Fixed-Income SecuritizationLocked: included in All Access

How loans and receivables are pooled, sold to a special purpose entity and turned into asset-backed securities; who benefits (issuers, investors, economies and markets) and what risks remain; the parties and legal documents involved; why the bankruptcy-remote SPE is the heart of the deal; and how tranching decides who is paid first and who absorbs losses first.

1. 1. What securitization is and the main structuresSecuritization moves a pool of cash-generating loans or receivables into a separate legal entity, which issues securities that are repaid from that pool's cash flows.Locked: included in All Access12 min
2. 2. Benefits for issuers, investors and marketsSecuritization lets lenders recycle capital, lets investors buy exactly the loan risk they want, and makes the whole financial system more liquid, though timing and credit risks remain.Locked: included in All Access13 min
3. 3. The parties and the flow of fundsA securitization has three main parties (seller, SPE and servicer), supporting third parties and two key documents, and money moves around them in a fixed sequence.Locked: included in All Access13 min
4. 4. The SPE: true sale and bankruptcy remotenessBecause the SPE legally owns the assets and is untouched by the originator's bankruptcy, ABS investors carry only the credit risk of the underlying borrowers.Locked: included in All Access12 min
5. 5. Tranching: who is paid first and who loses firstTranching splits one pool into senior and subordinated bond classes, so cash is paid from the top down and losses are absorbed from the bottom up.Video · 6 minLocked: included in All Access14 min