Rithm Capital moves into insurance with new acquisition

Rithm Capital announced a new acquisition that adds an insurance business and further boosts its efforts to grow beyond its real estate roots toward asset management.  The New York-based company and parent to mortgage lender Newrez will purchase alternative investment firm Crestline Management, a firm currently responsible for $17 billion in assets. Based in Fort […]

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How Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac release could change mortgage costs

Enjoy complimentary access to top ideas and insights — selected by our editors. A number of observers have speculated about how the prospective release of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from government conservatorship will impact the residential mortgage market and mortgage loan costs. The good news is that the two GSEs will benefit dramatically from

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Stephen Miran

Trump Fed nominee won’t resign from White House

Stephen Miran, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers and nominee to serve on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.Bloomberg News The news: Stephen Miran will take unpaid leave from the Council of Economic Advisers, rather than resigning So what?: Democrats spent the confirmation hearing attacking Miran’s conflict of interest and the decline in Fed

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