Author Archives: Isaac Gradman
BlackRock Puts Pressure On Banks To Absorb Losses
BlackRock, a major asset management firm and one of the largest investors in U.S. mortgage bonds, announced last week that banks would have to absorb the losses on their holdings in second-lien mortgages before it would resume purchasing “private-label” mortgage … Continue reading
Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco Sues Over RMBS Losses As Investor Actions Build Steam
One month ago, with the filing by the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle of eleven lawsuits against the major Wall Street creators of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS), I speculated that the floodgates of investor litigation may finally be swinging … Continue reading
Home Loan Bank Lawsuit May Signal Floodgates Opening For Investor Actions
As reported this week in the Wall Street Journal (article available here, with subscription), the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle has filed separate lawsuits against 11 different Wall Street firms, alleging that it was misled about the quality of … Continue reading
The Federal Reserve’s Secret Lending of Public Money Is Under Attack
What follows is an article by Carolyn Austin (contact the author), which was first posted on the Wall St. Cheat Sheet and has been reprinted here with permission. The article discusses an interesting bill being proposed in the House (HR … Continue reading
Bondholders Considering Plan to Tell Servicers: "You’re Fired!"
With lawsuits against servicers grinding a slow path through the court system, investors are looking to make an end-run around the intransigent banks who are refusing to service mortgages in accordance with bondholder wishes. Their solution to break through the … Continue reading
