Speaking of Securitization of Financial Assets

Abstract

The history of securitization dates back to “Middle Ages”, as it has emerged into today’s refinements under various ways of obtaining liquidity to finance business growth. As today many blame securitization and low interest rates for the American crisis, this paper aims at shedding light upon what this technique is, what are its benefits and why the past economic growth expanded based on pools of pledged assets. The main risk of securitization is that the systematic risk (beta) of the market is less relevant then the assets’ inner risks (alpha), as this technique creates tailor made products with very specific features. The relevance of securitization will remain open for future analysis in America as basis for creating investment resources to sustain development after the gloomy days of September 2008.

Keywords

• asset classes
• interest rates
• liquidity
• ratings
• securitization
• tranching