英文摘要
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During the period between 2005 and 2007 emerged a ”cocktail” model of financial asset securitization: half of asset pools were NTD denominated structured notes and the other half USD denominated securitized notes or principal protected notes. The ”cocktail” structures had these characteristics in common. First, originators were not asset owners. Second, securitized notes were issued on or even several days before the USD denominated notes, part of the asset pool, came into existence. Third, the USD denominated notes were transferred by foreign issuers to trustees in Taiwan without any actual delivery by the originators and the latter received no consideration, either. We may wonder who the real originators were and whether the asset transfers in such a structure complied with the rule of True Sale.
Through a careful study of trust agreements, the prospectus of the securitized notes issued pursuant to Financial Asset Securitization Act and the prospectus of USD denominated notes, it is found that the ”original seller” in the securitization structure could be the real originator with regard to NTD denominated structured notes. However, no real originator was found in respect of USD denominated notes: they were transferred to the trustees, once issued, to raise fund in Taiwan.
Many of ”cocktail”-type securitized notes incurred significant loss as the Foreign Notes in their asset pools were in default and some lessons should be learned. In particular, originators who are not asset owners have no motivation to care for asset quality. If such nominal originators are allowed, moral hazard would increase and securitized notes would become risky instruments. Moreover, the ”cocktail” models of securitization structure could serve law evasion. Whether they are deceitful or misleading would be interesting test cases.
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