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Why should this matter? Because, in America, there is rather hairy “[[risk retention rule]]” for those who would sponsor an “[[asset-backed security]]”. To qualify, the [[ABS]] needs to be of [[self-liquidating financial asset]]s that a sponsor has transferred to the issuing vehicle (i.e. and that it has not just acquired at arm’s length in the open market). | Why should this matter? Because, in America, there is rather hairy “[[risk retention rule]]” for those who would sponsor an “[[asset-backed security]]”. To qualify, the [[ABS]] needs to be of [[self-liquidating financial asset]]s that a sponsor has transferred to the issuing vehicle (i.e. and that it has not just acquired at arm’s length in the open market). | ||
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Asset-backed security
/ˈæsɛt-bækt sɪˈkjʊərɪti/ (n.)
Different things to different people. In the Eastern wilds on the old side of the Atlantic, bascially any repack, securitisation, or monetisation that winds up in negotiable debt securities format will count.
The Americans — don’t they always? — have to be a bit more prescriptive than that — what else would regulators have to do otherwise? — and there is this definition in the federal rules (god knows which one “15 USC § 78c(a)(79)” comes from, but we think is somewhere within the general Securities Exchange Act, Securities Act, Investment Company Act memeplex). Note the curious reference to “self-liquidating financial asset”s, which means certain financings would be out of scope. Those of instruments that don’t pay a cashflow or have a stated maturity as such — one that leaps to mind is a carbon credit, and gold is another, as would any other non-financial commodities.
Why should this matter? Because, in America, there is rather hairy “risk retention rule” for those who would sponsor an “asset-backed security”. To qualify, the ABS needs to be of self-liquidating financial assets that a sponsor has transferred to the issuing vehicle (i.e. and that it has not just acquired at arm’s length in the open market).
We have a basic botanist’s guide to ABS here.
See also
- Asset-backed securities field guide
- Risk retention rule
- US private placement
- Covered bond
- Repackaging
- Securitisation
- Espievie
References
- ↑ 15 USC § 78c(a)(79) Source: Cornell University US Code resource