ASF announces Gulf Coast relief donation

The American Securitization Forumrecently made a $25,000 charitable donation to Habitat for Humanity International. In its statement announcing the donation, the ASF noted the link between housing finance and securitization markets, "the Board felt that contributing to this organization was an appropriate and responsible way for the ASF to supplement the charitable initiatives being undertaken by many of its individual members and member firms to alleviate the pain, loss and dislocation caused by the recent Gulf Coast hurricanes.