Investment Bankers, Hedge Funds Turn to Mortgage Daily

DALLAS, July 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A growing number of analysts from investment banking firms and hedge funds are using Mortgage Daily, a leading source of online mortgage news, as a tool for historical statistics and news about issuers of mortgage-backed securities. Also of interest to the growing Wall Street audience is data on the performance of underlying loans and stories about investor issues.

MortgageDaily.com subscribers gain insight into active and defunct mortgage banking firms at the times they originated the various vintages of non-agency mortgages.

In addition, subscribers can access mortgage statistics in order to compare the performance metrics of a given MBS to metrics on similar private-label securities. Other available statistics include quarterly mortgage production by originator back to 2003 for the biggest agency and non-agency originators. MBS Statistics can be found at http://www.mortgagedaily.com/MbsStatistics.asp.

Users can read about MBS lawsuits and learn about precedents set in MBS-related cases. Complaints alleging violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are chronicled. MBS litigation activity as measured in the Mortgage Litigation Index can be found by quarter at http://www.mortgagedaily.com/MortgageLitigationReport.asp.

Readers gain instant access to hundreds of MBS News stories published over the past decade. Coverage includes articles about ratings agency activity and actions, qualified residential mortgages and Secondary Marketing News. Whether it's reporting about subprime, Alt-A or jumbo securities issuers -- or ratings and performance statistics -- a broad array of MBS-related news can be found here: http://www.mortgagedaily.com/News/MBS.asp, while Secondary Marketing News can be found here: http://www.mortgagedaily.com/SecondaryMarketing.asp.

News and statistics about other investment banking related issues can be found on our Corporate Mortgage News page. Executive moves, mergers and acquisitions, and initial public offerings as well as other governance related issued are covered here. Actions taken by the Securities and Exchange Commission against mortgage firms and financial institution are also covered. Corporate Mortgage News can be found at http://www.MortgageDaily.com/Corporate.asp.

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