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Statement On The Concept Release On Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Disclosures And Enhancements To Asset-Backed Securities Registration, SEC Commissioner Mark T. Uyeda, Sept. 26, 2025

Date 26/09/2025

Securitization Matters

In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, many critics placed significant blame on securitized offerings — and residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) in particular. RMBS offerings were accused of being opaque, with little information about the underlying assets. Moreover, credit rating agencies were blamed for being complicit in concealing poorly performing collateralized assets behind investment grade ratings.

Statement On Concept Release Relating To Asset-Backed Securities, SEC Commissioner Caroline A. Crenshaw, Sept. 26, 2025

Date 26/09/2025

Today the Commission poses the question of whether there are “regulatory impediments to issuer and investor access to the registered Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) market,” which are causing the market to be depressed.  We further ask whether the “current framework for registration and reporting is serving the needs of the current ABS market.”  Among those impediments, we consider: (i) whether asset-level disclosure requirements for Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS) are too onerous; (ii) whether issuers are foregoing registered RMBS offerings because they cannot provide investors with sensitive asset-level information such as 5-digit zip codes or credit scores; and (iii) whether the definition of ABS for the purpose of registration is too narrow. 

Narrowly Then Broadly: Statement On Concept Release On Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Disclosures And Enhancements To Asset-Backed Securities Registration, SEC Commissioner Hester M. Peirce, Sept. 26, 2025

Date 26/09/2025

Today, the Commission is soliciting comments on our regulatory framework for asset-backed securities (“ABS”), narrowly and broadly. Narrowly, the Commission is seeking comment on whether to amend the asset-level disclosure requirements for residential mortgage-backed securities (“RMBS”) in Item 1125 of Regulation AB, with particular attention given to the potentially sensitive nature of the information disclosed. Broadly, the Commission also is asking whether the definition of “asset-backed security” in Regulation AB should be revised to harmonize it with other definitions of “asset-backed security” elsewhere in our rules. Even more broadly, the Commission invites comment on other aspects of ABS regulation. I look forward to robust public feedback.

Statement On Concept Release On Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Disclosures And Enhancements To Asset-Backed Securities Registration, Paul S. Atkins, SEC Chairman, Sept. 26, 2025

Date 26/09/2025

Today, the Commission issued a concept release to solicit public feedback on disclosure requirements for public offerings of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS), as well as certain aspects of the agency’s regulations of asset-backed securities (ABS) generally.

CFTC Commitments Of Traders Reports Update

Date 26/09/2025

The current reports for the week of September 23, 2025 are now available. Report data is also available in the CFTC Public Reporting Environment (PRE), which allows users to search, filter, customize and download report data.

SEC Seeks Public Comment to Improve Rules on Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities and Asset-Backed Securities

Date 26/09/2025

The Securities and Exchange Commission today published a concept release soliciting public comment on how to improve current SEC rules governing residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) and certain aspects of asset-backed securities (ABS) generally.

Nigerian Exchange Weekly Market Report For The Week Ended 26 September 2025

Date 26/09/2025

A total turnover of 7.684 billion shares worth N494.126 billion in 116,645 deals was traded this week by investors on the floor of the Exchange, in contrast to a total of 2.735 billion shares valued at N85.197 billion that exchanged hands last week in 127,284 deals.

Thoughts On Monetary Policy Decisionmaking And Challenges Ahead, Federal Reserve Vice Chair For Supervision Michelle W. Bowman At The Forecasters Club Of New York Luncheon, New York, New York

Date 26/09/2025

Good afternoon. Thank you for the invitation to speak to you. I am delighted to have the opportunity to address this distinguished group of macroeconomic forecasters. Today I will discuss how I approach monetary policy decisionmaking, and I will then describe some of the challenges we will likely face in the years ahead.

Bees, Ts, And NFTs: Remarks At The Coin Center Dinner, SEC Commissioner Hester M. Peirce, Washington D.C., Sept. 26, 2025

Date 26/09/2025

Thank you for that introduction and thank you to Coin Center for inviting me back. I am sorry that a regulator—rather than a developer, founder, or funder—stands before you today. Let’s hope that we can make quick progress to a place where people are free to build interesting and valuable projects without a regulator like me at the front of the room. Speaking of regulators, before I begin, I must remind you that my views are my own as a Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission and not necessarily those of the SEC or my fellow Commissioners.

Statement On Simultaneous Commission Consideration Of Settlement Offers And Related Waiver Requests, Paul S. Atkins, SEC Chairman, Sept. 26, 2025

Date 26/09/2025

Since returning to the Commission, I have examined different processes to ensure that the Commission effectively and efficiently carries out its three-part mission to protect investors; facilitate capital formation; and maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets. One area I consider ripe for change is the way the Commission evaluates settlement offers in Commission enforcement actions that are accompanied by contemporaneous requests for Commission waivers from automatic disqualifications and other collateral consequences that result from the underlying Commission enforcement action.