Big Short... big cods wallop6 Apr 2021 14:47
The Big Short brilliantly captured the excesses of Financial Services greed linked with securitization.
However, the long and short of it (excuse the pun), is that it does not have to be like that; securitization of itself is not high risk; block chain is a game changer; early entrants will be risk averse.
Securitization was a catalyst for transformative change in the mortgage market; promoting innovation, improved consumer choice, creating new revenue streams for intermediaries etc. And to be historically accurate, initial lending was often more conservative than Building Societies with all loans having to meet criteria (with no exceptions) and subject to; underwriting, independent audit (E&Y etc) and rating by credit agencies. [I was a senior underwriter / chair of credit committee during this period and personally wrote lending policy for 2 banks]. What went wrong is what happened next; lax lending; creation of a market for securities with no clear trail on who really owned what.
Block Chain will change everything in that assets cannot be pooled then sold multiple times, there is total transparency on ownership.
SYME is a great concept which does need proving. There is scope for the concept not to catch on (market risk), however, I do not see that securitization of working capital of itself is a high risk, particularly when early investors will demand due diligence and be risk averse.
My sense is that this is a market disruptor, however, we all pays our money and makes our choice, I am invested with several million shares and happy to hold.
GLALTH