Asset-securitization would help reduce the cost of capital and give investors alternative forms of investment, they told a seminar on future prospects and challenges for securitization in Sri Lanka.
Marina Fernando, Director, Legal & Enforcement of the SEC, told a seminar organized by Investec Capital, SEC and Deutsche Bank that the aim of the new law was to have an "adequate but not too onerous legal framework,"
In a securitization transaction cashflow generating assets like housing mortgages, vehicle leases or even credit card recievables, are taken out of the balance sheet of the originator and 'sold’ to a separate entity like a legal trust or specially incorporated company called a special purpose vehicle (SPV).
Debt instruments are then issued against the assets, which can have a credit rating higher than the original issuer and reduce the cost of capital.