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• SEC proposes rules to prohibit conflict of interest in ABS transactions

• BofA settlement, exposes breach of fiduciary duties of trustees

• S&P reports warn on covered bonds risk

• Australia introduces Covered Bonds legislation

• The mess in mortgage markets continues - Federal agency files suits against 17 top mortgage securitizers; foreclosure suits continue to face problems

• Risks in Covered Bonds - S&P director speaks

• Turkey’s first covered bond issuance

• Non-US ABS volumes for first half of 2011 shows signs of revival

• UK Supreme Court affirms flip clauses in securitisation waterfall

• BIS Joint Forum sees need to revive securitisation market: Endorses Economics of   Securitisation

• SEC re-proposes ABS shelf registration rules

• Sukuk Guidelines revised by Malaysian Securities Commission

• Bank Lending to Microfinance Companies: A Question of Priority

• Covered Bonds Bill considered again to promote covered bonds in US

• Securitisation volumes in India fall by 29% - ICRA Report

• More news

• Article on New Developments in Securitization, Analysis of the market 2010, 2011 by Vinod Kothari
• Covered Bonds Legislation  by Vinod Kothari - review of some new legislative frameworks
• Article on Guide to ECB and FDI by Vinod Kothari, 26th July 2011
• Article on Collective Investment Schemes or how gullible investors continue to lose money by Vinod Kothari and Nidhi Jain , 11th July 2011
• Article on the Limits of arbitrability: SC ruling limits arbitrators' right on mortgages, potentially even hypothecations, by Vinod Kothari, 4th July, 2011
• Article on Malegam Committee report on the Microfinance Sector, 20th January,2011
• Vinod Kothari's Article on Law of Assignment of Receivables, 6th January, 2011
• Article on originator risk retention in Securitisation - regulatory moves across the world - Vinod Kothari
• Link to Year-in-Review, Brazilian Structured Finance
• Overview of IAS 39 - understand IAS 39 and IFSR 7 in easy language - extensive view with Vinod Kothari article
• See the country pages updated: Securitisation in Greece
• Vinod Kothari's brief article that explains IFRS 9 in a very simple language
• Link to An Investor's Guide: Brazilian Real Estate Investment Funds
• See Vinod Kothari's presentation on REITs, Nov 2009

Quick guide to
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• Covered Bonds

• Understanding IFRS

• Fair value accounting

• Affordable housing finance

• Islamic finance

• Micro finance
   

  My column  
by Vinod Kothari
Is securitization dead?

Perhaps I have a selfish interest in arguing that it is not, but you decide, once you read my write up. Of course, I will be happy to hear any comments.

5th Nov 2008

See my latest article here.

The new face of securitization
Securitization in future will be back on the balance sheet

4 April 2008

See my latest article here, where I argue that the world cannot do without securitization, and what we need to do is to explore methods of balance-sheet securitization. This is what I hag argued soon after collapse of Enron; Treasury Secretary Paulson is talking about the same thing now.

The mad affair with fair values
We support the case for suspension of fair value accounting, and a fundamental relook

17th Oct 2008

This is my latest article

Sentimental Accounting: Time to question mark to market
We need to ask ourselves if MTM is procyclical and helps the market disequilibrium

4 April 2008; updated Oct 2008

See my latest article here, where I produce arguments against MTM accounting - primarily on two grounds. One, it leads to volatile accounting and almost every accounting estimate is liable to question. Two, and more seiously in the current crisis, MTM accounting is procyclical.

Insecure about securitization

Sizzler:
Securitization article by Frank Fabozzi and Vinod Kothari: on Top 10 list of SSRN

Click here.

We in Press

Finance Asia , a leading website on Asian finance, has published an interview with Vinod Kothari. Click here

Laughlines and Trivia

added 11 May, 2010

What countries will pay to save Greece

Bernanke goes to the barber

For more humour, click here. Do you have something that tickles? Do contribute.

       In the eyes of beholder

Tim Reason's posting on CFO.com:

"It would be no surprise to my colleagues, who roll their eyes whenever I mention securitization, that one of my favorite websites is Vinod Kothari's Securitization Website. What it lacks in sophisticated design, it more than makes up for in sheer volume of information about a fairly arcane topic. And Vinod Kothari's enthusiastic analysis of all things securitization (even one of my articles) makes me think that if he ever showed up at our office in person, my co-workers would run screaming for the door." [see here]

[Tim Reason is the senior editor of CFO magazine]

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Books by Vinod Kothari
	Global best-seller on securitization, read all over the World.
	A  brief introduction to securitization, written with one world's most prolific and well-read authors on finance
	Vinod Kothari's book on credit derivatives and structured credit trading, read all-over
	Incisive commentary on the law of securitisation, asset reconstruction and secured lenders' rights, with comprehensive introduction to securitisation, asset management and enforcement of security interests Click here for orders and info
	Vinod Kothari is one of the editors of A Ramaiya's Company Law, a tome running over 12000 pages. 2010 edition was released recently
Book review Securitization by Tamar Frankel and other books on securitization
Looking for a job/ looking for securitisation talent? New postings 7th Sept 2005 We have posted some resumes/ job openings on our jobs and profiles page

News@Vinod Kothari & Company

Vinod Kothari & Company, Vinod Kothari Consultants P Ltd, and Academy of Financial Services is happy to put forth our In-house newsletter, of what is happening inside our firm:

• Newsletter for December, 2011

• Newsletter for November, 2011

• Newsletter for October, 2011

• Newsletter for September, 2011

• Newsletter for August, 2011

• Newsletter for June- July, 2011

• Newsletter for May, 2011

• Newsletter for March-April, 2011

• Newsletter for February, 2011

• Newsletter for January, 2011

• Newsletter for December, 2010

• Newsletter for August 2010

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