Since the Federal Housing Finance Agency launched a credit risk transfer program for GSEs Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2013, the enterprises have transferred $60.6 billion in credit risk to private investors, amounting to about 3.3 percent of $1.8 trillion in unpaid principal balance, the FHFA said today. In the second quarter of 2017, the GSEs transferred about $6.4 billion worth of credit risk. Transfers include debt issuances, insurance and reinsurance transactions, senior-subordinate securitizations and several kinds of lender-collateralized recourse transactions.
FDIC tables proposals concerning regulatory review of bank control
The FDIC Board today two resolutions concerning bank control after both failed to gain majority support, with their sponsors promising...