How Agile Is Powering the Next Generation of MBS Execution

[Industry Webinar]

View the recording below from this webinar on May 1st at 10AM PT. 

This webinar explores how lenders can modernize TBA and MBS pool execution through automation, improving pricing consistency and operational efficiency. Attendees will see how Agile’s enhanced TBA bidding interface delivers customizable usability alongside transparency and execution performance. This webinar will also discuss how centralized, automated systems can effectively eliminate settlement errors and streamline workflows from setup through trade award. Finally, learn how Agile strengthens compliance with full audit trails and trade-level pricing transparency for greater confidence and control.

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Webinar Discussion Topics Include:

  • Learn how moving to automated competitive bidding can improve TBA execution and pricing consistency.
  • Check out Agile’s enhanced TBA bidding interface for lenders, adding customizable usability on top of proven efficiency, transparency, and execution.
  • Discuss how automation and centralized systems effectively put an end to settlement errors.
  • Explore how replacing manual MBS pool bidding processes with a digital workflow can streamline execution from setup through trade award.
  • Learn how Agile can enhance compliance and peace of mind with audit trails and full pricing transparency at the trade level for TBAs and Pools.
  • Discover Agile’s new live pricing functionality!

About the Webinar Presenters:

Greg Vacura
President

Mr. Vacura is a thirty-year mortgage industry veteran who previously served as SVP of Correspondent Pricing at Wells Fargo Funding, where he managed all aspects of correspondent mortgage pricing including the mandatory trade desk, best efforts lock desk, and revenue analytics. Mr. Vacura has been a proven pioneer throughout his career, changing the mortgage industry through groundbreaking innovations like the PerformanceWorks seller grading program, bid tape AOT loan sale deliveries, and a patented AI machine-learning loan-level bid automation system. He’s now been tasked with applying that deep industry expertise toward achieving Agile’s mission of creating a better MBS market. Mr. Vacura prides himself on prioritizing and developing his teams, fostering trust, loyalty, and collaboration. He holds a degree in Business Management from Hamline University and enjoys spending time outdoors with his wife and three children around their Minnesota home.

Tawab Abawi

Tawab Abawi
Senior Director, Institutional & Lender Sales

Tawab Abawi is a results driven financial professional with over 15 years in the mortgage industry both on the buy and sell side. His analytical and business development skills have helped benefit the bottom line of hundreds of clients from small independent mortgage companies to multi-billion dollar publicly traded organizations. His expertise in trading whole loans and mortgage-backed securities with and on behalf of Fortune 500 companies have made Tawab a well-respected individual in the mortgage capital markets industry. Tawab holds a Finance degree from Virginia Tech with a concentration in Financial Risk Management.

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Sam Farmer
Senior Product Manager

Sam Farmer serves as the Senior Product Manager at Agile, a role that underscores his deep expertise in the financial sector and commitment to client success. In this position, Sam leverages his extensive knowledge to develop and implement data-dependent trading strategies, while ensuring superior client support and satisfaction. His proficiency in data analysis on the Agile trading platform has been instrumental in optimizing trading performance and client outcomes.

Before joining Agile, Sam served as a Capital Markets Technology Advisor at MCT, where he played a key role in devising and advising on market strategies. His insights and guidance were crucial in navigating complex capital market dynamics.

Sam’s career journey, marked by progressive roles in capital markets and trading, reflects his versatile skill set and unwavering dedication to excellence in the financial industry.

Louis Simone
Institutional & Lender Sales

Louis Simone supports Agile through Institutional & Lender Sales, where his strong background in capital markets benefits the MBS community. Prior to Agile, he spent more than 8 years at BMO, where he held various leadership roles in Capital Markets, gaining extensive knowledge of the mortgage industry and market dynamics. He also spent time at Jefferies and Freddie Mac where he successfully managed MBS trading and sales.
 
Louis has a B.SB.A. in Business and Finance from the Catholic University of America.