MCT and MountainView Form Strategic Relationship

SAN DIEGO, March 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MCT Trading, a leading hedging and risk management firm, and MountainView Capital Holdings, an advisor to participants in the mortgage and fixed income capital markets, have announced a strategic relationship in which MCT will introduce select clients to MountainView's services in an effort to address more of its clients' needs.

"We want to be able to offer more value and support to our clients," explained Curtis Richins, president of MCT. "By working with MountainView, MCT will be able to offer our clients a more robust suite of services, including mortgage servicing retained versus released execution analysis, mortgage servicing rights valuation and hedging, whole loan sales advice, and potential whole loan purchases by MountainView's funds."

"After more than 10 years of close cooperation, our new collaboration benefits all parties," added William Sias, managing director of fixed income sales at MountainView Securities. "By informally combining our intellectual and financial capital, MCT and MountainView stay focused on serving the client and immediately delivering results."

"Our servicing team is very excited to be working closely with MCT Trading," said Mark Garland, president of MountainView Servicing Group. "Adding in-depth and accurate servicing analytics into an already first-rate hedging and risk management firm like MCT will make for a very powerful combination."

MCT provides risk management and loan sale advisory services to originators of residential mortgage loans. MountainView's services include TBA trading to support pipeline hedging, fixed income securities trading, whole loan sales advice, whole loan portfolio valuation, whole loan asset management, mortgage servicing rights sales advice, mortgage servicing rights portfolio valuation and mortgage servicing rights risk management.

About MCT

MCT Trading is a risk management and advisory services company providing independent analysis, training, hedging strategy and loan sale execution support to clients engaged in the secondary mortgage market. Founded in San Diego, California in May 2001, the company has expanded to include field sales and support offices in Philadelphia, Dallas, Charlotte and San Francisco. MCT is recognized as a leading company in the mortgage pipeline hedging marketplace and currently provides daily secondary support and hedging services to more than 50 clients. Visit www.mct-trading.com to obtain more information.

About MountainView

Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, MountainView Capital Holdings is a financial services firm focused on the diverse needs of participants in the mortgage and fixed income capital markets. With expertise in asset management, valuation, risk management, trading, marketing and sales, MountainView is uniquely qualified to create value in all market conditions, and the firm continues to build on a longstanding commitment to offer a broad range of services. Visit www.mvch.com to obtain more information.

SOURCE MountainView Capital Holdings