ABCP AND US!

Todays Globe and Mail had a front page story on ABCP . ABCP is of course Asset Backed Commercial Paper . The article centered around COVENTREE CAPITAL, who were apparently a major player in the market .

The company is accused of making misleading statements , according to the Globe, to investors who bought these securities . When the ABCP market froze a domino effect happend in the Canadian commerical paper market . I vividly recall meeting with Coventree in the 2004-2005 timeframe and asking them to securitze a transaction which for 20 Million dollars, which I ultimately completed with other parties . The demise of Coventree during last years debt crisis still has an affect on my firm today, as many of our lending partners rely on this type of financing to provide liquidty to the market . Ultimately key players disappeared , rates rose, and credit quality became ' job one '
Stan
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