Non-Mortgage ABS

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April 27, 2012 - Inside MBS & ABS

Structured Settlement Securities Provide Different Risks than Other Esoteric ABS

While the niche structured settlement ABS sector is dominated by one market actor, such deals have little risk and low loss levels, making them appealing investments, Barclays Capital said in a recent report. Structured settlement ABS are often backed by legal agreements in which a defendant agrees to pay a plaintiff in scheduled payments to satisfy the settlement amount, commonly used to settle malpractice, personal injury and product liability suits. In recent years, as lottery winners have a similar option of receiving payments through a timetable, lottery winnings have also been used in structured...


April 27, 2012 - Inside MBS & ABS

Moody’s Leads in Non-Mortgage ABS Ratings, But Still on the MBS Sidelines

Moody’s Investors Service has not rated a non-agency MBS since the end of 2010, but the company has made up for it by taking a lead role in the non-mortgage ABS market, according to a new ranking and analysis by Inside MBS & ABS. Moody’s rated 37 non-mortgage ABS issued during the first quarter of 2012, a total of $33.85 billion in new issuance. That represented 84.5 percent of the market by dollar volume, an increase from the 70.4 percent market share the company garnered for all of 2011. Its deepest penetration was in the business loan category, which includes dealer...(Includes one data chart)


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