The Securitization Process

Fixed Income: Bonds and Portfolio Management · 3:37

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[Verse 1]
Banks and lenders start the game
Making loans is how they claim
Mortgages and credit cards
Auto loans from near and far
But they don't want to hold them long
Time to pass them right along

[Chorus]
Three steps to securitize
O-S-I that's how money flies
Originator makes the loan
SPV takes them home
Investors buy the bonds they've grown
O-S-I, now you know

[Verse 2]
Special Purpose Vehicle's here
Bankruptcy remote and clear
Buys the loans with cash in hand
Pools them up as they have planned
Separate entity standing tall
Legal wall protects us all

[Chorus]
Three steps to securitize
O-S-I that's how money flies
Originator makes the loan
SPV takes them home
Investors buy the bonds they've grown
O-S-I, now you know

[Bridge]
Credit rating agencies
Grade the bonds from A to Z
Tranches split the risk around
Senior, mezzanine, profound
Subordinated takes the hit
While senior bonds stay benefit

[Verse 3]
Investors come to buy their share
Pension funds and banks are there
Money flows back to the start
Originators play their part
Make more loans with cash received
Securitization cycle's achieved

[Chorus]
Three steps to securitize
O-S-I that's how money flies
Originator makes the loan
SPV takes them home
Investors buy the bonds they've grown
O-S-I, now you know

[Outro]
From the loan to investor's door
That's what securitization's for
O-S-I remember well
Now you've got the story to tell

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