Read more securitized loan pools stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/26269/securitized-loan-pools.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorFri, 25 May 2012 09:57:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51549/finance-geeks-behind-crisis-hard-at-work-on-a-fix.htmlClay Dillow<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=184273&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110331232140' border='0' />The finance-desk math wizards who created the securities behind the market meltdown are now betting they can think their way out of the mess, the Wall Street Journal reports, working to design new systems for pricing bad assets fairly so governments can buy them off of banks’ balance sheets. “Airplanes...The very math wizards who created the collateralized-debt obligation, and in turn the financial crisis, are working to value them more accurately so governments can buy them off of banks.http://www.newser.com/story/51549/finance-geeks-behind-crisis-hard-at-work-on-a-fix.htmlMon, 23 Feb 2009 11:04:17 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/21493/hotline-for-at-risk-loans-not-so-helpful.htmlNick McMaster<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=83553&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401020435' border='0' />A hotline aimed at helping distressed mortgage borrowers is frequently overwhelmed by caller volume and rarely able to provide substantive aid, MSNBC reports. The Hope Now Alliance—a group of lenders and community groups heavily promoted by President Bush—is designed to improve lender-borrower communication and modify mortgages, most commonly...The Hope Now Alliance, a partnership of lenders and community groups set up by the government, isn't proving the boon to homeowners at risk in the subprime crisis it was promoted as, MSNBC reports.http://www.newser.com/story/21493/hotline-for-at-risk-loans-not-so-helpful.htmlThu, 13 Mar 2008 15:46:45 CDT