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Brad Davis Joins Oakleaf as Managing Director

Brad Davis Joins Oakleaf as Managing Director

Chris Milner
Founder, CEO and President
We are excited to announce that Brad Davis has joined The Oakleaf Group as Managing Director of Business Development. Brad joins Oakleaf’s leadership team in a dedicated business development capacity, building our pipeline, bringing in new business, and building out Oakleaf’s business development...
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We've Moved!

We've Moved!

Chris Milner
Founder, CEO and President
The Oakleaf team has moved into a brand-new office space in Bethesda, Maryland. It has been an exciting transition and we’re thrilled to now have all of our team members under one roof! Please see below for our new address and look out for information regarding our Office Warming Party in the new...
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Arch Mortgage Insurance Secures $368 Million of Indemnity Reinsurance from a Rated Insurance-Linked Note Transaction

Arch Mortgage Insurance Secures $368 Million of Indemnity Reinsurance from a Rated Insurance-Linked Note Transaction

AMILTON, Bermuda--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Arch Capital Group Ltd. [NASDAQ: ACGL] announced today that its mortgage insurance (MI) business obtained $368 million of indemnity reinsurance from Bellemeade Re 2017-1 Ltd., a special purpose insurer. The reinsurance is for a portfolio of MI policies issued by...
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Mary Pat Denney Featured as Women in Housing & Finance’s Member Spotlight

Mary Pat Denney Featured as Women in Housing & Finance’s Member Spotlight

Oakleaf Managing Director, Mary Pat Denney, has been chosen as this month’s Women in Housing & Finance Member Spotlight. Click here to read Mary Pat’s full interview where she discusses her inspiration, the best advice she’s ever received and much more!
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Fitch: Improvements Needed in U.S. RMBS Diligence

Fitch: Improvements Needed in U.S. RMBS Diligence

The private label U.S. RMBS market should establish a new due diligence working group to drive grading, process and standardization improvements, according to Fitch Ratings in a new report. This was an overriding conclusion and one of several takeaways from Fitch's U.S. RMBS roundtable event held at its New York office earlier this month with leading third party review (TPR) firms.
Fitch Ratings, New York, 19 October 2017 The private label U.S. RMBS market should establish a new due diligence working group to drive grading, process and standardization improvements, according to Fitch Ratings in a new report. This was an overriding conclusion and one of several takeaways from...
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Oakleaf’s Vinod Panicker to present at CECL 2017 Conference

Oakleaf’s Vinod Panicker to present at CECL 2017 Conference

Oakleaf Managing Director, Vinod Panicker is set to present at Center for Financial Professional’s CECL 2017 conference in New York City October 11th-12th, 2017.
Oakleaf Managing Director, Vinod Panicker is set to present at Center for Financial Professional’s CECL 2017 conference in New York City October 11th-12th, 2017. CECL 2017 will bring together over 20 senior risk professionals from leading financial institutions to provide a beginning to end...
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Fannie Mae joins Freddie in allowing appraisal-free purchase mortgages. 

Fannie Mae joins Freddie in allowing appraisal-free purchase mortgages. 

Allows property inspection waiver on some low LTV loans.
Kelsey Ramírez Fannie Mae is now following suit in the appraisal-free arena by allowing property waiver inspections on some purchase loans. Last week, Freddie Mac extended its appraisal-free mortgage program to its purchase loans, announcing it will go into effect on September 1, 2017. Shortly...
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Fannie Mae’s August Forecast

Fannie Mae’s August Forecast

Upside Offsets Downside, Keeps Economic Growth on Pace
Matthew Classick WASHINGTON, DC – Looming geopolitical tensions and the growing potential for a U.S. government shutdown as well as a technical default pose risks to the economy but are not expected to derail full-year growth of 2.0 percent, according to the Fannie Mae Economic & Strategic...
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Women of Influence: Mary Pat Denney

Women of Influence: Mary Pat Denney

Congratulations to Mary Pat Denney on being named one of HousingWire’s Top Women of Influence!
Mary Pat Denney joined The Oakleaf Group in 2015, and was charged with refreshing and expanding relationships with the company’s core client base after it diverted critical resources to developing two substantial new service offerings to other client bases. Denney has established and grown the risk...
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