Latest Webinars from MCT Experts, Vendor Partners, and Industry Leaders
MCT® regularly holds industry webinars to provide insight into industry trends, market changes, and product or service updates. We invite industry experts to dive into these topics to provide multiple perspectives on what matters most. View and download our recent capital markets webinars to learn more about a variety of capital markets, mortgage pipeline hedging, and other topics great for mortgage lenders.
MSR 101: Reviewing MSR Principles, Advantages & Disadvantages, & Key Portfolio Valuation Drivers
Retaining mortgage servicing rights is considered a key milestone in the growth of every mortgage banker. Learn about valuing, retaining, and selling this crucial asset from our expert team.
Webinar Date: August 15, 2024
Panelists: Bill Shirreffs, Senior Director, Head of MSR Services and Sales Operations; Azad Rafat, Senior Director, MSR Services; David Burruss, Director, MSR Sales; Natalie Martinez, Sr. Manager, MSR Services & Client Success MCT
Improve Margins and Price Competitiveness with the Fannie Mae Mission Score API
Fannie Mae has changed the landscape of the secondary market again by pushing the mission pay-ups available on the securitization side through to mortgage originators with a new API and associated product grids.
Webinar Date: July 11, 2024
Panelists:Phil Rasori, Chief Operating Officer, MCT; Paul Yarbrough, Senior Director, Head of Client Success Group, MCT; Olga Gorodetsky, Director, Capital Markets, Fannie Mae
MSRlive! 3.0 – New Technological Advancements that Produce Better Analytics & Efficiency
Join MCT’s MSR Team as they discuss new enhancements to the MSRlive! model, provide insight into the MSR market as a whole, and open the floor for questions from participants.
Webinar Date: June 12, 2024
Panelists: Bill Shirreffs, Senior Director, Head of MSR Services and Sales Operations; Azad Rafat, Senior Director, MSR Services; David Burruss, Director, MSR Sales; Natalie Martinez, Sr. Manager, MSR Services & Client Success MCT
Preserve Margins and Improve Pricing with the Base Rate Generator
Through direct collaboration with clients, MCT has developed the Base Rate Generator to open up a new era of efficiency and control. View webinar for latest developments in front-end pricing and back-end execution, including spec margin holdback, best ex blending, and custom TBA indications.
Webinar Date: June 4, 2024
Panelists: Phil Rasori, Chief Operating Officer; Chris Anderson, CAO; Rob Barnhill, Team Lead for Northwest Trade Desk; and Luke Chang, Director, Product and Pricing Division MCT
Complete Best Execution – Now Including Fully Integrated Retain/Release MSR Decisioning
In this webinar, MCT will review the current state of the MSR market and discuss more comprehensive retain vs. release strategies, in addition to our recently introduced fully integrated Enhanced Best Execution (EBX) solution.
Webinar Date: April 24, 2024
Panelists: Natalie Martinez, Senior Manager, MSR Services & Client Success; Bill Shirreffs – Senior Director, Head of MSR Services & Sales Operations
Moving to Mandatory Loan Sale Delivery
In this webinar, MCT will discuss how lenders are leveraging mandatory loan sale delivery to improve profitability and manage risk with pipeline hedging. MCT will also review operational changes needed to move from best efforts to mandatory loan sales.
Webinar Date: April 4, 2024
Panelists: Scott Holtz, VP, South Regional Sales, MCT
The New World of Warehouse Lines and Relationships
Last year’s regional banking crisis, pressure from the market downturn on mortgage originators, and recent events have all changed the warehouse lending landscape.
Webinar Date: February 29, 2024
Panelists: Chris Anderson, Chief Administrative Officer, MCT; Ann Steadman, VP, Warehouse Lending at Customers Bank; Ben Boden, VP, Relationship Manager | Warehouse Lending at First Horizon Bank; Nicole Avey, VP Warehouse Lending at Western Alliance Bank; Kevin Mitzit, President at Wintrust Mortgage Warehouse Lending
MSR Risk Management, Compliance & Current Market Strategies
Webinar Date: February 15, 2024
Panelists: Scott Weintraub, Vice President Compliance, MQMR; Julie McCurley, Director of Servicing, MQMR; Bill Shirreffs, Senior Director, Head of MSR Services and Sales Operations, MCT; Azad Rafat Senior Director, MSR Services, MCT; David Burruss Director, MSR Sales, MCT; Natalie Martinez, Senior Manager, MSR Services & Client Success, MCT
The Great Inflation vs. 2024: Analysis & New Tools for the Current Market
In this webinar, Phil Rasori and Andrew Rhodes share analysis on the current market, comparison to relevant historical precedent, and new MCT software functionality to equip lenders in this challenging market.
Webinar Date: November 16, 2023
Panelists: Phil Rasori, COO, MCT; Andrew Rhodes, Senior Director, Head of Trading, MCT
Maximize Loan Trading Profits with MCT Marketplace
Whether you are buying or selling loans, MCT Marketplace offers the largest network and unique tools to make the most of every execution type, every counterparty, and every opportunity. You’ll leave ready to analyze performance and make actionable changes to boost profitability.
Webinar Date: October 25, 2023
Panelists: Phil Rasori, COO, MCT; Justin Grant, Director of Investor Services, MCT; Paul Yarbrough, Senior Director, Head of Client Success Group
Current Economic and Housing Outlook, Affordable Lending Strategies
Panelists provide a current economic outlook, discuss affordable lending solutions and explain how API integrations are utilized to help our mutual clients identify and price affordable mortgage loan opportunities for borrowers.
Webinar Date: October 05, 2023
Panelists: Ajita Atreya, Ph.D., Senior Economist, Economic & Housing Research, Freddie Mac, Mia Jones, Affordable Lending Manager, Single-Family, Mission and Community Engagement, Freddie Mac, Paul Yarbrough, Senior Director, Head of Client Success Group, MCT
MCT Geocoding & Bid Tape Protection Initiatives
Please join Phil Rasori, Chris Anderson, and Justin Grant for an important webinar on MCT’s efforts to improve data security in the loan sale process, discuss NPI, implementation plans to reduce its unnecessary exposure, and a review of internal data security and business continuity practices.
Webinar Date: September 7, 2023
Panelists: Phil Rasori, COO, MCT; Chris Anderson CAO, MCT, Justin Grant, Director of Investor Services, MCT
Strategies to Improve Profitability in the Current Market
In this webinar, MCT’s Phil Rasori and Paul Yarbrough will provide a current market overview and include actionable insights to improve profitability for lenders. Attendees will receive key hedging, trading, best execution, and MSR recommendations, as well as how to leverage technology to improve profitability and efficiency.
Webinar Date: June 01, 2023
Panelists: Phil Rasori, COO, MCT; Andrew Rhodes, Director of Trading, MCT, Justin Grant, Director of Investor Services, MCT
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Introducing BAMCO: New Co-Issue Marketplace
While co-issue executions via agency integrations have always been and will continue to be included in your loan sale best execution analysis, BAMCO brings a new section featuring direct co-issue pricing for both approved and unapproved buyers.
Webinar Date: December 07, 2022
Panelists: Phil Rasori, Chief Operating Officer, MCT; Justin Grant, Director, Investor Services, MCT; Chris King, SVP, Business Development at Mr. Cooper
QE to QT: Current Market Recommendations
In this webinar, MCT’s Phil Rasori, Andrew Rhodes, Justin Grant, and Paul Yarbrough discuss the three distinct market deteriorations over the course of this year, what to look for moving forward, and a set of recommendations to improve performance now.
Webinar Date: September 23, 2022
Panelists: Phil Rasori, Chief Operating Officer, MCT; Andrew Rhodes, Senior Director, Head of Trading, MCT; Justin Grant, Senior Director, Head of Investor Services, MCT; Paul Yarbrough, Senior Director, Head of Client Success Group, MCT
The Power of Effective Cost Management in a Rapidly Contracting Market… How to Win.
Don’t give back hard earned profits from 2020 and 2021. Learn how to maximize productivity and quickly size your company to the available revenue in today’s tough market… and to rapidly adjust to constantly changing market conditions.
Webinar Date: September 22, 2022
Panelists: Jim Deitch,CEO, Teraverde; Thomas P. Farmer, Chief Investment & Corporate Development Officer, MCT
Benefits of MCTlive! Integrations with Fannie Mae
In this webinar, MCT’s Phil Rasori and Paul Yarbrough team up with Fannie Mae’s Mike Toner to discuss the features of MCTlive! integrations with Fannie Mae technology and the benefits to mutual customers.
Webinar Date: September 08, 2022
Panelists: Mike Toner, Capital Markets – Market Transactions Advisor, Fannie Mae; Phil Rasori, Chief Operating Officer, MCT; Andrew Rhodes, Director, Trading, MCT; Paul Yarbrough, Senior Director, Head of Client Success Group, MCT
Strategies to Improve Profitability in the Current Market
This webinar provides a current market overview and include actionable insights and recommendations. Attendees received key lock desk, mortgage servicing rights (MSR) and trading recommendations, as well as how to leverage technology and automation for improving profitability and efficiency.
Webinar Date: August 30, 2022
Panelists: Andrew Rhodes, Senior Director, Head of Trading, MCT; Sarah Hellman, Senior Trader, MCT; David Burruss, Director, MSR Sales, MCT
Improve Profitability to Counter Market Headwinds
This webinar explains how MCT leverages unique secondary marketing software and services like BAM Marketplace, bid tape AOT, and Trade Auction Manager to help clients squeeze every basis point from their best execution loan sale strategy.
Webinar Date: May 25, 2022
Panelists: Phil Rasori, COO, MCT; Andrew Rhodes, Director of Trading, MCT, Justin Grant, Director of Investor Services, MCT
Taper Tantrum Two? Comparing 2013 to 2022 & What Lenders Can Do
Compare 2013 to 2022 in terms of the deteriorating market, market liquidity in specific coupons, loan sale execution liquidity, and investor pricing performance. Learn actionable recommendations to protect your business and pipeline.
Webinar Date: April 19, 2022
Panelists: Phil Rasori, Chief Operating Officer, MCT; Andrew Rhodes, Director, Trading, MCT; Justin Grant, Director, Investor Services, MCT
Staying Prepared in a Changing Mortgage Market
MBA Chief Economist Mike Fratantoni joins MCT to outline the different business cycles and how lenders can set a foundation of resilience to changing markets. Additionally, the webinar gave attendees a look ahead for what we can expect for 2022.
Webinar Date: January 20, 2022
Panelists: Phil Rasori, COO MCT; Mike Fratantoni, Chief Economist, Senior VP, Research and Industry Technology, MBA
Learning Secondary with MCT: Resources for Growing Your Profitability
With a repository of webinars, technical whitepapers, blog posts, market commentary, and a dictionary of industry terms, the Learning Center grants unparalleled education for each stage of growth in the secondary market.
Webinar Date: January 13, 2022
Panelists:Curtis Richins, President, Paul Yarbrough, Director of the Client Success Group, Ian Miller, CMO
MCT and Fannie Mae – Approvals, Integrations, and Initiatives for 2022
In this webinar, MCT’s COO, Phil Rasori, will team up with Fannie Mae’s SVP and Head of Single-Family Products & Solutions, Steve Pawlowski, to discuss approval with Fannie Mae, moving from cash window to MBS delivery, API integrations, and initiatives for 2022.
Webinar Date: December 2, 2021
Panelists: Phil Rasori, COO, MCT; Steve Pawlowski, Senior Vice President and Head of Single-Family Products & Solutions, Fannie Mae
MCT & TMS Webinar | Successfully Growing Into a Mortgage Banker
Making the transition into a mortgage banker business is a goal for many in the industry. Whether the catalyst is a weariness of feeling like the “middleman,” increased regulations, or the hope of more sustained profitability, we encourage you to consider the transition to banking.
Webinar Date: November 18, 2021
Panelists: Phil Rasori of MCT, Justin Grant of MCT
5 Ways Labor Outsourcing and Automation Will Help Your Profits Increase
Join us for a Halloween-themed webinar to discuss strategies for leveraging outsourcing in all stages of the mortgage origination life cycle. Learn how the new normal of remote working is resulting in a global team with powerful results.
Webinar Date: October 28, 2021
Panelists: Chris Anderson, Chief Administrative Officer, MCT; Sam Mehta, President of Verity Global Solutions
Impact of FHFA & Treasury Suspending Certain Portions of the 2021 PSPA
In this webinar, Phil Rasori, Andrew Rhodes, and Justin Grant review how changes to FHFA’s Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement and corresponding reactions from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will impact your business.
Webinar Date: September 24, 2021
Panelists: Phil Rasori, Chief Operating Officer, MCT; Andrew Rhodes, Director, Trading, MCT; Justin Grant, Director, Investor Services, MCT
Freddie Mac & MCT Present – Selling Guarantor: Ensuring a Successful Transition
In this webinar, we’ll explore the preparation required for Guarantor pricing analysis, operations and systems readiness, and the contracting and delivery processes. Understand the steps required to be successful and profitable.
Webinar Date: August 19, 2021
Panelists: Phil Rasori, Chief Operating Officer, MCT; David Burruss, MSR Sales Director, MCT; Sophie Prasada-Rao, Client Education Services, Freddie Mac
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Introducing BAM Marketplace™
Watch the public launch of BAM Marketplace, why this platform was created, how it’s connecting sellers with buyers regardless of approval status, and providing additional loan sale pickup for key loan characteristics.
Webinar Date: June 9, 2021
Panelists: Phil Rasori of MCT, Justin Grant of MCT
HousingWire Webinar: Unlocking Profitability
In this webinar, we review several features and benefits of BAM Marketplace, including bidding regardless of approval status, mitigating risk, and increasing profitability.
Webinar Date: June 2, 2021
Panelists: Phil Rasori of MCT, Justin Grant of MCT, Angela Wooldridge of OnQ Financial, Genesis Collins of Alpha Mortgage
Strategies for MSR Management in 2021
In this webinar, MCT’s Phil Laren, David Burruss and several mortgage lenders reviewed current MSR market trends and strategies to optimize your portfolio.
Webinar Date: March 18, 2021
Panelists: Phil Laren of MCT, David Burress of MCT, Matt Danilowicz of Doorway Home Loans, John Davis of Envoy Mortgage
Moving to Mandatory Loan Sale Delivery
In this webinar, MCT will discuss how lenders are leveraging mandatory loan sale delivery to improve profitability and manage risk with pipeline hedging. MCT will also review operational changes needed to move from best efforts to mandatory loan sales.
Webinar Date: March 10, 2021
Panelists: Anthony Ianni, Regional Sales Director, Northwest, MCT
New Agency Delivery Limits – Analysis & Recommendations
Review our analysis on new limits on Agency cash window deliveries, the impact of these limits, guidance from our Agency partners, and recommendations for lenders to navigate the changes.
Webinar Date: February 19, 2021
Panelists:Phil Rasori, MCT, Andrew Rhodes, MCT, Ben Itkin, MCT
Fannie Mae Approval: the Process, Timing, & Advantages
Learn the ins and outs of becoming approved to work with Fannie Mae to be better equipped to manage risk and improve liquidity. Tammy Trefny from Fannie Mae and Jennifer Whip from Cambridge One, LLC. join Joel and outline the processes, timing, and advantages of having Fannie Mae approval for your loans.
Webinar Date: January 22, 2021
Panelists: Joel Dulmage, MCT, Tammy J. Trefny, Fannie Mae, Jennifer R. Whip, Cambridge One, LLC
Election Volatility Preparedness: Part 2
In this webinar, MCT experts discussed the upcoming election volatility. With less than 20 days until election day, there are clear signs that this could possibly be the most-contentious U.S. presidential elections in decades.
Webinar Date: October 22nd, 2020
Panelists: Phil Rasori, MCT, Andrew Rhodes, MCT, Ben Itkin, MCT
Introducing Business Intelligence Platform
In this webinar, MCT’s Business Intelligence Analysts explained the benefits and functionalities of the new powerful web-based analytics Business Intelligence platform including reports of market trends, pricing comparisons, Best Effort to Mandatory spreads, tools to locate new business opportunities and more!
Webinar Date: October 15, 2020
Panelists: Phil Rasori, MCT
Advanced Hedging Strategies
Ever heard the saying “Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day, but teach a man advanced hedging strategies and he’ll eat for a lifetime?” In this webinar, MCT’s Director of Analytics, Bill Berliner, discussed the use of human intuition as a hedging model, the implications of current securitization practices on hedging/trading, and how to address current market quandaries.
Webinar Date: July 16th, 2020
Panelists: Bill Berliner, MCT
Power of Bid Tape AOT ft. Wells Fargo
Offering a bid tape assignment-of-trade (AOT) loan sale delivery option has become a priority for leading correspondent investors. This execution combines the granularity of price available via bid tape with the cash benefits of assigning the trade, which have historically been mutually exclusive. In this webinar, MCT’s COO, Phil Rasori, joined forces with Wells Fargo’s SVP of Correspondent Pricing, Greg Vacura, to discuss recent AOT enhancements.
Webinar Date: July 7, 2020
Panelists: Phil Rasori, MCT
Deciphering GNMA Approval & Delivery
In this webinar, MCT’s Product & Pricing Manager, Brett Sinnott, joined MCT’s Director of Trading, Andrew Rhodes, to provide guidance on Ginnie Mae. Learn the challenges and benefits of Ginnie programs, prerequisites for obtaining Ginnie approval, steps of the approval application process, avoiding common mistakes in Ginnie delivery and how to use Ginnie resources for delivery.
Webinar Date: June 25, 2020
Panelists: Brett Sinnott, MCT
MSR Management through Market Disruption
In this webinar, MCT’s Phil Laren and Bill Berliner discuss current MSR market conditions, cash management, and forbearance strategies. Together, we take a look at the impact of the current economic environment on MSR, including how that impacts on the decision to retain more servicing and MSR strategies for cash management in our new world of more retention and forbearance.
Webinar Date: May 28, 2020
Panelists: Phil Laren, MCT, Bill Berliner, MCT, David Burress, MCT
Challenges & Solutions for Correspondent Lending in Crisis: Pt. 1
Developments driven by the pandemic have upended correspondent lending. Learn the perspective of MCT experts regarding the correspondent lending crisis and an overview of current market conditions facing the mortgage industry.
Webinar Date: April 8, 2020
Panelists: Phil Rasori, MCT
Challenges & Solutions for Correspondent Lending in Crisis: Part 2
In this webinar, MCT’s experts provide an update on current market conditions and their effect on correspondent lending in crisis. Learn hedging and mandatory delivery strategies that minimize risk in current condition, the latest data on aggregator, agency and to-be-announced (TBA) mortgage-backed security (MBS) pricing and more!
Webinar Date: May 21, 2019
Panelists: Phil Rasori, MCT
Quarter End Mark to Market Strategies for Market Volatility
Recent market volatility has presented challenges to execution that all lenders are experiencing, particularly with the divergence of aggregator and agency pricing. Join us as we discuss market strategies using the information in quarter-end Mark-to-Market reporting.
Webinar Date: March 31, 2020
Panelists: Phil Rasori, MCT
Top 5 Profitability Strategies in 2020
MCT joined forces with HousingWire and TeraVerde to discuss profitability strategies for lenders in 2020. This includes sales, technology, operations and customer satisfaction. Join us for a deeper dive into how mortgage lenders can increase returns and how these strategies will be impacted by 2020 market predictions.
Webinar Date: February 19, 2020
Panelists: Chris Anderson, MCT; James Dietch, TeraVerde; HousingWire
Introducing the InvestorMatic Program
This webinar discusses how MCT’s new InvestorMatic Program certifies correspondent investors on their ability to improve seller profitability, efficiency and security for their loan sales. Learn more about the efficiency and technology performance indicators know to improve the client experience.
Webinar Date: November 7, 2019
Panelists: Phil Rasori, MCT; Justin Grant, MCT; Ian Miller, MCT
Drive Leads & Increase Conversions with Borrower & Realtor Technology
In this MCT Community Webinar, LenderLogix will use Premium Mortgage to show how their technology has helped improve purchase volumes by 20%, improve pre-qualification conversions by 20%, and improved consumer self-service without removing the loan officer.
Webinar Date: August 28, 2019
Panelists: Bill Petersohn, MCT; Patrick O’Brien, LenderLogix; Mike Donoghue, Premium Mortgage
Navigating the Waters of MSR Sales
Join our experts through this unique process to decide to sell your servicing asset which involves many variables including market rates, liability, asset size, note rate and more. Learn how to evaluate bids you receive, tips for negotiating a contract, and which loans will help you achieve your sales and portfolio goals.
Webinar Date: April 4, 2019
Panelists: Phil Laren, Director of MSR Services at MCT; George Christo, Executive Vice President at The Prestwick Mortgage Group
5 Strategies for Improving Profitability in the Current Market
Join our webinar to learn how industry experts are tackling shrinking margins for lenders. New strategies for reducing the impact of margin compression have been included in this webinar. Hear from industry experts on their predictions of the market in 2019.
Webinar Date: February 20, 2019
Panelists: James Deitch, CEO and Co-Founder of TeraVerde; Bill Berliner, Director of Analytics at MCT; Chris Anderson, CAO at MCT
Bid Auction Manager Webinar: Improve Loan Sale Process & Pickup
Bid Auction Manager (BAM) is a platform within MCTlive! that integrates with existing lender and investor processes to encrypt bid tapes for security and efficiency. Learn how our best execution engine retrieves the best price for your loan, how shadow bidding improves your loan sale process, and new features available!
Webinar Date: November 29, 2018
Panelists: Phil Rasori, COO & Hedge Lead at MCT; Ian Miller, CMO at MCT
MSR Portfolio Valuation in Today's Market
MSR portfolio valuation tools have evolved dramatically. Tools like MSRlive! can now analyze bigger portfolios in a fraction of the time making it easy to review detailed and accurate analysis of ‘what-if’ scenarios on your portfolio. In this webinar, see the effects of three market scenarios on a sample portfolio.
Webinar Date: November 15, 2018
Panelists: Phil Laren, Director of MSR Services at MCT; David Ring, Marketing Manager at MCT
Industry Webinar: Bid Tape AOT Executions Explained
The development of Bid Tape AOT loan sale delivery options by investors was a big innovation this year and has led to transformation in the loan sale process.. In this webinar recording, learn the background of bid tape AOT, why the new process is beneficial, and how it will affect loan sale best execution.
Webinar Date: October 11, 2018
Panelists: Phil Rasori, COO & Hedge Lead at MCT
LO Commissions: Margins & Management
In this webinar, we summarize the discussions of our panelists who explain: two drivers of margin compression in the market today, why LO commission management matters for keeping your business profitable, and how to eradicate inefficiencies in calculating LO commissions by leveraging a technology solution.
Webinar Date: July 19, 2018
Panelists: Bill Petersohn, Director of MSR Services at MCT; Mark Wilson, CWDL CPA; Michael Lewis & Aliya Nurani, ATI
Outsourcing Mortgage Operations
This discussion began at the MCT Exchange conference Outsourcing Mortgage Operations Panel Discussion and featured MCT clients disclosing their successes and challenges related to the practice. To give breath to this important topic, together with Verity Global Solutions and Victorian Finance, this webinar was organized to explain further and answer remaining questions.
Webinar Date: December 14, 2017
Panelists: Sonny Bringol, President at Victorian Finance; Sam Mehta, Verity Global Solutions; Bill Petersohn, MCT
What the New FINRA 4210 Mark to Market Rule Means for Lenders
In this webinar recording, you can be confident in answering the question, “What does the FINRA 4210 Mark to Market Rule mean for Lenders?” by watching this webinar presented by Glen Corso, Executive Director of the CMLA, and Phil Rasori, Chief Operating Officer of MCT.
Webinar Date: November 20, 2017
Panelists: Phil Rasori, COO & Lead Hedge Advisor at MCT; Glen Corso, Executive Director of the CMLA
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