AAA ratings return for non-prime mortgage bonds. Crisis redux? Maybe not

The world of post-crisis mortgage bond trading is about to change, as a new mortgage bond is set to hit the market that features loans that would be considered non-prime, and also carries AAA ratings – a post-crisis first. Both Fitch Ratings and DBRS handed the deal AAA ratings on the largest tranche of the deal, but the deal is not a return to the pre-crisis Wild, Wild West of credit ratings, at least not yet.