Chap 9

Securitization is designed to turn illiquid loans into liquid assets in the form of securities sold in the open market.

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Securitization has the added advantage of generating fee income for banks.

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• False

Securitized assets cannot be removed from a bank's balance sheet until they mature.

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• False

Securitization raises the level of competition for the best-quality loans among banks.

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Servicing rights on loans sold consist of the collection of interest and principal payments from borrowers and monitoring borrower compliance with loan terms.

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A loan sold by a bank to another investor with recourse means the bank has given the investor a call option on the loan.

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An account party will seek a bank's standby credit guarantee if the bank's fee for issuing the guarantee is less than the value assigned the guarantee by its beneficiary.

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Securitization tends to lengthen the maturity of a bank's assets.

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• False

Securitized assets as a source of bank funds are subject to reserve requirements set by the Federal Reserve Board.

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• False

Securitizations of commercial loans usually carry the same regulatory capital requirements for a bank as the original loans themselves.

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• False