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BLUEFIELD — A process known as securitization could lead to a decrease in rates next year for customers of Appalachian Power. The West Virginia Public Service Commission has ruled that Appalachian ...

Federal Chairman Ben Bernanke said Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac continue to remain under pressure and that the government must look at new methods to provide guarantees on mortgages. Speaking via ...

You have probably heard of securitization. It’s a way of turning non-financial assets into liquid securities that investors can buy and sell. Despite its role in the market crash of 2008 and ...

Growth of a Market: Over the last 20 years securitization has grown from a specialized and slightly esoteric funding vehicle for government-sponsored housing agencies to a primary mode of funding used ...

Asset securitization takes place when loans are combined into a pool, and then claims on the cash flows from the loans are sold to investors. In its simplest form, the three main parties associated ...

Over the past couple of weeks, the implosion of a couple of internal hedge funds at Bear Stearns (NYSE:BSC) has sent small ripples through a somewhat complacent market. The hedge funds' problems were ...