In this paper, we provide empirical evidence about the credit factors that impact the pricing of newly issued residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) in the U.K. There is an important implication of our findings for the current debate by regulators throughout the world regarding whether...

The objective of this paper is to identify current problems and propose legal and regulatory reforms to Colombia's securitisation framework that would enhance efficiency, mitigate risks and allow the development of innovative types of securitisations. To reach that, an analysis of the...

We examine whether rating shopping and rating catering behaviours, two sources of credit rating inflation, are still prevalent in the post-Global Financial Crisis (GFC) period after the introduction of new regulations regarding Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs) in the European securitisation market....