# Inside U.S. RMBS: Underwriting Trends and Operational Risk Profiles Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/structured-finance-in-focus-6617068/inside-u-s-rmbs-underwriting-trends-and-operational-risk-profiles Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/structured-finance-in-focus-6617068/inside-u-s-rmbs-underwriting-trends-and-operational-risk-profiles.md Podcast: [Structured Finance in Focus](https://stenobird.com/podcast/structured-finance-in-focus-6617068) Published: 2026-05-07T15:51:16+00:00 Episode link: https://share.transistor.fm/s/fd7321aa Audio file: https://media.transistor.fm/fd7321aa/ce800f33.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/structured-finance-in-focus-6617068/episodes/inside-u-s-rmbs-underwriting-trends-and-operational-risk-profiles Duration seconds: 318 ## Resource Kevin Kendra, Managing Director and Head of North American RMBS, joins Susan Hosterman, Senior Director, and Peter Stavropoulos, Director, to discuss mortgage underwriting trends and Fitch’s new U.S. RMBS reports. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/structured-finance-in-focus-6617068/episodes/inside-u-s-rmbs-underwriting-trends-and-operational-risk-profiles/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/structured-finance-in-focus-6617068/inside-u-s-rmbs-underwriting-trends-and-operational-risk-profiles.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.