Trade opportunities
Recently there has been a flurry of Residential Mortgage Backed Securities transactions. FIIG has been getting its share of the flow of securities and is pleased to present them to our clients
Opinion
Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has updated how they treat Lenders Mortgage Insurance in rating Residential Mortgage Backed Securities (RMBS). This article details who these changes are relevant to and what the likely effects will be
Education (advanced)
A step by step guide of the basic process ratings agencies apply, using the recently issued Pepper Residential Securities Trust No. 12 as an example, showing the substantial amounts of housing market stress that even sub-investment grade RMBS are designed to withstand.
Trade opportunities
The start of 2013 has seen several issuers tap RMBS markets in significant volume, achieving notably tight pricing