Mortgage-Backed Bonds (MBB) Differ from Pass-Throughs and CMOs in Which

Multiple Choice

Mortgage-backed bonds (MBB) differ from pass-throughs and CMOs in which of the following ways?

A) The MBB bondholders have a junior claim to assets of the FI.
B) There is no direct link between the cash flow on the mortgages backing the bond and the interest and principal payments on the MBB.
C) The assets backing a MBB issue are normally removed from the balance sheet of the FI.
D) Tranches of a MBB are treated equally with respect to prepayments on mortgages backing the bond issue.
E) None of the options.