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Investor Committee

A forum for the investor community to discuss a wide range of matters affecting the structured finance market.

Investor Committee Overview

Overview

The Investor Committee of the Structured Finance Association works collaboratively on the biggest issues and trends in structured finance, such as ESG disclosure initiatives, EU securitization regulations, and evolving ERISA rules and regulations from the perspective of the buyers of debt securities. This committee’s diverse membership and leadership, coupled with SFA’s consensus-driven approach, allows this body to speak for the broader investor community in the structured finance market.

Investor Cabinet

Joe Astorina

AllianceBernstein

Michael Consedine

Athene

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Nancy Mueller Handal

Bayview Asset Management, LLC

Jon Denfeld

BlackRock

Jennifer Thomas

Loomis, Sayles & Company L.P.

Jason Valentino

MetLife Investment Management

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Angela Best

MetLife Investment Management LLC

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Jon Boswell

Nationwide

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John DiPaolo

PGIM

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Bryan Tsu

PIMCO

Liza Crawford

TCW

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Bob Behal

Vanguard

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Colin Dugas

Voya

Top Priorities

Housing Finance

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LIBOR Transition

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Resources

SFA Sends Letter to GSEs on Social Index

January 8, 2023

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In August of 2022, Fannie Mae proposed a methodology to score their single-family MBS pools using Social data and metrics. In October 2022, both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac announced that they would align their disclosure practices around the Social…
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SFA Comments on FDIC Proposed Revisions to Securitization Safe Harbor Rule

October 23, 2019
The Structured Finance Association (“SFA”) appreciates the opportunity to respond to the proposed revision (the “Proposal”) to the Securitization Safe Harbor Rule (the “Rule”) released by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”) on August 22, 2019.
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SFA Files Amicus Brief in Case of Petersen V. Chase Card Funding (August 2019)

August 14, 2019
Amici Curiae, the Bank Policy Institute (“BPI”) and the Structured Finance Association (“SFA”), by their counsel Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and Mayer Brown LLP, respectfully move this Court for leave to file a brief in support of Defendants’ Motion to…
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SFA Investors Draft New Communication Platform Criteria

June 18, 2019

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SFA’s Investor Committee drafted a criteria for a new Bondholder Communication platform to address operational, legal, and regulatory issues of the current communication framework.
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LIBOR Transition and Uncertain Tax Consequences: Our Request To the IRS and Treasury (April 2019)

March 28, 2019
The Structured Finance Industry Group (“SFIG”) respectfully requests that the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service remove a current source of market uncertainty by issuing guidance that will relieve the many issuers and holders of outstanding debt instruments, especially…
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ICE Benchmark Administration – U.S. Dollar Replacement Rate: Our Response (March 2019)

March 29, 2019
The Structured Finance Industry Group (“SFIG”)1 appreciates the opportunity to respond to the U.S. Dollar ICE Bank Yield Index (“BYI”) preliminary methodology (the “Consultation”) released by the ICE Benchmark Administration (“IBA”) in January 2019.
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Our Recommended Best Practices for LIBOR Benchmark Transition

December 14, 2019
The LIBOR TaskForceseeks to establish industry consensus and provide recommendations around one or multiple accepted approaches. It is important to stress that a “one-size-fits-all” set of recommendations may not be appropriate for many reasons
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IBOR Fallback Rates: Our Response To ISDA (October 2018)

October 22, 2018
The Structured Finance Industry Group (“SFIG”)1 appreciates the opportunity to respond to the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”) Consultation (“Consultation”) on Certain Aspects of Fallbacks for Derivatives Referencing GBP LIBOR, CHF LIBOR, JPY LIBOR, TIBOR, Euroyen TIBOR, and…
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Marketplace Lending Abs: Best Practice Reporting Standards for Unsecured Personal Loans (February 2018)

February 21, 2018
The SFIG Marketplace Lending Committee’s Best Practices effort is an initiative of the Structured Finance Industry Group (“SFIG”1), established with the primary goal of supporting the responsible growth of securitization in the marketplace lending sector.
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Contacts

Covell Adams SFA COO

Covell Adams

Chief Operating Officer
dallin merrill

Dallin Merrill

Head of Policy