Whispers

October 13, 2008

Laurie Goodman, who is head of mortgage strategy at UBS, is leaving the firm, according to sources familiar with the situation. Goodman headed Mortgage Strategist, a weekly research report from UBS's investment research division, which will also stop publication. As of press time, it is unclear where Goodman is headed to. Thomas Zimmerman, managing director and head of ABS and mortgage credit research at UBS, also forms part of Goodman's team and contributed to the Strategist. According to published reports, Goodman launched Mortgage Strategist while she was at Paine Webber in 1993. Before Paine Webber, Goodman also worked at Merrill Lynch, Eastbridge Capital and Goldman Sachs.

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