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Tags: financial asset, financial markets
Categories: Economics & Finance
The creation and issuance of tradable securities, such as bonds, that are backed by the income generated by an asset, a loan, a public works project or other revenue source.
Pooling of assets such as mortgages into securities that are sliced up and sold to different types of investor. Lenders pass on loans quickly, giving them few incentives to ensure they are repaid. Limited information on underlying assets makes them illiquid and hard to value.
(source: http://lexicon.ft.com/term?term=securitisation)
