S&P error junks 30 bonds — so far
March 30, 2015Most of the bonds downgraded below investment grade have not been offered in the secondary market since the downgrades, according to data from Empirasign.
Global Capital
Student loan trading active despite legislative attention
March 27, 2015At USD 653.1m in BWIC volume, student loan ABS trading had its heaviest week since July 2014, buoying a week bogged down by a heavy CMBS pipeline and a looming quarter-end, according to data from Empirasign Strategies.
Debtwire
Settlements could be driving non-agency RMBS liquidations
March 25, 2015Some of the non-agency bonds that money managers have sold recently have been completely paid down, according to trading data from Empirasign, suggesting investors might have held them with the intention of seeking recoveries through litigation.
Global Capital
Large resecuritization BWIC moving RMBS markets
March 18, 2015The BWIC includes 156 non-agency bonds with a current face value of $1.6bn, according to data from Empirasign. The notes are broken up into three pools, which are scheduled to trade at 10am on Friday and settle on March 24.
Global Capital
US SF WRAP-GM and Prestige clear ABS issues, focus on Fed
March 18, 2015Overall volumes of non-agency RMBS out for bid have been particularly intense this week, according to data provider Empirasign. Some US$863.4m in these bonds were out for bid on Tuesday, a 167% increase in bid list volume versus the daily average for March. And there was little let up today with US$575.39m showing up on lists.
IFR
Investors Seeking Liquidity Get Craigslist for MBS From Vendor
March 17, 2015Empirasign Strategies LLC this month started testing a service in which investors can anonymously post securities they want to buy or sell and potential prices, and then chat online without divulging their names to seal the deals.
Bloomberg News
Many Buyers for Subprime Auto Loan Bundle
March 15, 2015It's easy to see the attraction for investors. Yields on the highest rated slice of the Santander bond were 1.02 percent, compared with the equivalent Treasury bond yield of 0.12 percent, according to Empirasign Strategies, a market data firm.
The New York Times
Mortgage Bonds in Worst Start Against Treasuries in 18 Years
January 14, 2015About a third of the $2.7 billion of those notes included in widely marketed auctions from the day of the FHA announcement through yesterday were described by dealers as failing to trade, showing potential disagreement among investors on the appropriate values, according to Empirasign data. Trade information wasn't available for an additional 17 percent.
Bloomberg News
Ocwen-serviced bonds hold up despite California woes
January 13, 2015The cover, or second-best, bid on the MSAC 2005-HE3 M4 issue, one of the bonds facing an investor vote on a servicing transfer, was in the high 80s on December 3 after trading in the mid 80s in April, according to data from Empirasign.
IFR Asia
Oil price plunge should bolster consumer ABS
December 16, 2014"The DNT numbers in ABS have been creeping up into the 20% and 30% range," Murphy said, referring to bonds that do not trade. "I think people are trying to find liquidity, but people are just not there to take risk in December."
IFR Asia
Year-end Wind Down Begins; Focus on Legacy Lehman RMBS
December 02, 2014A senior A1 tranche on a SASC 2006-S1 deal last covered at 90.01 on August 26, according to data from Empirasign.
IFR
Nomura Said To Win Mortgage Auction, Despite Traders' Absence
November 19, 2014Buyers pushed back against aggressive pricing for the 112 line items of mostly subprime paper, said Empirasign data president Adam Murphy. At least 50% of the Fortress list received "Did-Not-Trades" from bids wanted in competition. The sale may have been meant as a "pricing exercise," one broker said, requesting not to be named because of client involvement.
American Banker
Deal rules block auction of vintage CDO
November 07, 2014A US$3m slice of a mezzanine H tranche of pre-crash JP Morgan deal JPMCC 2005-LDP2, for example, saw talk of just 27.30 cents on the dollar in September, according to Empirasign, an ABS and MBS bond trading data provider.
Reuters
European bank sells US$1bn in RMBS to raise capital
November 06, 2014The list of almost 60 bonds sold Tuesday fetched a weighted average price talk of US$56.41, according to Empirasign, a trading data provider, with most seeing price talk from an average of five to six dealers.
IFR Asia
BayernLB repays some state aid after selling toxic assets
October 30, 2014According to trading data provider Empirasign, price indications ahead of the deal were 74.28 cents on the dollar for the US securities and 91.72 cents on the euro for the European assets.
Reuters
Credit Suisse Swoops Up Precrisis MBS in $7B Auction
October 28, 2014This week's auction is the largest sale from a European-based bank since a year ago, and it closes in on a record-sized auction from Lloyds Bank, which in May 2013 offloaded $8.9 billion in vintage U.S. mortgage-backed securities, according to data firm Empirasign Strategies president Adam Murphy.
National Mortgage News
Citigroup, Credit Suisse and Goldman Win US$7bn RMBS List - sources
October 28, 2014Talk reached an average US$74.28 dollar price on the US list, according to Empirasign, an ABS and MBS bond trading data provider that had talk on 99% of the list. For the European parcel, talk across five dealers averaged US$91.72, according to Empirasign.
IFR Asia
Record CLO issuance could still fall short
October 09, 2014Freddie Mac saw strong bids for its roughly US$1bn list of pre-crash senior RMBS bonds offered Wednesday, with 12 of the 13 lots trading, according to market data company Empirasign.
IFR
Bonds on Freddie's USD 998m BWIC Talked in 40–90 Range
October 07, 2014The Wednesday BWIC is drawing increased scrutiny compared with some other recent large sales that have sailed through on the tailwind of improved housing fundamentals and favorable technicals. It is the largest non-agency BWIC since a USD 1.51bn offering in early September, according to DW ABS and Empirasign data.
Debtwire
Widening in US CLOs takes toll on equity
October 02, 2014But many of this week's bid lists were never sold. Some 67% of the $409m of CLO bid lists in the market on Wednesday, for example, did not trade, according to data from Empirasign.