Fitch Webcast: New ResiLogic Model & U.S. RMBS Criteria; Today @ 1PM ET

NEW YORK--(Business Wire)--
Fitch Ratings will be holding a webcast this afternoon at 1:00
p.m. ET to discuss the latest enhancements made to its U.S.
residential mortgage loss model, ResiLogic, along with its new rating
criteria for U.S. RMBS.

Huxley Somerville, Group Managing Director and head of U.S. RMBS
for Fitch, will discuss how home price changes, economic outlooks and
stress tests factor into its RMBS modeling, as well as how the new
Resilogic provides a strong foundation for analyzing pools of seasoned
loans.

There will be a slide presentation during the webcast, along with
a Q&A session immediately after the prepared remarks. However, if you
have questions prior to the webcast, please send them to
questions@fitchratings.com.

Teleconference Information

--Date: Thursday July 31, 2008

--Time: 1:00 p.m. ET

--U.S./Canada: 866-682-6100

--International: 201-499-0416

Webcast Information

--URL: http://www.visualwebcaster.com/event.asp?id=50576

A replay of the webcast, along with the slide presentation, will
be available on the Fitch Ratings web site at www.fitchratings.com
under the following headers:

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Fitch Ratings
Huxley Somerville, 212-908-0381 (New York)
Media Relations:
Sandro Scenga, 212-908-0278 (New York)

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