Home Mortgage Finance

Sep 19, 2008

American Enterprise Institute

Participants spoke about the state of the financial industry, recent government intervention to assist investment banks and mortgage lenders, and proposals to restructure regulation of the mortgage loan system. Among the topics they addressed were insuring consumer investments in financial markets and the housing industry, mortgage underwriting .. Read More
Participants spoke about the state of the financial industry, recent government intervention to assist investment banks and mortgage lenders, and proposals to restructure regulation of the mortgage loan system. Among the topics they addressed were insuring consumer investments in financial markets and the housing industry, mortgage underwriting procedures, and bond financing. They answered questions from the audience.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:02 Unidentified Speaker A DISCUSSION ON HOME MORTGAGES AND THE BANKING INDUSTRY. WE WILL HEAR ABOUT NEW PRACTICE. IT IS CALLED...
00:00:33 Unidentified Speaker I THINK WE ARE ABOUT READY TO START. EVERYONE, PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS. WE WILL HAVE VERY INTERESTING...
00:11:08 Unidentified Speaker LET ME SAY ONE MORE THING. THERE IS A LOT OF INTEREST IN WHAT TREASURY IS PROPOSING TO DO IN THE FINANCIAL...
00:11:38 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT TOPIC. I APPRECIATE HAVING...
00:38:08 Unidentified Speaker WE HAVE SOME TIME FOR QUESTIONS. THE SLIDES WILL BE ON OUR WEBSITE FOR THIS CONFERENCE. LOOK FOR...
00:38:32 Unidentified Speaker I AM A LAWYER WITH ONE LAW FIRM. TWO UNRELATED QUESTIONS. ONE WOULD BE THE ROLE OF THE RATING AGENCIES....
00:39:09 Unidentified Speaker I WILL DO THE SECOND ONE FIRST. IT IS A DYNAMIC POOL. ANY ISSUER WHO WILL ISSUE A COVERED BOND HAS...
00:41:01 Unidentified Speaker COULD WE ADD THAT THE RATING AGENCIES ARE ACCUSTOMED TO TRADING COVERED BONDS BECAUSE THEY BREAK LOTS...
00:41:18 Unidentified Speaker ALL THE WAY UP IN FRONT.
00:41:23 Unidentified Speaker [UNINTELLIGIBLE] I HAVE TO SAY AND DON'T TAKE THIS THE WRONG WAY, BUT I GET VERY UNCOMFORTABLE WHEN...
00:44:11 Unidentified Speaker I WAS WAITING FOR THE QUESTION.
00:44:14 Unidentified Speaker CAN YOU COME AND GET THE MICROPHONE?
00:44:17 Unidentified Speaker PLEASE. [LAUGHTER]
00:44:21 Unidentified Speaker I AM JUST KIDDING. ON THE POINT OF THE GOVERNMENT'S ROLE, I AM A FREE-MARKET REPUBLICAN. ONE OF THE...
00:45:59 Unidentified Speaker IN THE BACK? CAN YOU WAIT FOR THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE?
00:46:12 Unidentified Speaker I AM FROM THE FDIC. I WANT TO KNOW WHICH TYPES OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS BE TIED INSURED DEPOSITORY...
00:46:30 Unidentified Speaker THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION ON WHO IS INTERESTED. MOST OF THE INTEREST WE HAVE RECEIVED HAS BEEN FROM...
00:47:38 Unidentified Speaker OTHER QUESTIONS? WAIT FOR THE MICROPHONE.
00:47:47 Unidentified Speaker [UNINTELLIGIBLE] ASSUMING THAT I WANTED TO BUY A HOUSE FOR $400,000, I PUT DOWN $100,000 SO I GOT...
00:48:20 Unidentified Speaker I -- WE WOULD HAVE TO DO THE DETAILED MAP.
00:48:26 Unidentified Speaker -- WE WOULD HAVE TO DO THE DETAILED MATH.
00:48:28 Unidentified Speaker THERE ARE ONLY THREE OR FOUR MAJOR BANKS. CHASE , BANK OF AMERICA THAT AND PERHAPS CITICORP. THEY'RE...
00:49:12 Unidentified Speaker THE BIG BALANCE SHEET LENDERS HAVE BEEN MANY BUSINESS LINES. MORTGAGE FINANCE IS A BIG BUSINESS. EVEN...
00:50:03 Unidentified Speaker ONE MORE QUESTION. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. THAT IS WHY REFOCUSING ONLY ON DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS?...
00:50:22 Unidentified Speaker IT IS JUST A STARTING POINT. THIS IS TOO HAS BEEN REACHING OUT TO US SAYING WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE HELP....
00:50:50 Unidentified Speaker WAS THERE ANY REQUIREMENT WHEN YOU STARTED TALKING ABOUT MARKETING THESE THINGS THAT YOU NEEDED DEPOSITORY...
00:50:56 Unidentified Speaker NO.
00:51:01 Unidentified Speaker I GUESS WE HAVE TIME FOR TWO MORE QUESTIONS. WITH THE MICROPHONE.
00:51:14 Unidentified Speaker HOW BINDING IS TREASURY'S BEST PRACTICES GUIDE AND WHAT HAPPENS TO SOMEONE WHO SAYS GOOD SUGGESTIONS,...
00:51:21 Unidentified Speaker IT IS NOT BINDING. WE ARE TRYING TO PROVIDE A STARTING POINT. IF WE DID SOMETHING BY THE, WHAT WE...
00:51:47 Unidentified Speaker ONE MORE QUESTION IN THE BACK. IN THE RED.
00:51:59 Unidentified Speaker WE REPRESENT THE CONSUMER PERSPECTIVE. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO BE ADDRESSING TO PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY...
00:52:48 Unidentified Speaker WHAT YOU RAISED IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT IS NOT UNIQUE TO COVERED BONDS. IT IS HOW WE DEAL WITH...
00:54:14 Unidentified Speaker [INAUDIBLE]
00:54:26 Unidentified Speaker I CANNOT SPEAK TO ITS SPECIFICALLY. WE SERVE IT ALL OF THE STATES AND THEY HAVE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS....
00:55:05 Unidentified Speaker BEFORE I INTRODUCE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WANT TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE A GAP UP HERE ON THE PANEL. YOU PROBABLY...
00:55:29 Unidentified Speaker PROBABLY NOT POSSIBLE TO DO THAT ACTUALLY.
00:55:32 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HE WILL GO IN TURN. JASON COULD NOT MAKE IT. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS STOPPED -- ...
00:57:39 Unidentified Speaker GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. IT IS GOOD TO BE HERE WITH YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE...
01:21:55 Unidentified Speaker GREG IS THE DEPUTY GENERAL COUNSEL FOR THE BANK REGULATORY AND POLICY LEGAL GROUP AT BANK OF AMERICA,...
01:22:53 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, AGREED TO BE HERE. BASICALLY, WHY WE BELIEVE COVERED BONDS ARE IN THE INTEREST OF BANK...
01:32:18 Unidentified Speaker THE IDEA OF A MUCH AND 80 AS A UNDERSTOOD -- OF HOMOGENY WHICH HE IS UNDERSTANDABLE. BUT HOW DO YOU...
01:32:53 Unidentified Speaker GENERALLY, WE ARE OPEN. BUT WE HAVE FACILITATED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS MARKET. I EXPECT MY SECOND...
01:33:47 Unidentified Speaker LET ME SAY THAT IT IS GOING TO BE CHALLENGING TO TRY AND GET INVESTORS INTERESTED, WHICH IS WHAT I...
01:34:47 Unidentified Speaker I ASSUME YOU ARE NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE FACT THAT CONGRESS MIGHT HAVE A DIFFERENT STRUCTURE?
01:35:03 Unidentified Speaker IS NOT UNIMAGINABLE THAT THEY COULD COME IN AND SAY WE GOT A DIFFERENT WAY. ALL OF THE WORK YOU HAVE...
01:35:16 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE LOOKED AT SOME OF THE BILLS. I THINK IT IS FAIR TO SAY THAT SOME OF THE LEGISLATION WOULD ...
01:37:00 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. I AM VERY GLAD TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY TO TALK ABOUT COVERED BOND. I AM A COVERED BOND...
01:49:16 Unidentified Speaker THANKS VERY MUCH. YOUR POINTS ABOUT THE TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF PLAYERS IN THE SECURITIZATION PROCESS...
01:49:59 Unidentified Speaker I LOOKED AT SOME ASPECTS OF IT. PARTICULARLY THE CAPITAL COST BURDEN THAT BILL RISK ASSETS CARRIED...
01:51:11 Unidentified Speaker I SHOULD MENTION THAT IN THE DATA SYSTEM, WHEN THE BONDS ARE ISSUED, THE MORTGAGE BANK THAT ISSUES...
01:52:35 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. I HAVE PARTICIPATED IN INTERNATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS OF HOUSING FINANCE AND LOOKED AROUND...
02:06:25 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU TALKED ABOUT MEETING IN A LEGISLATIVE BASIS BECAUSE OF THE CONFLICT BETWEEN...
02:06:58 Unidentified Speaker I THINK IT IS POSSIBLE. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT DOING THIS...
02:08:16 Unidentified Speaker OK, TIM SKEET. HE IS THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF MERRILL LYNCH'S COVER BOND PRACTICE. NOW BANK OF AMERICA'S...
02:08:30 Unidentified Speaker SUBJECT TO REGULATORY REFERRALS. HE SPECIALIZED AS A THIS FINANCIAL INSTITUTION -- PRIOR TO JOINING...
02:09:11 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY TO REFER TO END A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND....
02:09:35 Unidentified Speaker WHEN I WAS IN GERMANY --
02:09:38 Unidentified Speaker I DID MEAN WHAT I SAY. THAT SENTENCE WAS --
02:09:50 Unidentified Speaker DO WE SPEAK ENGLISH HERE? MY NATIVE TONGUE IS SORT OF ENGLISH. A THOUGHT IN INVOKED THE SPIRIT OF...
02:25:14 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU FOR MUCH. LET ME ASK ONE QUICK QUESTION. YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT LIQUIDITY. THIS IS A BOND....
02:25:35 Unidentified Speaker I THINK WHAT WE ARE TRYING DO IS GIVE AN INSTRUMENT TO INVESTORS WHICH REQUIRES AS LITTLE CREDIT WORK...
02:26:35 Unidentified Speaker OK. WE HAVE KEPT DAVID FOR LAST BECAUSE HE IS SUBSTITUTING JASON, WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE. FROM...
02:27:09 Unidentified Speaker THANKS. I WILL MAKE SOME VERY BRIEF REMARKS. I DID HAVE SOME LIMITED STAFF INVOLVEMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT...
02:32:04 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. IT WAS GOOD TO HEAR TET THE FTSE IS WILLING TO TALK ABOUT THE 4% LIMIT, WHICH I THINK SOME...
02:32:43 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD WONDER IF I COULD ASK A QUESTION? IT SEEMS TO ME, AND TIM COULD ADDRESS THIS, ONE OF THE KEYS,...
02:34:05 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THE INTENT OF THE POLICY STATEMENT IS TO COPE CERTAIN WAYS TOWARDS THAT, TO THE EXTENT THAT...
02:35:09 Unidentified Speaker IT WAS CLEAR FROM MY COMMENTS, THE SUGGESTION WHAT IS NEEDED IS LEGISLATION.
02:35:21 Unidentified Speaker ANY OTHER TALENTS ON THE PANEL ON THAT ISSUE?
02:35:25 Unidentified Speaker AND THE BACK.
02:35:31 Unidentified Speaker ONE COMMENT, PETER, YOU HAD RAISED, THE IDEA OF A DEDICATED INSTITUTION THAT ISSUES COVERED BONDS,...
02:37:22 Unidentified Speaker THE FDIC HAS SAID THAT IT WILL TRY TO ADDRESS THESE THINGS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. I THINK THERE IS...
02:37:37 Unidentified Speaker TO SOME EXTENT THESE ISSUES WILL BE WORKED OUT IN THE MARKETPLACE. BUT I GOT INVOLVED WITH THIS I...
02:38:27 Unidentified Speaker TO ADD A POINT. LEGISLATION ADDRESSES THAT ISSUE BY CLASSIFYING A COVER ON AND SAY QFC, WHICH TIGHTENS...
02:38:57 Unidentified Speaker I THOUGHT IN THE QFC, MAYBE THE SAME THING IS TRUE WITH THE FDIC, BUT THAT GIVES THE HOLDER OF THE...
02:39:29 Unidentified Speaker HALF THE AMERICAN FOUNDATION. I AM HEARTENED THAT THEY ARE COMFORTABLE THAT THIS COULD BE LAUNCHED...
02:40:57 Unidentified Speaker IT IS NOT. YOU RAISE AN INTERESTING POINT THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST. THE PROBLEM WE HAVE...
02:43:03 Unidentified Speaker WE DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT IS IN THE COVER SCHOOL. IT INCLUDES THINGS OTHER THAN MORTGAGES. ARE WE TALKING...
02:43:15 Unidentified Speaker IT IS STEP-BY-STEP, IS IT NOT? BUT WE HAVE THE EARLIEST DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS PRODUCT DOWN THE ROAD...
02:44:13 Unidentified Speaker BUT THEY ASK YOU THIS. ARE WE TALKING ABOUT A MORTGAGE FINANCE SYSTEM OR ABOUT FINANCING OTHER THINGS?...
02:44:23 Unidentified Speaker IN EUROPE WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT KIND OF UNDERLYING ASSET CLASSES. IF THIS IS CAPABLE OF DEALING...
02:44:52 Unidentified Speaker ALEX.
02:44:54 Unidentified Speaker IN MY VIEW THE OVERWHELMING PRIORITY IS A MORTGAGE FINANCING ALTERNATIVE, AND THAT IS WHERE ALL OF...
02:45:26 Unidentified Speaker BUT THERE IS NOT ANY, I WILL GET YOU IN A SECOND, IS THERE ANY RESTRICTION IN THE LEGISLATION ABOUT...
02:45:42 Unidentified Speaker BY DEFINITION IF YOU HAVE A COVERED CALL MADE OF MORTGAGES KOPP --
02:45:48 Unidentified Speaker WE ARE TALKING ABOUT OTHER THINGS BESIDES MORTGAGES.
02:45:51 Unidentified Speaker I AM NOT.
02:45:52 Unidentified Speaker DESK, YOU ARE. BUT I HEAR OTHERS SAYING THERE WILL BE OTHER THINGS IN THE COVER ALL.
02:46:04 Unidentified Speaker AS BULLISH AS I AM ON COVER BONDS IT IS IMPORTANT TO FOCUS ON MORTGAGES FOR TWO REASONS. COMPARED...
02:46:41 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THAT IS RIGHT. THE FACT THAT THE MORTGAGE MARKET IS SO LARGE IS WONDERFUL, IT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY....
02:47:05 Unidentified Speaker CHRIS MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY. THE KENTUCKY WHAT THE LEGISLATION. -- HE CAN TALK ABOUT THE LEGISLATION....
02:48:14 Unidentified Speaker WE HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION. TIME FOR ONE LAST QUESTION. THAT IS RIGHT OVER HERE.
02:48:33 Unidentified Speaker ALEX, THACKERAY YOU TALKED ABOUT A SELF FINANCING NATURE OF THIS WERE YOUR OF THE PROCEEDS IN THE CAPITAL....
02:49:19 Unidentified Speaker WITH REGARD TO THE DIAGRAMS, ONCE FANNIE AND FREDDIE GO TO THE CONSERVATORSHIP THE GRINDER THEY START...
02:49:27 Unidentified Speaker I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SITTING THROUGH THREE HOURS OF SOMEWHAT TECHNICAL MATERIAL. I HOPE YOU HAVE...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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