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Securitisation is not dead

Securitisation is not dead

By Michael Heise, chief economist Allianz Group/Dresdner Bank

Sovereign wealth funds

Sovereign wealth funds

An in-depth look at the state-owned sovereign wealth funds that dominate the attention of the world's financial markets

July 2008

Distressed ABS: Ugly is as good as it gets


Appetite for distressed ABS is not nearly sufficient to mop up supply.




It is now a year since the jitters in US sub-prime turned into an earthquake that engulfed the securitization market. Asset valuations have been falling pretty much consistently ever since. If ever there was a distressed buyers’ opportunity, the ABS market is it – it is hard to argue that a triple-A rated security trading at a double-digit discount to par is anything other than a screaming buy.

But buyers remain extremely nervous about stepping in. This is partly because of a lingering concern that the market could take another lurch downwards on more bad news. Yes, the downgrade of MBIA to single-A would...


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