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Capital Markets Law Journal 2008 3(4):373-375; doi:10.1093/cmlj/kmn027
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   Structured investment vehicles—the dullest business on the planet? (see p. 376)
 
Geoff Fuller and Elizabeth Collett

Structured investment vehicles, or SIVs, have been the subject of wide media attention in the context of the credit crunch. SIVs had (prior to the credit crunch) assets under management of approximately US$400 billon, and played a significant role in distributing risk through the financial markets and raising wholesale funding to finance housing and other consumer and corporate lending.

This article explains the history and structure of those vehicles, what distinguishes SIVs from other structured products, the effects of the credit crunch, why SIVs were particularly susceptible to the impact of the credit crunch, and what the future holds for these vehicles. The article also examines the various recent . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   Recent SEC initiatives that should enhance access to the US capital markets by foreign private issuers (see p. 389)
 

   In defence of ‘captive’ clearing (see p. 417)
 

   Forms and paradoxes of principles-based regulation (see p. 425)
 

   Tier one hybrids for credit institutions—is convergence in regulation possible? (see p. 458)
 

   Climate change disclosure: Moving towards a brave new world (see p. 469)
 

   The Vienna Sales Convention and the financial markets (see p. 486)
 

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