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Asset Securitization and Optimal Retention

By John Kiff, Michael Kisser

March 1, 2010

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John Kiff, and Michael Kisser. Asset Securitization and Optimal Retention, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2010) accessed October 13, 2024
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Summary

This paper builds on recent research by Fender and Mitchell (2009) who show that if financial institutions securitize loans, retaining an interest in the equity tranche does not always induce the securitizer to diligently screen borrowers ex ante. We first determine the conditions under which this scenario becomes binding and further illustrate the implications for capital requirements. We then propose an extension to the existing model and also solve for optimal retention size. This also allows us to capture feedback effects from capital requirements into the maximization problem. Preliminary results show that equity tranche retention continues to best incentivize loan screening.

Subject: Credit, Credit risk, Financial sector stability, Loans, Stocks

Keywords: Equity retention, Equity tranche, Tranche thickness, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    37

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2010/074

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA2010074

  • ISBN:

    9781451982176

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941