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CMA Final · Strategic Financial Management · Securitization

A housing finance company, Kaveri Housing Finance Ltd, transfers a pool of home loans to a special purpose vehicle (SPV) that issues pass-through certificates to investors. In this structure, the company that originally granted the loans and sold them to the SPV is called the:

The company that grants the loans and transfers them to the SPV is the originator. The servicer only collects instalments, the obligor is the borrower who owes the money, and the trustee safeguards investors, so originator is the correct term.

  1. AOriginatorCorrect
  2. BServicer
  3. CObligor
  4. DTrustee

Explanation

In securitization the entity that originally creates the receivables and sells them to the SPV is the originator. The servicer collects payments, the obligor is the borrower, and the trustee protects investors' interests. Here Kaveri Housing Finance is the originator.

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