The discipline of securitization, almost twenty years old, has become a pervasive element of modern financial management. Yet, it has not been systematically covered in a textbook designed for both the school and workplace contexts. Elements of Structured Finance, the text version of a program...

The study aims at analyzing the product and market functions of Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) by firstly, distinguishing characteristics of the product functions and market functions in relation to Asset-Backed Securitization within a general compass. The product functions the author refers to...

This paper uncovers if and how insurance companies react to shocks to collateral in their portfolio of securitized assets. We address this question in the context of commercial real estate cash flow shocks, which are informationally opaque to holders of commercial mortgage-backed securities...

Management von Kreditrisiken: Finanzwirtschaftliche und agency-theoretische Aspekte -- Befragung zur Rechnungslegung und Berichterstattung -- Abbildung von ABS-Transaktionen beim Originator -- Abbildung von Kreditderivaten beim Sicherungsnehmer -- Vergleichende Analyse der derzeitigen...

As part of the 2011 Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) update for Germany, this Technical Note reviews recent developments of mortgage-covered bond (Pfandbrief) and mortgage securitization markets in Germany, and explores future prospects for each against the background of ongoing...

Between 1980 and before the recent crisis, the ratio of financial market debt to liquid assets rose exponentially in the U.S. (and in other financial markets), reflecting in part the greater use of securitized assets to collateralize borrowing. The subsequent crisis has reduced the pool of...