As the hunt for yield sends investors further down the credit curve, sources said that a good place to look might be esoteric assets.

The top three ratings agencies are seeking to regain credibility by tailoring their research efforts to better meet investor needs.

View the year-to-date manager rankings for the different ABS sectors, including real estate, credit cards and autos.

While it isn't news that home prices impact the prepayment and credit performance of mortgage loans, it is useful to review lessons of the past few years.

Mortgage prices across most of the stack are sitting at record highs, while mortgage rates are near record lows.

Large institutional investors such as the CalPERS are hesitant to participate until they are reassured their first-lien holdings remain prioritized in the capital structure.

ABS players are closely monitoring the Greek government's struggles and assessing how they'll impact European securitizations.

While the process of securitizing financial assets worked well for decades, the market forces that traditionally protected investors gradually failed between 2004 and 2007.

There is commitment from the highest level to implement a global framework that enables securitization to relaunch on a sound basis.

On the sidelines of the SiLAS 2010, ASR's Felipe Ossa had a conversation with Ignacio Farias, CEO of Patrimonio, a housing finance company in Mexico.