Today, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) announced the close of a Rule 144A sale of $1.8 billion principal amount of notes backed by 103 non-agency residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS) from seven failed bank receiverships.
On Friday, the OCC closed First National Bank of Georgia , headquartered in Carrollton, Georgia, and the FDIC was named receiver.
On Friday, the OTS closed First Federal Bank of California, headquartered in Santa Monica, California, and the FDIC was named as receiver.
Today, HM Treasury announced the conclusion of discussions with Lloyds Banking Group (Lloyds) and Royal Bank of Scotland Plc (RBS), regarding their participation in the U.K.
On Friday, the OTS closed Vantus Bank, headquartered in Sioux City, Iowa, and the FDIC was named as receiver.
Today, after an extended auction, the OTS closed BankUnited, FSB, headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida and named theFDIC as receiver.
Over the past two weeks, the federal government has relied on nearly every legal authority available to address the unfolding crisis in financial institutions with large mortgage-related holdings — direct and indirect financial assistance, government takeovers and even a decision to let the bankruptcy process run its course have all come into play. Today, several new actions have been announced, together with proposals that would require Congressional action.
Yesterday, the United Kingdom’s Commercial Secretary to the Treasury launched a consultation on a new special-resolution regime, Special administration regime for investment firms, to strengthen the government’s ability to handle future insolvencies of failing investment banks to minimize cost and disruption of the overall national financial system.