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Mortgage-Backed Securities:
An Introduction to
Securitization and Processing

May 8, 2008
Bayards, New York City
(Map)
7 CPE Credits
 

Instructor: William Corrigan
Hours:
9:00 am - 4:30 pm; Registration/Breakfast begins at 8:30 am

This one-day seminar provides a high level introduction to Mortgage Backed Securities. The primary focus of the program will be to give financial services employees an understanding of the origination, securitization, second market trading and post trade processing characteristics of agency MBS. Coverage will entail a review of pertinent terms and definitions, descriptions of the securities features and characteristics, as well as some discussion of industry conventions regarding trading and post trade processing.

This class is geared for members of the financial services industry that are new to the MBS marketplace and needs and understanding of what mortgage-backed securities are and how the marketplace operates.

Overview of the Mortgage Backed Securities Market

Mortgage Loan Types

  • Residential MBS
  • Commercial MBS
  • Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (CMOs)
  • Stripped MBS
    • Interest Only
    • Principal Only
  • REMICs

Agency Pass Through Securities:

  • Ginnie Mae
  • Fannie Mae
  • Freddie Mac

Government Sponsored Enterprise (GSE) Guarantees

  • Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
  • Stripped MBS
    • Origination
    • Trading
    • Portfolio Operations
    • Clearing Agents
      • Assignments
      • Whole Loans

Securitization Process Model

  • Origination
  • Securitization
  • Secondary Market
  • Investors
  • Servicers
  • Mortgage Rates versus MBS Coupon
  • Cash Flows

Investment Characteristics of MBS

  • Credit versus Government Securities
  • Yield Premiums
  • Performance Risks
    • Contraction versus Extension

Mortgage Pool Characteristics:

  • WAC
  • WAM
  • WALA

The MBS Industry

  • SIFMA
  • Originators
  • GSEs
  • Broker/Dealers
  • Inter-Dealer Brokers
  • Sellside versus Buyside
  • Discussion of the Participants in the MBS Secondary Market

The MBS Marketplace

  • OTC
  • TBA
  • Settlement Periods
  • Transaction Size
  • Structured Products
  • Direct
  • Give-ups
  • Variance
  • Settlement Periods

Post Trade Processing

  • Central Counterparty Absence
  • Matching
  • Checkout
  • Netting
  • Risk Management
  • Pool Notification

MBS Clearing

  • Clearing Programs
  • Trade Comparison and Matching
  • Risk Management Philosophy
  • Netting
  • Electronic Pool Notification

 Lifecycle of a TBA Trade

  • Trade Execution
  • Trade Checkout
  • Trade Input
  • Trade Output
  • Risk Management Theory
  • Risk Management Process
    • Margining
    • Collateral
  • Give-Up Process
  • Netting Process
  • Trading and Allocation System Updates
  • 48-hour Day Pool Notification
  • Trading and Clearance System Updates
  • Netting Cash Settlement
  • Notification of Settlement Processing
    • Input
    • Output
  • Trade Closure
  •  Cash Adjustments

Industry Service Providers

  • Software Solutions
  • Correspondent Clearing
  • Prime Brokerage
  • Allocation System Vendors
  • Trading System Vendors
  • Clearing Houses
  • Rules and Procedures
  • SIFMA
  • DTCC

The Future of MBS

  • Creation of Central Counterparty
  • Specified Pool Trade Processing
  • Pool Substitution Processing
     





 

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