Recycled tranches fuel lending booms

Updated: 2026.11.03 1H ago 1 sources
When structured‑finance vehicles repeatedly repackage lower‑quality slices (tranches) of asset pools, they can create a feedback loop that increases lenders' willingness to originate poor‑quality loans because those risks are dispersed or transformed downstream. Over time the repackaging conceals true risk concentration and magnifies systemic vulnerability. — Highlights a mechanism — securitization of securitized slices — by which financial innovation can create moral hazard and systemic crises, informing regulation, bank oversight, and housing policy.

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Collateralized debt obligation - Wikipedia
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Wikipedia notes that by 2006–2007 CDO collateral was dominated by recycled BBB/A tranches from other asset‑backed securities (mostly subprime mortgages), directly exemplifying the feedback loop.
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