Bank of Canada research underscores need for securitisation reform

Securitisation market prone to adverse selection

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The Bank of Canada

Simpler and more transparent securitisations are needed to overcome market failures resulting from asymmetric information between buyers and sellers, according to a working paper published by the Bank of Canada.

In Securitization under asymmetric information over the business cycle, author Martin Kuncl sets out a model of securitisation markets under which sellers have more information about the quality of the securitisations they are selling than the buyers.

Much like Akerlof's famous ‘lemons'

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