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Assertion Supported
Bank TruPS allowed five-year interest deferrals without triggering contractual default
“The one caveat which the regulators made them put into these securitizations was that you had to be allowed to defer for up to five years before you went into default.”
Brett Jefferson May 25, 2020 ▶ 32:48 Brett Jefferson – Inefficiencies in Structured Credit at Hildene Capital Management (First Meeting, EP.19)
Assertion Supported
Bank TruPS was a $35B niche versus the $1T+ non-agency market
“It wasn't a big market, it was a thirty-five billion dollar market, so it didn't make sense for a lot of folks to get into it. Like, let's just say the non-agency market, which was Over a trillion dollars.”
Brett Jefferson May 25, 2020 ▶ 36:09 Brett Jefferson – Inefficiencies in Structured Credit at Hildene Capital Management (First Meeting, EP.19)
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