May 23-24, 2008

June 13-14, 2008

August 20-26, 2008

• Paulson Plan proposes mortgage origination commission
• New Century's bankruptcy examiner points out securtization accounting lapses
• US to take covered bonds route to securitization, as PWG announces measures to regulate markets
• 2007 securitization issuance falls 30%
• ASF's subprime relief plan
• Use of charities in owning SPVs raises big time storm
• Bad news in plenty, as new issues almost liquidate
• UNCTAD paper analyses securitization risks and global financial system
• The Economist article sees things going wrong for securitisation
• Acid test for SPVs, as bankruptcy courts get into hedge funds' real jurisdiction
• Moody's talks of new securitization risks
• Northern Rock's securitisations are still safe, rating agencies
• The bird in the Bush to come out now - Prez to announce measures on subprime crisis
• Liquidity dries up across asset classes
• Will the Fed act now than a day too late?
• Mortgage insurance claims rise 429% in Australia
• Wall Street is in firing mode
• Crisis raises basic questions on securitisation; BAA's securitisation plans affected
• Lot of fire, lot of smoke all over
• It is not a ripple effect; it is a web effect
• CDO market comes to a grinding halt, as numbers reach bedrock
• More news

• New links on sukuks
• True sale and the subprime crisis
• New materials on SIVs
• Corporate America continues to post gloomy Q3 picture -blames the subprime market [This is a WSJ collection of Q3 financials of major US companies - updated regularly]
• New resources on REITs
• Amendments in Singapore securitisation regulations
• The Brazilian Securitisation Market: A Primer
• New Law in Korea on Securitisation
• Indian Securitisation-Regulatory and Market Overview
• More materials on NCFE securitization fraud
• New articles on future flows securitisation
• More links and materials on whole business securitisation
• Australia's APRA draft of prudential guideline for securitisation\
• New articles on CMBS
• New materials on insurance linked securities
• Updated page with new links and info on ABS defaults
• Updated page on Belgium
• Updated page on RMBS
• Updated page on Luxembourg
• Page on securitisation laws updated

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Book review
Securitization

by Tamar Frankel
and other books on securitization

  My column  
by Vinod Kothari
The new face of securitization
Securitization in future will be back on the balance sheet

4 April 2008

See my latest article here, where I argue that the world cannot do without securitization, and what we need to do is to explore methods of balance-sheet securitization. This is what I hag argued soon after collapse of Enron; Treasury Secretary Paulson is talking about the same thing now.

Sentimental Accounting: Time to question mark to market
We need to ask ourselves if MTM is procyclical and helps the market disequilibrium

4 April 2008

See my latest article here, where I produce arguments against MTM accounting - primarily on two grounds. One, it leads to volatile accounting and almost every accounting estimate is liable to question. Two, and more seiously in the current crisis, MTM accounting is procyclical.

Insecure about securitization

Sizzler:
Securitization article by Frank Fabozzi and Vinod Kothari: on Top 10 list of SSRN

Click here.

Topic of the month:
Is securitization good?

On CFO.com's blog site, a debate has been initiated on whether securitization is good. This was not unexpected, in wake of the subprime crisis. Contribute to this debate.

Features Securitization by asset-class/ applications : detailed write-ups and links on various asset classes and applications of securitization. The World of Securitization : Detailed reports on securitization in various countries Securitization glossary Comprehensive glossary of over 500 words and terms in securitization Personality profile Leading personalities in securitization. Securitization humour and quotes Some witty quotes and jokes on securitization. Discussion forum The web's only dedicated Forum to ask questions, post views - full democratic.

We in Press

Finance Asia , a leading website on Asian finance, has published an interview with Vinod Kothari. Click here

Laughlines and Trivia

added 13 Sept 2007

Bernanke goes to the barber

For more humour, click here. Do you have something that tickles? Do contribute.

In the eyes of beholder

Tim Reason's posting on CFO.com:

"It would be no surprise to my colleagues, who roll their eyes whenever I mention securitization, that one of my favorite websites is Vinod Kothari's Securitization Website. What it lacks in sophisticated design, it more than makes up for in sheer volume of information about a fairly arcane topic. And Vinod Kothari's enthusiastic analysis of all things securitization (even one of my articles) makes me think that if he ever showed up at our office in person, my co-workers would run screaming for the door." [see here]

[Tim Reason is the senior editor of CFO magazine]

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We are hit!

MarketLeap, a website position reporting system, ranked this site as No.1 in terms of searchengine listings. Here are the results of the analysis:

• www.vinodkothari.com --> Google: 522, AltaVista: 45, MSN Web Search: 101, AOL: 69, Alltheweb /FAST: 335, HotBot: 75,  Total: 1147
• www.securitization.net --> Google: 196, AltaVista: 148, AOL: 104, MSN Web Search: 135, Alltheweb /FAST: 328, HotBot: 100,  Total: 1011
• www.absnet.net --> AltaVista: 45, AOL: 50, MSN Web Search: 60, Google: 300, Alltheweb /FAST: 152, HotBot: 53,  Total: 6