You have probably heard of securitization. It's a way of turning non-financial assets into liquid securities that investors can buy and sell. Despite its role in the market crash of 2008 and ...

Following the financial crisis of 2007-2009 and congressional investigations into the securitization market, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 prohibited ...

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This post was co-written by Sagatom Saha, research associate for energy and foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. But as the focus of the industry moves beyond Yieldcos, another example ...

We have described the basic process of securitization, and the major participants involved in the securitization of financial assets. But what kind of assets can be securitized? Assets that generate ...