Secondary Mortgage Market Flat

From what I’ve been hearing lately, the secondary mortgage market is completely dead.

The only loans that seem to be selling successfully on the secondary market are conforming, agency-backed mortgages that fit Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac guidelines.

Jumbo loans, limited documentation loans, second mortgages, and anything else that doesn’t fit agency guidelines cannot be sold on secondary, and must be kept on the books.

As a result, mortgage companies that originate loans that don’t meet Fannie and Freddie guidelines will disappear very quickly as non-marketable loans begin to stockpile and exhaust warehouse lines of credit.

The only mortgage lenders that can survive in this climate are portfolio lenders, those who both originate and service their own loans.

Companies that originate and service loans include giants like Countrywide, Wells Fargo, Indymac, Bank of America, Washington Mutual, and other similar brands.

These companies can effectively hold on to any type of loan they originate, as it doesn’t need to be sold on the secondary market, and the infrastructure is in place to collect mortgage payments and subsequent interest.

Portfolio lenders also have the final say as to what types of mortgage programs they can offer borrowers, without the worry of investor approval or the fear of selling securities at a loss.

Indymac just announced that it will return to originating jumbo loans, but that the loans will stay on their books and be serviced in-house until the secondary mortgage market becomes functional again.

Many other banks like Countrywide will be doing the same thing, which may force them to scale back certain elements of their business such as correspondent lending and wholesale.

One of the reasons why the Countrywide bankruptcy fears were unfounded.

So how do small lenders survive if their only product offerings are the same agency products that every other lender has?

And why would homeowners seek out smaller wholesale lenders or mortgage brokers if the same product is available with a larger lender at a better price?

Many mortgage brokers and specialty lenders were around to fill in the gaps and provide creative financing to borrowers who couldn’t place their loans with larger banks.

But without an alternative product mix or a niche product it will be very difficult for any small lender to survive.

Look for many more closed mortgage companies in the coming weeks and months as a result.

Stocks: Veksel - What is it?

The bill (from it. Wechsel) — strictly established form, certifying nothing the caused obligation the drawer (promissory note), or the offer to other payer specified in the bill (draft) to pay after approach of the term provided by the bill a certain sum of money in a concrete place. The bill can be order (to bearer) or nominal. In both cases cession of rights under the bill occurs by fulfillment of a special inscription — an endorsement though for drive of the order bill the endorsement isn't obligatory. It essentially distinguishes the bill from requirement cession of rights on cession. The endorsement can be blank (without instructions of the person to which the bill is transferred) or nominal (with instructions of the person to which execution should be made). The person who has transferred the bill by means of an endorsement, bears responsibility before the subsequent holders on a level with the drawer.

In the bill which is subject to payment after a presentation or during so much time from a presentation, it is possible to stipulate that for the bill sum percent will be charged. In any other bill charge of percent isn't supposed. The interest rate should be specified in the bill. Percent are charged from the date of drawing up of the bill or from the named date.

The inscription on the bill, certifying that the bill is subject to payment after a presentation or after certain term from the date of its presentation is called ависто. The inscription ависто can be made also on checks and transfers.

Bill:Obligatory requisites of the bill

Obligatory requisites of the bill are established by the Uniform law about переводно?м and the promissory note (ЕВЗ), being the appendix № 1 to the Geneva convention from June, 7th, 1930 № 358 «About the Uniform law about translation and promissory notes»:

* a bill label "bill" in the document text;
* the unconditional order or the obligation to pay the certain sum;
* the name of the payer and the first holder;
* the name of the payee;
* term and a payment place;
* date and a place of drawing up of the bill and the signature of the drawer.

At absence at least one of obligatory requisites the document can't be recognized by the bill. Though there is a number of exceptions:

at not specified term of payment it is considered that the bill is subject to payment after a presentation;
at payment places, it is considered that the specified address of the payer;
at not specified place of drawing up, it is considered that the address of the drawer;
if on the bill there are signatures of the persons, incapable to be obliged or false signatures of other persons nevertheless don't lose force.

About Stocks, Actually

The Stock (finance) — the issue security giving to its owner the right to participation in steering by joint-stock company and the right to reception of a part of profit in the form of dividends.

Categories of Stocks

Distinguish ordinary and preference shares


1. Ordinary actions grant the right to participation in steering of a society (1 action corresponds to one voice at meeting of shareholders, except for carrying out of cumulative voting) and participate in distribution of profit of joint-stock company. A source of payment of dividends under ordinary actions is the society net profit. The size of dividends is defined by board of directors of the enterprise and it is recommended to general meeting of shareholders which can reduce only the size of dividends concerning recommended by board of directors.
2. Preference shares can bring restrictions on participation in steering, and also can grant the additional rights in steering (not necessarily), but bring constant dividends (often — fixed in the form of a certain share from accounting net profit or in absolute term of money). As a rule, in Russia there are considerable restrictions on participation in steering of the companies that is caused by that mass privatization of the enterprises according to 2 and 3 type provided drive of Preference shares to labor collective, thus disfranchising it at meetings of shareholders..
Dividends under preference shares can be paid both from profit, and from other sources — according to the society charter.

Analog of preference shares:

The action promotional (founders share) — the Action extended among founders of the joint-stock companies and giving to them some rights of priority. Holders of such actions can: to have additional quantity of voices at meeting of shareholders; to use the prime right to reception of actions in case of their subsequent emissions; to star in the decision of all questions connected with activity of the joint-stock companies.
To the Admission to the auctions

For the admission to the auctions at an action stock exchange should undergo procedure of listing or to be admitted to the auctions without passage of procedure of listing.

Participation of the action in the auctions allows the emitter to involve the cheapest and most long-term capital, to raise company cost, to lower cost of loans, to hoist the prestige, to carry out additional advertizing through exchange ports and successfully to place the subsequent releases.

Preference shares On:

* Exclusive have a number of privileges in exchange for a vote. At their proprietor the size of the income at the moment of release and seating of securities is defined. The size of liquidating cost is defined. A priority at charge of these payments in relation to the ordinary.
* Cumulative (accumulating). Privileges — the same. The obligation on payment of dividends remains and collects. The fixed term of accumulation of dividends. At nonpayment of dividends of a vote don't receive.

Actions "International bureau of credit stories" will be bought by Icelanders

Actions "International bureau of credit stories" will be bought by Icelanders

The antimonopoly committee of Ukraine (АМКУ) has authorized the holding company "Creditinfo Group hf." (Reykjavic, Iceland) on purchase of actions ПАО "the International bureau of credit stories" (МБКИ, Kiev).

As have informed ЛІГА.Финансы in АМКУ, acquisition provides excess of 25 % of voices in the supreme body of steering of the emitter.

Bureau of credit stories - the commercial organization which is created for the purpose of accumulation of the information on borrowers - physical and legal bodies, their present and last obligations

American Depositary Receipt

Depositary Receipt the document certifying that securities are placed on storage in bank-kastodiane (custody) in the country of the emitter of actions addressed to bank-depositary, and granting the right to its owner to use benefits from these securities. Except for a difference because of a course change of currency the price for these receipts changes point in point with change of the price for base securities, except those cases when in the local market participation of foreign investors is limited.

The most known kinds depositary receipts — American depositary receipts (ADR — American Depositary Receipt) and global dep* receipts (GDR — Global Depositary Receipt). ADR are issued for the reference in the markets of the USA (though address and on European), GDR — for the reference in the European markets.

In 2007 in the Russian legislation there was a concept «Russian depositary the receipt» (RDR). According to FE «About a securities market» RDR is the nominal issue security which does not have a face-value, certifying the property right to certain quantity of actions or bonds of the foreign emitter and fixing the right of its owner to demand from emitter RDR of reception in exchange RDR corresponding quantity of represented securities and rendering of the services connected with realization by owner RDR of the rights, fixed by represented securities. According to information letter FSFR it is necessary to conduct the isolated account dep. receipts by principles dep. account

Global depositary receipts take place outside of the company-emitter country in the markets of two and more countries.

American Depositary Receipt

ADR — derivative security freely addressing in the American stock market on the actions of the foreign company deposited in the American bank-depositary . 95 % of releases АDR are necessary on a share of three banks — Bank of New York, Citibank, J. P. Morgan Chase . АДР are nominated in US dollars and address both at the American stock exchanges, and in the American off-exchange trading systems.

Prior to the beginning of release АDR the company-emitter should define, what exactly she wants from it to receive and that it is ready to make for this purpose. In this connection there are some various kinds of programs from which the company can choose the approaching.

Not sponsored receipts

Not sponsored ADR exhaust for sale in markets OCM (over-the-counter market). At not sponsored program ADR between dep. bank and the foreign company there is no official agreement. The companies which actions are issued under this program, have the right not to declare the financial information under the American standards. The prices of such receipts are rather low because of low liquidity and a high risk.

АDR

The first level АDR is low level of sponsored receipts. Also it is the idle time for the company a mode to receive АDR. In this case level of the reporting of the company is not obliged to correspond to standards GAAP, and the reporting under standards SEC should be minimum. From the company it is not required the quarterly or annual reports prepared according to standards GAAP. АDR I is initial level АDР. Greatest quantity АДR — АDR the first level. After reception АDR I company can raise level of the receipt to the second and the third.However access on large exchange markets ADR of the given level is limited. АDR 1 address in markets OTS, but can't address at the New York stock exchange (NYSE), the American stock exchange (АМЕХ) and NASDAQ.

АDR II

If the company wants to get access to such large stock exchanges as NYSE, АМЕХ and NASDAQ it is necessary for it to obtain the permit on АDR the second level. For this purpose it is necessary for it to pass full registration in SEC. Besides from the company annual reports under form Form 20-F at which filling the company should follow standards GAAP are required.

АDR III

АDR the third level it is used for possibility of attraction of the new capital. Emitters ADR of the third level should register both dep. receipts, and initial shares of company in SEC and to fill Form F-1, 20-F, to correspond to standards GAAP. Release ADR of the third level is actually equivalent to the public offer of actions at a stock exchange and demands the same level of disclosing of the financial information. Also the emitter should correspond to listing requirements at that stock exchange where trade ADR will be carried out.

The limited programs

The companies which don't want to exhaust the action on the open market and to sell to their concrete foreign investors (which, as a rule, large private investment funds are) can use following programs.

144 (a)

Private seating АDR of category Rule 144А. According to rule SEC Rule 144A, the companies can involve the capital in the USA by means of private seating sponsored АDR among the qualified institutional investors (the institutes which capital makes not less than 100 million US dollar). Registration in АДР In this case isn't required. The company shouldn't give the financial reporting.

Regulation S

One more mode to limit trade in receipts is to place private АDR categories Regulation S. The American investors can't hold or trade in receipts of this category. Receipts are registered and issued among not American residents and aren't registered the regulating organizations of the USA.

АDR categories Regulation S can be transformed in АDR I after the restriction period will end.

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Broker— legal or the physical person who is carrying out mediatorial functions between the seller and the buyer, between the insurer and the insured (the insurance broker), between the ship-owner and others. The broker obtains reward in the form of commission fee.

Broker on a securities market — the sales representative, the legal body, the professional participant of the securities market, having the right to make operations with securities on the instructions of the client and at his expense.


The professional participant
of a securities market who are carrying out broker activity, is called as the broker. Broker activity activity on fulfillment of civil-law transactions with securities and (or) on the conclusion of the contracts which are derivative financial tools, on the instructions of the client from a name and at the expense of the client (including the emitter of issue securities admits at their seating) or on its own behalf and at the expense of the client on the base contracts with the client.

The representing broker
— independent physical or the legal body who accepts demands from clients on the conclusion of transactions on the stock exchange, but itself doesn't conduct their account and doesn't accept money or values on account of the deposit or a margin.

Broker activity is a licensed kind of activity. In the Russian Federation the license for realization of broker activity stands out Federal Agency of the financial markets (till 2004 — the Federal commission on a securities market).