modified single-family loans.

Two Harbors Investment Corp., one of the few regular sponsors of private-label mortgage securitization post-financial crisis, is pulling out of the market.

Citigroup fired a mortgage trader four months ago after internal and external lawyers determined he mismarked his portfolio.

Deutsche Bank is nearing an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to settle a long-running investigation into its mortgage-backed securities business.

Freddie Mac has reached a binding commitment with Chimera Investment Corp. in its pilot structured sale of seasoned loans.

Mergers and acquisitions are important, but simply buying out the competition is no longer the road to success.

JPMorgan Chase reported a 5% increase year-over-year in its second-quarter mortgage banking revenue even though its loan origination volume fell by 15%.

New rules designed to stop U.S. companies from moving their tax addresses offshore are written so broadly that they could disrupt the mortgage securitization market, the Structured Finance Industry Group warned Thursday.

Freddie Mac is on track to issue mortgage-backed securities via a common securities platform by the end of this year, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

The Dec. 31 expiration of the Home Affordable Modification Program will have a limited negative effect on residential mortgage-backed securities from 2008 or earlier, according to Moody's Investors Service.