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Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities are financial instruments consisting of residential mortgages pooled together to form larger more complex financial commodities.

News & Analysis as of May 23, 2013

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review - May 6, 2013

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 5/6/2013

On April 30, the FHFA issued its progress report on the steps being taken to establish a common securitization infrastructure for MBS. The FHFA is encouraging interested parties to provide written input on the progress...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review - April 8, 2013

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 4/8/2013

UK Financial Services Regulatory Handover - On April 1, the long-awaited handover of power from the FSA to the "twin-peaks system," consisting of the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review - March 25, 2013

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 3/25/2013

In This Issue: *Financial Industry Developments - Agencies Issue Updated Leveraged Lending Guidance - CFTC No-Action Relief from Required Clearing for Some Partial Swap Novations and Terminations - FHFA...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review - March 18, 2013

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 3/19/2013

In This Issue: *Financial Industry Developments - CFTC Announces the Start of Mandatory Clearing - CFTC Reminds Market Participants of Swap Data Reporting Requirements - Rating Agency Developments...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review - March 11, 2013

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 3/11/2013

In This Issue: *Financial Industry Developments - SEC Risk Alert and Investor Bulletin on Investment Adviser Custody Rule - FHFA Outlines 2013 Goals for Fannie and Freddie - Rating Agency Developments ...more

Bank of America Discloses NYAG Investigation and SEC Inquiry into RMBS Practices

by Orrick - Structured Finance Group on 3/6/2013

In its February 28, 2013 Form 10-K filed with the SEC, Bank of America disclosed that it is under investigation by the New York Attorney General over its purchase, securitization and underwriting of home loans and RMBS....more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review - March 4, 2013

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 3/4/2013

In This Issue: *Financial Industry Developments - Amendments to Fed and OCC Foreclosure Consent Orders - Fed Proposed Rule on Systemically Important Financial Market Utilities - Rating Agency...more

Impac Settles RMBS Suit Brought by Citigroup for $3.1 Million

by Orrick - Structured Finance Group on 2/5/2013

On January 24, Impac Funding Corp. settled a lawsuit brought by Citigroup Global Markets Inc. alleging violations of Sections 18 and 20 of the Securities Exchange Act and negligent misrepresentation based on alleged...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review - February 4, 2013

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 2/5/2013

In This Issue: *Financial Industry Developments - SEC Extends Exemptions for Security-Based Swaps - Fed Announces Release Dates for Results of Supervisory Stress Tests and CCAR - Rating Agency Developments...more

Morgan Stanley Revelations Raise The Specter Of 2008… Again

by Michael Robinson | LEVICK on 1/24/2013

This week, The New York Times’ Dealbook dragged the specter of 2008 back into the spotlight. A piece authored by ProPublica’s Jesse Eisinger shared “explosive” revelations about what some Morgan Stanley traders knew...more

Skadden's 2013 Insights: Global Litigation

by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/21/2013

New legal ground is expected to be broken this year in areas of importance to companies and their directors, officers and executives. We see those developments coming from around the globe and defining the litigation...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review - January 7, 2013

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 1/14/2013

In This Issue: *Financial Industry Developments - OCC Guidance on Transition Periods under Section 716 of the Dodd-Frank Act - CFTC Reporting of Swap Transactions and Swap Dealer Registration - Department...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review - December 3, 2012

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 12/6/2012

In This Issue: - Financial Industry Developments · CFTC Final Rule on Clearing of Credit Default Swaps and Interest Rate Swaps · Fed, Treasury Proposed Amendments to Bank Secrecy Act Definitions...more

Banking And Financial Services E-Note - November 2012

by Burr & Forman on 12/1/2012

In This Issue: - Banks Concerned as TAG Program Set to Expire - European Banks Set to Take Bigger Hit than U.S. Over Libor Probe - N.Y. AG Sues Credit Suisse for Misleading Investors on Mortgages -...more

Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Working Group Announces Several New Cases

by BuckleySandler LLP on 11/28/2012

On November 20, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, one of the Co-Chairs of the federal-state Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS) Working Group, announced a new case filed in the New York State Supreme...more

Goldman Sachs Discloses SEC Will Not File Action Over RMBS Sales

by Orrick - Structured Finance Group on 8/16/2012

On August 9, Goldman Sachs disclosed in its 10-Q that the Securities and Exchange Commission has decided not to recommend an enforcement action against Goldman for disclosures connected to $1.3 billion in residential...more

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