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Author Archives: Neil Aggarwal

Neil Aggarwal, Portfolio Manager & Sector Specialist, RMBS, joined Semper Capital Management in 2017 as the Portfolio Manager and Sector Specialist for RMBS and other residential credit sectors. Aggarwal has over 14 years of experience in securitized products, trading, structuring, and credit analysis. Prior to joining Semper, he served as the Mortgage Credit Sector Head and Senior Trader for a securitized products strategy at BlueCrest Capital Management. Prior to BlueCrest, he was a SVP in RMBS and mortgage trading at Jefferies, where he primarily focused on market making and structuring. Earlier in his career, he was a residential mortgage loan/RMBS trader for Barclays Capital and C12 Capital, and a RMBS structurer for Citigroup. Aggarwal earned a BS in Mathematics and a BS in Finance with Honors from the University of Maryland.

Credit Risk Transfers: Hot Topic of 2017

Semper Capital, a independent investment management firm, believes that the Credit Risk Transfer market continues to be a compelling investment vehicle. Following the mortgage crisis, the Federal Housing Finance Agency has mandated a number of changes affecting the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), reducing the risk of losses that the GSEs may pose to taxpayers. Semper believes that the CRT market remains well supported and the collateral and structural benefits are high.

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