A titularização de activos como meio alternativo de financiamento tem vindo a assumir importância crescente. A sua importância manifesta-se não apenas no sector financeiro, mas também nos restantes sectores da actividade económica e reflecte-se num número e volume crescentes de...

Over the term of a securitization transaction, the concept of non-compliance allows a securitizing bank to classify a securitized loan as materially non-compliant with certain transaction requirements. Such a loan becomes unqualified for loss allocation. Therefore, non-compliant loans can...

The report provides an analysis of the financial crisis of 2007/2008 and draws some conclusions about the need for regulatory reform. The analysis ascribes the crisis not only to problems in subprime mortgage lending and securitization, but also to excessive maturity transformation and...