Fitch Finds Support For U.S. Prime RMBS Loss Model

Fitch Ratings says it has received positive feedback for its proposed U.S. residential mortgage-backed securities rating criteria.

Fitch Ratings says it has received positive feedback for its proposed U.S. residential mortgage-backed securities rating criteria. The rating agency that the vast majority of respondents supported its plan to implement “a more forward-looking and countercyclical modeling framework” based on projected home price movements “where credit enhancement increases as risk enters the system and declines when risk is neutralizing.”

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