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Securitisation
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Securities Law Prof Blog
Schwarcz on Securitization Markets
Testimony on the State of the Securitization Markets, by Steven L. Schwarcz, Duke University - School of Law, was recently posted on SSRN. Here is the abtract:In this May 18,…
Canadian Structured Finance Law
SEC and CSA restrictions on the exempt market for securitized products
Michael Rumball - As reported earlier, the SEC has included in Reg AB II proposals relating to the private market. These would require that, in order for a reseller of a…
Land Use Prof Blog
Massachusetts SJC Hears Arguments in Bevilacqua (and so can you)
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court heard oral arguments Monday in a foreclosure title case called Bevilacqua v. Rodriguez. Earlier in the year, I blogged about the Court's Ibanez opinion invalidating…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Agencies Announce Consideration of Risk Retention Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
The staffs of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, and…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Dodd-Frank Releases Risk Retention Study on Securitization Market
The Dodd-Frank Act requires the Chairman of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) to issue a study on the Dodd-Frank Act’s risk retention requirements within 180 days of enactment. This risk…
Corporate and Securities Law
FSOC Releases Study on Risk Retention
Crunched Credit
What Are We Still Waiting For and When Should it Arrive?
I have a Leapster Explorer™ on order for my son’s 5th birthday that I seriously hope arrives in the next two days, but in addition to that delivery, there’s a…
Crunched Credit
Seven Year Cycles and Five Month Memories
By Rick Jones
Leading with the good news, the commercial mortgage finance market is back and growing at a brisk pace. From a few standalones in the fourth quarter of 2009, we’ve gotten to a remarkable…
Land Use Prof Blog
Developers Strike Back — The Transfer Fee
Homeowners weren't the only ones pushed underwater when the housing bubble busted. Developers, too thrived on their clients' seemingly endless access to large loans. When the well dried up and…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Schwarcz on Securitization
Leverhulme Lecture: The Future of Securitization, by Steven L. Schwarcz, Duke University - School of Law, was recently posted on SSRN. Here is the abstract:The securitization of subprime mortgage loans…