Morgan Stanley has agreed to pay $1.25 billion to the Federal Housing Finance Agency to resolve claims that it sold shoddy mortgage securities to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. In a securities filing late Tuesday, Morgan Stanley said that it had reached an agreement “in principle” with the agency, which […]
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U.S. seeking $6 billion from JPMorgan to settle mortgage claims: source
U.S. government housing finance authorities are pressing JPMorgan Chase & Co for at least $6 billion to settle lawsuits over bonds backed by subprime mortgages, according to a person familiar with the matter. The company is arguing that it should pay less to settle the claims by the U.S. Federal […]
