Risk retention

Dear Congress: Don’t repeat Dodd-Frank’s mistakes

05/10/18

A federal appeals court overturned part of the 2010 law’s risk retention rule earlier this year. The legal battle highlights mistakes to be avoided during the next reform fight.

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Banks need more skin in the housing finance game

02/14/18

Lenders should be encouraged to hold more credit risk in the mortgage market, rather than having it foisted on Fannie and Freddie.

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How risk retention created opportunity for bank spinoff Trinitas

07/11/17

The former Triumph Capital Advisors doubled its business by acquiring Doral Bank's CLO assets; Dodd-Frank’s “skin in the game” regs spurred its spinoff as a vehicle of the deep-pocketed Pine Brook.

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How risk retention created opportunity for bank spin-off Trinitas

07/11/17

The former Triumph Capital Advisors doubled its business by acquiring Doral Bank's CLO assets; Dodd-Frank’s “skin in the game” regs spurred its spin-off as a vehicle of deep-pocketed Pine Brook.

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Large CMBS loans are being carved up to spread risk, but …

05/19/17

The trend of putting ever-smaller pieces of the same commercial mortgages into multiple securitizations requires investors to be extra careful, and will inevitably make workouts of bad loans more complicated.

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