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Founded in 1966, the Asian Development Bank has a mandate to reduce the poverty of its developing member countries (DMCs) and improve the quality of life of their people. It currently has 67 members. Those eligible for assistance must be DMCs and be located in the region under ADB's purview, which includes areas of the Pacific as well as Asia. In 2009, the bank disbursed $13.2 billion in loans, $1.1 billion in grants and $267.2 million in technical assistance.
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While the FDIC prepares to take away the Safe Harbor privileges from ABS issuers, it has reaped the rewards of securitization by coming to market with three structured note offerings over the last month.
April 1 -
With new accounting rules, regulatory uncertainty, and wary investors making ABS uneconomical for issuers, pockets of the securitization market are paralyzed. Participants are forced to look at alternative funding sources, which Nora Colomer explores in this month's cover story.
March 1