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Securitisation: It’s all a question of packaging

By Richard Beales in New York

Published: July 25 2007 03:17 | Last updated: July 25 2007 03:17

In a corporate securitisation, assets and related cash flows are carved out from a business into special purpose entities (SPEs) and repackaged. Debt is then raised against the SPEs alone.

“Securitisation isolates a cash flow and insulates it from extraneous events,” says Ted Yarbrough, head of global securitised products at Citigroup.

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