Traduction de «Secteur des prêts hypothécaires à risque » (Français → Anglais) :

My Liberal colleagues will ask some questions about the subprime mortgage crisis, the Montreal accord and income trusts, and I would like to focus on monetary policy, beginning with exchange rates, both the level and the volatility.

(fc) legally required guarantees used when a mortgage loan financed by issuing mortgage bonds is paid to the mortgage borrower before the final registration of the mortgage in the land register, provided the guarantee is not used as reducing the risk in calculating the risk weighted assets".

Question No. 226 Hon. Roy Cullen: With regard to collateralized debt obligations (CDO’s) and the sub-prime mortgage credit crisis in the North American financial sector: (a) in 2007, was the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) aware of the exposure of financial institutions in Canada to CDO’s, and specifically sub-prime mortgages; (b) when it became aware of the exposure of Canadian banks to sub-prime mortgages, how did OSFI evaluate the risk of these CDO’s in the context of the solvency, liquidity and stability of Canada’s financial institutions; (c) did OSFI undertake any sensitivity analysis to assess the i ...[+++]mpact of factors such as interest rate changes, economic slowdown or job losses and property market declines on the viability of sub-prime mortgages; (d) were CDO’s adequately secured or insured by Canada’s chartered banks, and were these CDO instruments appropriately rated by the rating agencies; (e) given the recent losses or write downs by chartered Canadian banks, what action is the OSFI taking to safeguard Canada’s financial sector, its depositors and shareholders; and (f) what steps is the Minister of Finance taking to address this issue, and to ensure that this type of situation does not occur again?

Quickly, first of all, on the United States side, what we've seen is a combination of the developments in the subprime mortgage market that you've talked about and a period where the lending through the subprime mortgage market in the United States rose at a dramatic rate.

17. Welcomes the Commission's proposals to enhance the recognition of credit risk mitigation techniques, which are insufficiently encouraged in the current framework; recognises the risk mitigating impact of mortgage collateral and consequently calls for a thorough empirical analysis to determine the fair weighting of mortgage loans; calls for the recognition of the risk-reducing potential of collateral recognised by banks and the banking industry as mitigating risks and notes here in particular the importance of traditional loan-securing methods such as mortgages, which are the main form of collateral used by other smaller credit inst ...[+++]itutions in particular, in risk mitigation; demands that where banks and investment firms outsource risks, for example by insurance or the use of clearing methods, the resulting transfer of risk should be reflected in reduced capital charges;

The purpose of the mortgage credit proposal is to amend Council Directive 89/647/EEC in order to allow mortgage backed securities to be treated in the same way as mortgage loans from the point of view of risk weighting, and to extend to all Member States the possibility of giving certain commercial mortgage loans preferential weighting for a transitional period.