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Although covered bonds and ABS are starting to be regarded as alternatives to one another, market experts said that these two markets could definitely co-exist. For one, these products have very different sets of buyers. The two also have varying liquidity and structural advantages and constraints.

Despite the devastation in the wake of the global financial crisis, there are certain areas of the securitization market that present opportunities for investors.

Mortgage prices across most of the stack are sitting at record highs, while mortgage rates are near record lows.

Last June the Basel Committee released the calendar for implementing adjustments to the Basel II market risk framework.

For 1H10, public ABS issuance reached $25.76 billion, according to preliminary figures from the ASR Scorecards database. This figure dropped from $50.7 billion for 1H09.

Several deals have come to market backed by different asset classes from issuers in various parts of the globe.

The New York Federal Reserve will engage in coupon swaps to help facilitate the delivery of approximately $9.2 billion in currently unsettled FNMA 5.5% pools, the regulator announced this morning.

Morgan Stanley Thursday afternoon agreed to pay $102 million to Massachusetts homeowners and the state, settling allegations that it aided and abetted subprime lender New Century Financial Corp. in taking advantage of consumers.

Standard & Poor's has announced the categories of debt instruments which ratings will have a structured finance identifier.

An amendment by Rep. Scott Garrett, R- N.J. creating a new legal and regulatory framework for U.S. covered bonds was taken out from the financial reform bill that was agreed upon early this morning.