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Press releases, market commentary, and practical guidance on Agency MBS clearance and settlement.

Company news

AFS Earns RapidRatings H2 2026 Rated Badge

An independently produced Financial Health Rating, kept current. Vendor financial stability is a standard procurement question.

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Market structure

Calling All Originators

Some originators have no choice but to use trade assignments. That is where the manual work sits, and where The MBS Ops Network changes the process.

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Company news

Alpha Financial Software Announces Cloud Migration

AFS announces its cloud migration — completed in 2025, client migrations in 1Q2026 — for a more cost-effective, secure, and sustainable technology base.

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Product release

TBA Mortgage Master v5.02.17 Released

The production release of TBA Mortgage Master v5.02.17 continues to refine AFS's automated TBA clearance and settlement platform.

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Partnership

AFS partners with Orchestrade to enhance MBS trading

AFS partners with Orchestrade to deliver comprehensive MBS clearance and settlement to common clients.

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Compliance

Alpha Financial Software Completes Annual ISO 27001 Certification

AFS receives ISO 27001:2013 certification for its ISMS, independently audited by A-LIGN.

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Company news

Alpha Financial Software 2022 TBA Clearance Volumes

AFS reports annual TBA clearance volumes increased $1.36 trillion during 2022, pushing annual volumes over $5.3 trillion.

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Market insight

Bank for International Settlements calls out MBS market liquidity risks

COVID plus large and rapid Fed-funds hikes — the BIS flags liquidity risk in the U.S. MBS market.

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Market data

2022 SIFMA MBS Volumes

TBA average daily volume down 15% to $240B/day; specified-pool daily transactions up 41%.

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