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Securitization professionals rely on each weekly issue of Asset-Backed Alert for its hard-to-get news and statistics on asset-backed and mortgage-backed securitization activities throughout the world.

The newsletter’s coverage takes a forward-looking approach, routinely tipping off subscribers to emerging risks and opportunities in securitization.

Subscription price: $2,797 for 46 weekly issues.

What does Asset-Backed Alert cover?

• Asset-backed and mortgage-backed securitisation activity in the U.S., Europe, Asia, Australia, Latin America and Canada.
• Hush-hush issuance plans, including those involving assets that are new to the asset-backed securitization.
• Investor strategies for maximizing returns and minimizing risk in structured-finance investments.
• Career openings for securitization professionals.
• Shifts in the supply/demand balance of the asset-backed securitization market.
• New developments in the booming markets for collateralized debt obligations.

What is The ABS Database?

Subscribers to Asset-Backed Alert get FREE online access to The ABS Database, which captures information on all asset-backed and mortgage-backed securitisation issues sold worldwide. The database, compiled by the editors of Asset-Backed Alert, is the only comprehensive listing of public and private asset-backed and mortgage-backed securitizations -- including collateralized debt obligations.

Relying on its database, Asset-Backed Alert regularly publishes rankings of key participants in asset-backed securitization: Underwriters, issuers, trustees, law firms, bond insurers and rating agencies. It also provides readers with a steady diet of statistical summaries showing securitization trends in all of the world's asset-backed securities markets.

Click here for a detailed description of The ABS Database.

Who produces Asset-Backed Alert?

Asset-Backed Alert's coverage is led by publisher Andrew Albert, who has been reporting on the securitisation field since the asset-backed market began in the 1980s. The newsletter is produced by Harrison Scott Publications, which also publishes Real Estate Alert (the weekly update on institutional buying opportunities), Hedge Fund Alert (the weekly update on the alternative-investment community), Commercial Mortgage Alert (the weekly update on real estate finance and securitization) and Private Equity Insider (the weekly update on buyout funds, venture capital funds and other private equity vehicles).

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How do I start a Free-Trial Subscription?

Click here to start a three-week, Free-Trial Subscription to Asset-Backed Alert. There are no strings attached: you won't receive an invoice unless you subscribe. For your convenience, you can now receive your free trial via e-mail.