On August 8, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued guidance on the applicability of the legal lending limit (LLL) to purchased loans. This guidance applies to community banks’ purchases of loans. In...more
1. Why Repos are important for the Islamic finance industry - Islamic finance is a full-fledged financial system, including well-established banking, capital markets, money markets and insurance products and practices....more
In this Issue. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is seeking feedback on principles for climate-related financial risk management for large banks; the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division is seeking...more
The Federal Reserve Board ("FRB") began publishing the Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR") in April. This rate was developed to be a more reliable benchmark than LIBOR, which lost credibility a few years ago when it was...more
By recently releasing yet another revised representation and warranty framework, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac continued their efforts to assuage the concerns of the lending industry that a default by a borrower poses an unfair...more
On May 22, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that when a nonbank entity purchases loans from a national bank, the interest rate the nonbank entity may charge is limited to the rate of interest of the state of...more
On July 1, Justice Marcy Friedman of the Supreme Court of New York for New York County denied Natixis Real Estate Holdings, LLC’s (“Natixis”) motion to dismiss a repurchase action brought by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., and...more
Federal bank regulatory agencies are significantly increasing their scrutiny of Wall Street bank lending, moving from annual reviews to a system of monthly audits in a major effort to curtail aggressive underwriting...more
On August 4, Judge Paul A. Crotty of the Southern District of New York granted Quicken Loans’ motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. (as Trustee of the GSR 2007-OA1 trust), alleging that...more
Agencies Apply Increased Leverage Ratio to Large U.S. Banks - On April 8, the Fed, FDIC and OCC adopted the final rule to increase the leverage ratio for the largest U.S. banks. The final rule applies to U.S. bank...more
On March 20, Judge Alison J. Nathan of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted in part and denied in part DB Structured Products, Inc.’s, (DBSP) motions to dismiss four lawsuits brought...more
Bank of America and Freddie Mac are currently attempting to resolve a mortgage repurchase dispute in which Freddie Mac claims that Bank of America should have to buy back more than $1.4 billion in mortgage loans it claims...more
Originally published in International Financial Law Review in February 2013. Covered bonds’ dual recourse nature makes them a favoured instrument for investors seeking both safety and yield. If the issuing financial...more