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Argentina looks to Fannie Mae model

January 8, 2007

Greater levels of securitisation or an equivalent of Fannie Mae are needed in order to overcome acute liquidity problems in Argentina’s mortgage market. Jason Mitchell reports from Buenos Aires.

European potential

January 8, 2007

Dr Friedemann Roy highlights the growing opportunities available for mortgage lenders in central and south-eastern Europe.

Global trends

January 8, 2007

Housing finance is enjoying robust growth in many countries across the globe, in both developed and emerging markets. Dr Michael Lea analyses the data.

The New-Eco Warriors

January 8, 2007

Can markets succeed where tree-huggers failed? Geraldine Lambe reports.

As easy as ABCP

January 2, 2002

The asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) market, which started modestly as a way for banks to move assets off their balance sheet, using special purpose vehicles known as conduits, is today among the most innovative and complex financial sectors, often supporting entirely synthetic transactions.But its very success is arousing concern among some close observers. The market's role in shifting risk, often to exploit anomalies in the regulatory treatment of the banks' capital, looks distinctly uncertain when the rules change in three years time under current proposals.

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