Securitization

California Court Finds Securitization Entities Subject to California Income Tax

by Marty Dakessian, Mike Shaikh, Kyle O. Sollie | Reed Smith on 5/13/2013

A California Superior Court has issued a decision with significant impact on financial services. In the case, Harley-Davidson, Inc. v. Franchise Tax Board, San Diego Superior Court Judge Joel Pressman held that...more

FHFA Common Securitization Infrastructure

by Orrick - Structured Finance Group on 5/8/2013

On April 30, the FHFA issued its progress report on the steps being taken to establish a common securitization infrastructure for MBS. The FHFA is encouraging interested parties to provide written input on the progress...more

Rating Agency Developments - Febuary 04, 2013

by Orrick - Structured Finance Group on 2/4/2013

On February 1, Fitch updated its methodology for analyzing non-performing loan securitizations. On February 1, Fitch updated the public sector liquidity and spread assumption addendum for its covered bonds criteria....more

Securitisation as a means to finance distributed solar projects

by Dirk Michels, Anthony R.G. Nolan | K&L Gates LLP on 1/28/2013

Permission to use this reprint has been granted by the publisher Financier Worldwide. The future of solar energy in the US appears uncertain. With investment tax credits set to expire in 2016 the solar industry may lose...more

Dodd-Frank Implementation: Navigating the Road Ahead

by Jay G. Baris, Alexandra Steinberg Barrage, Leonard N. Chanin, Henry M. Fields, Rick Fischer, Oliver I. Ireland, Jeremy C. Jennings-Mares, David H. Kaufman, David M. Lynn, Jerry R. Marlatt, more +Barbara R. Mendelson, Thomas J. Noto, Obrea O. Poindexter, James Schwartz, Andrew M. Smith, James R. Tanenbaum | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 12/29/2012

Table of Contents: Introduction; Financial Stability Reform; Resolution Planning; Agencies and Agency Oversight Reform; Securitization Reform; Derivatives Regulation; Investor Protection Reform; Credit Rating Agency...more

Out of the Shadows and Into the Light

by Peter J. Green, Jeremy C. Jennings-Mares, Lewis Gavin Lee | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 12/28/2012

For the last four years, regulators and law makers have been focusing extraordinary efforts on ensuring that financial regulation is adequate to protect the financial system from risks emanating from the banking sector....more

"Insights Special Edition: Dodd-Frank Rulemaking: Volcker Rule and SIFI Proposals: Impact of the Proposed Regulations On...

by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 11/17/2011

Securitization has been the focus of many rulemaking initiatives in the wake of the financial crisis. The Volcker Rule is not directly targeted at securitization and expressly states that nothing in it should be construed to...more

"Insights Special Edition: Dodd-Frank Rulemaking: Volcker Rule and SIFI Proposals: An Introduction to the Proposed Regulations...

by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 11/17/2011

On October 11 and 12, 2011, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury (OCC); the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve); the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation...more

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