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 ...

Mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities are beginning to feel the effects of quarantines and social distancing as people spend – and earn – less money. Our Finance Group explores the basic ...

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 ...

When you borrow money to buy a home, your loan is almost always “securitized.” Pope Francis recently railed against complex financial securities. Although he did not condemn all securitization, he ...

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 ...