... The Fed is hoping that TALF will encourage banks to make new loans by making
the securitization of those loans easier. Securitization ...

... But it was Wall Street's securitization of mortgages that eventually turned a
nasty housing downturn into a full-blown global banking crisis. ...

... and Federal financial regulators, the use of credit ratings in financial regulation,
and the use of credit ratings in the securitization markets; (I) lending ...

... Yet, representatives from the banks and the securitization industry, along with
housing advocates, were indeed invited to meet with Geithner and Donovan to ...

... On the one hand, the new world of securitization has spread risk broadly,
making it easier to finance a range of activities. On ...

... Lenders say it is in their best interest to keep people in homes. But they also
say the securitization of mortgages ties their hands to work out loan terms. ...

... Seeing the success of the bundling of mortgages -- “securitization” is the technical
term -- bankers began to use these same techniques in other markets. ...

... Why wouldn’t lenders truly work out these loans so that they are sustainable? Lenders
will tell you it’s complicated by the securitization process. ...

... and Lehman have a greater dependence on debt markets and earnings are likely to
be negatively effected from a slowdown in the securitization and mortgage ...

... This links to a March 2008 report published by the bank titled, "Understanding
the Securitization of Subprime Mortgage Credit."; ...