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Coolabah developed the world’s first compositionally-adjusted, or hedonic, regression-based index of RMBS default rates, covering all prime deals that Bloomberg reports on (you can download the paper here). We update this index monthly, and the results are enclosed below. Contrary to S&P’s SPIN Index, we find that Aussie RMBS arrears (nb: legally there is no difference …

RMBS default rates trending higher as house prices plunge Read More »

Notwithstanding the franking debate last year, ASX hybrids were the second-best performing asset-class behind long-dated government bonds in 2018 with an attractive 4.9% gross return, smashing the AusBond Floating-Rate Note Index (2.3%) and the Aussie equities market including dividends (down -3.5%). Major bank hybrids are rated by S&P at BB+, which is technically in the …

Hybrids vs High Yield Read More »

Measuring and monitoring the true level of mortgage delinquencies across an economy is essential for asset pricing and financial system stability. Yet public measures of mortgage default risk almost always use simple averages across pools of individual assets, including balance-sheet loans or indices tracking default risk across portfolios of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS). These approaches …

A new hedonic approach to measuring mortgage default risk Read More »