SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                            Washington, D.C. 20549

                                   FORM 8-K

                                CURRENT REPORT

                    Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

                        Securities Exchange Act of 1934

         Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 25, 2001

                                      NSF

                                  (Depositor)

     (Issuer in respect of New South Home Equity Trust 2001-1, Asset-Backed

                (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Delaware                      33-63714                      95-4449516
(State or other               (Commission File No.)         (I.R.S. Employer
    jurisdiction of                                         Identification No.)
    organization)



155 N. Lake Avenue, Pasadena, CA                            91110-7137
(Address of principal executive offices)                    (Zip Code)


Registrant's Telephone Number, including area code: (818)-304-4428

                                 Not Applicable
              (Former name, former address and former fiscal year,
                          if changed since last report)




Item 5.  Other Events

                                      NSF
                       New South Home Equity Trust 2001-1
                    Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2001-1

On May 25, 2001, The Bank of New York, as Trustee for NSF, New South Home Equity
Trust 2001-1 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2001-1, made a monthly
distribution to Certificate holders of principal and/or interest pursuant to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2001, among NSF as
Depositor, New South Federal Savings Bank, Seller and Master Servicer and The
Bank of New York, as Trustee.

Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

                    (c) Exhibits

Exhibit No.                               Description

99                  Report to Holders of NSF, New South Home Equity Trust 2001-1
                    Asset-Backed  Certificates,  Series  2001-1  relating to the
                    distribution  date  of  May 25, 2001 prepared by The Bank of
                    New  York,  as  Trustee  under  the  Pooling  and  Servicing
                    Agreement dated as of March 1, 2001.







                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

Dated: May 25, 2001


                                      NSF


                          By: /s/ Trish O'Neill-Manella, MBS Unit
                              ------------------------------
                          Name:   Trish O'Neill-Manella, MBS Unit
                                  Assistant Treasurer
                                  The Bank of New York,
                                  as Trustee







                                 EXHIBIT INDEX



Exhibit


99                  Monthly Remittance Statement dated May 25, 2001


                             Payment Date: 05/25/01


          ------------------------------------------------------------
                         New South Federal Savings Bank
  New South Home Equity Trust 2001-1, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2001-1
          ------------------------------------------------------------



Class Information                                Current Payment Information

- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 Beginning       Pass Thru     Principal       Interest      Total           Principal  Interest
Type       Class Code   Name     Cert. Bal.      Rate          Dist. Amt.      Dist. Amt.    Dist.           Losses     Shortfalls
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                             
Senior                  A1        228,147,016.74    6.179000%     4,436,962.53  1,174,767.01    5,611,729.54       0.00       0.00
                        A2         22,658,873.05    6.491000%       547,105.48    122,565.62      669,671.10       0.00       0.00
                        S1         23,110,000.00    5.490000%             0.00    105,728.25      105,728.25       0.00       0.00
                        C1                  0.00    0.000000%             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00       0.00
                        C2                  0.00    0.000000%             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00       0.00
Residual                R                   0.00    0.000000%             0.00          0.00            0.00       0.00       0.00
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Totals          -        -        250,805,889.79     -            4,984,068.01  1,403,060.88    6,387,128.89     -          -
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Class Information

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                             Ending Cert.          Unpaid
Type             Class Code     Name         Notional Bal.         Interest
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Senior                          A1        223,710,054.21      1,174,767.01
                                A2         22,111,767.57        122,565.62
                                S1         23,110,000.00        105,728.25
                                C1            508,940.62              0.00
                                C2             71,253.73              0.00
Residual                        R                   0.00              0.00
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Totals            -              -        245,821,821.78      1,403,060.88
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------



                             Payment Date: 05/25/01


          ------------------------------------------------------------
                         New South Federal Savings Bank
  New South Home Equity Trust 2001-1, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2001-1
          ------------------------------------------------------------



Class Information                                Current Payment Information

                                                      Factors per $1,000

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                   Beginning     Pass Thru    CUSIP       Principal     Interest    Ending Cert./
Type        Class Code    Name   Cert. Bal.(Face)  Rate       Numbers       Dist.         Dist.     Notional Bal.
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                            
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Senior                     A1    228,147,016.74     6.179000% 64880MAQ5    19.199236      5.083349    968.018547
                           A2     22,658,873.05     6.491000% 64880MAR3    23.761367      5.323154    960.337354
                           S1     23,110,000.00     5.490000% 64880MAS1     0.000000      4.575000  1,000.000000
                           C1              0.00     0.000000%               0.000000      0.000000  1,868,769.259014
                           C2              0.00     0.000000%               0.000000      0.000000  142,655.822055
Residual                   R               0.00     0.000000%               0.000000      0.000000      0.000000
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Totals       -             -     250,805,889.79       -            -           -             -           -
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------





          ------------------------------------------------------------
                         New South Federal Savings Bank
  New South Home Equity Trust 2001-1, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2001-1
          ------------------------------------------------------------

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                             COLLATERAL INFORMATION
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Total
                                                            -----
Prin balance       199,218,994.83    22,183,021.30   221,402,016.13
Loan count                   3672              306             3978
Avg loan rate          10.483567%       10.694403%            10.50
Prepay amount        3,644,528.40       436,952.13     4,081,480.53

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                FEES AND ADVANCES
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Total
                                                            -----
Master serv fees        84,644.59         9,441.20        94,085.79
Sub servicer fees            0.00             0.00             0.00
Trustee fees             1,901.23           188.82         2,090.05


Agg advances                  N/A              N/A              N/A
Adv this period              0.00             0.00             0.00

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          LOSSES & INSURANCE COVERAGES
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                            Total
                                                            -----
Realized losses              0.00             0.00             0.00
Cumulative losses            0.00             0.00             0.00

Coverage Amounts                                            Total
- ----------------                                            -----
Bankruptcy                   0.00             0.00             0.00
Fraud                        0.00             0.00             0.00
Special Hazard               0.00             0.00             0.00


                         Aggregate Certificate Information
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Class            Aggregate           Aggregate                     Aggregate
   Type            Percentage           Prepay Pct.              End Cert. Bal.
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Senior          100.000000%           100.000000%            250,805,889.79
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Junior            0.000000%             0.000000%                      0.00
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          DELINQUENCY INFORMATION
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Period                             Loan Count    Ending Stated Balance
- ------                             ----------    ---------------------
30 to 59 days                          45                 2,224,653.75
60 to 89 days                          10                 1,272,924.49
90 or more                              1                    18,607.77
Foreclosure                            19                   948,388.61

Totals:                                75                 4,464,574.62
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------



- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                REO INFORMATION
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   REO Date        Loan Number     Ending Stated Balance          Book Value
   --------        -----------     ---------------------          ----------
   N/A              #                   0                            N/A
   N/A              #                   0                            N/A
   N/A              #                   0                            N/A
   N/A              #                   0                            N/A
   N/A              #                   0                            N/A
   N/A              #                   0                            N/A
   N/A              #                   0                            N/A
   N/A              #                   0                            N/A
   Totals:                              0                            N/A

Current Total Outstanding Balance:                                      0.00
Current Total Outstanding Number of Loans:                                 0




- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                               OTHER INFORMATION
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                  Amount/Withdrawal     Total/Ending Bal.
                                  -----------------     -----------------
Available remittance amount            6,387,128.89          6,387,128.89
Principal remittance amount            4,984,068.01          4,984,068.01
Interest remittance amount             1,403,060.88          1,403,060.88