Not exact matches
SecondMarket is the largest centralized marketplace and auction platform for illiquid assets, such as asset - backed
securities, auction - rate
securities, bankruptcy claims, collateralized debt obligations, limited partnership interests, private company stock, residential and commercial mortgage - backed
securities, restricted
securities and block trades in public companies, and
whole loans.
From 1993 to 1999, Mr. Weintraub traded
whole loans and Agency and Non-Agency
Securities at Lehman Brothers.
Ray focuses on financial services and commercial real estate, with a specialization in negotiated private placements of term asset - backed
securities, warehouse credit facilities,
whole loan transactions, subordinated debt financings, and other transactions for specialty finance companies and commercial real estate.
Well, from what I have heard, the amount of capital to participate in the repo market for agency
securities, and prime AAA
whole loan MBS has doubled.
They put it this way, «The Combined Fund's broader investment mandate is expected to result in a more liquid portfolio over time with less emphasis on
whole loans and mortgage - backed
securities».
The high degree of junk,
whole loans, and interest only
securities gives me doubt.
Our practice in this area encompasses the issuance of public and private asset - backed and mortgage - backed
securities, asset - backed commercial paper programs, and other privately structured transactions, such as
whole -
loan trades and portfolio sales and acquisitions.
National Mortgage Survey shows
whole -
loan originators and participants in the commercial mortgage - backed
securities arena are still whooping it up.
The COP report estimates that a substantial portion of real estate - backed
securities and
whole loans remain on bank balance sheets.
To sum up, the financial world witnessed the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, the acquisition of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America, the conversion to bank holding companies by Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, the collapse of Washington Mutual, the acquisition of Wachovia by Wells Fargo, the potential suspension of mark - to - market accounting and the ability of the government to purchase mortgage assets, both residential and commercial mortgage - backed
securities, as well as
whole loans.
At the end of the third quarter, Goldman sat on $ 14.6 billion in commercial real estate assets including
securities and
whole loans, Lehman on $ 24 billion, Merrill on $ 19.2 billion and Morgan Stanley on $ 19.5 billion, according to research by Sanford Bernstein and Co., Inc..
They buy them from lenders, wrap them into
securities and make guarantees to make investors
whole if the
loans default.