In order to incentivize stronger issuer due diligence effort, European and U.S. authorities are amending securitization-related regu- lations to force issuers to retain an economic interest in the securitization products they issue. This paper contributes to the process by exploring the...

Credit derivative markets are largely unregulated, but calls are increasingly being made for changes to this "hands off" stance, amidst concerns that they helped to fuel the current financial crisis, or that they could be a cause of the next one. The purpose of this paper is to address two basic...