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- Fed Program to Aid Auto Lenders Takes Effect This Month
- How do auto lenders spell relief? "T-A-L-F." The Fed's Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility is aimed at reviving asset-backed securities, used to raise cash to make new auto loans. by Jim Henry
- Blog posts 2009-02-02
- Textron Financial Could Benefit From New TALF Lending
- Textron, the maker of Cessna jets, may be getting fresh liquidity with the new version of the federal Term Asset-Backed Securities Lending Facility, a Federal Reserve lending program. Oddly enough, it can thank the boating industry for that. Textron's financing arm, Textron Financial, provides leases for a...
- Blog posts 2009-03-24
- Even Without TALF, GMAC Will Get Fed Support
- Several corners of the consumer lending world are regaining signs of life thanks to the Term Asset-backed securities Loan Facility TALF. GMAC LLC, the auto financing company that was asked to raise $11.5 billion of new capital following the stress test of its balance sheet, isn't one of them. Nevertheless,...
- Blog posts 2009-05-07
- How to Spot an Economic Recovery
- Three easy ways to tell when the rebound has finally arrived. The answer for now: Not yet. ...
- Articles 2009-04-24
- Get the Shadow Banking System Moving Again
- Everyone has heard stories about how much credit is being reduced. Most anecdotes are about banks that are reluctant to lend, but in fact most banks are extending loans, even if they're demanding more information about their customers. The real reason credit seems tight is that the so-called "shadow banking...
- Blog posts 2009-05-14
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- Bernanke's TALF: Dead on Arrival
- The Federal Reserve Board will launch the first phase of the Term Asset Backed Securities Loan Facility “TALF” program next week. The approved amount is a meager $200 Billion. The Obama administration has said it expects to expand the TALF to as much as $1 Trillion. These trillion dollar numbers...
- External links 2009-03-13
- Fed Starting to Panic over TALF Collateral Concerns
- Tyler Durden submits: The Federal Reserve of New York is apparently just now realizing that Commercial Real Estate collateral is more than just wishful thinking. In a press release issued yesterday, the NY Fed announced that it had picked TREPP to serve as a collateral monitor for the CRE...
- External links 2009-06-17
- TALF Floor Plan Financing Gives Auto Dealers Hope
- Following up on our discussion on beleaguered US auto dealers from from a couple months ago, let's take a quick look at TALF. On August 6th, the latest TALF operation showed about a billion in financing for dealer floor plans. August 6th TALF operation in millions: by...
- External links 2009-08-13
- AmEx Says Can Issue $12.1 Billion More Under TALF
- NEW YORK (Reuters) - American Express Co AXP, the largest U.S. credit card company by purchases, said on Friday it was eligible to issue $12.1 billion more of securities under the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility plan, or TALF.The Federal Reserve launched TALF earlier this year to breathe life into...
- News items 2009-10-30
- Fed Watch: Will TALF Do the Job?
- Tim Duy submits: The Administration is putting high hopes on TALF, especially now that the program will reach as high as $1 trillion (remember when $1 trillion was a lot of money?). It has always seemed to me that TALF would fall short of the mark. The...
- External links 2009-02-26
- A TALF Leverage Overview
- A number of Sober Look readers have asked to see the leverage levels the Fed is providing via TALF. The leverage varies by maturity and by asset class. There are several ways to show leverage - here we show it as "assets to equity" ratio. That is if you invest...
- External links 2009-08-17
- Trepp Selected by Federal Reserve Bank of New York as a Collateral Monitor for TALF
- NEW YORK -- Trepp LLC has been selected by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as a collateral monitor for CMBS as part of the รข??Term Asset-Backed Securities ...
- Research articles 2009-06-16
- Recent TALF Operations Focused on Credit Cards
- The TALF program continues to move at a fairly weak pace. About $50 billion has been financed through this program. This may seem substantial, but consider that within a year, the total US consumer credit has dropped by double that.TALF over time by Walter Kurtz
- External links 2009-09-11
- TALF's Progress Is Painfully Slow
- The Fed's TALF program continues to struggle. It's a good sign for the taxpayer because the Fed's exposure to the program is quite modest relative to its overall balance sheet. Exposure to AIG including the Maiden Lane portfolios is significantly larger than TALF for example. But it's bad news for...
- External links 2009-10-08
- The Law of Unintended Consequences: CMBS and TALF
- Brian Kelly submits: On Tuesday, Treasury Secretary Geitner announced the emperor has no clothes, but the Commercial Mortgage Back Securities (CMBS) markets cheered when the Fed announced that the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF) would now accept CMBS as collateral. Unfortunately, someone forgot about the law of unintended...
- External links 2009-02-13
- TALF Investors Pushing for a Better Deal
- Tom Lindmark submits: I wonder if we will get a look at these agreements. According to the WSJ, hedge funds aren’t exactly lining up around the block to participate in the first round of TALF financings. In fact, there appears to be more than a little concern about...
- External links 2009-03-13
- Ford Credit, Nissan to Benefit from Fed's TALF Program
- Investors who buy asset-backed securities from Ford Credit and Nissan Motor Acceptance can now get U.S. government loans via the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility, or TALF. by Jim Henry
- Blog posts 2009-03-18
- TALF's Strengths and Weaknesses
- Reggie Middleton submits: Below, I have outlined and detailed strengths and a glaring weakness in the PPIP plan proposed by Geithner. I also included a relatively simple and easy to implement solution to the problem, a problem which if left unchecked puts the US taxpayer at guaranteed and highly unnecessary...
- External links 2009-04-02
- TALF Funding Harley Purchases, High-Interest Credit Cards
- Tom Lindmark submits: Missed this until this evening. It’s from the Saturday WSJ. It seems that TALF is providing financing for some securitizations that are a bit out on the curve. Lately they’ve been involved with a $500 million deal for Harley Davidson and a $709 million one for Alliance...
- External links 2009-05-18
- Standish Mellon Asset Management to Launch TALF Strategies
- Sees advantage to early investors in program BOSTON, June 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Standish Mellon Asset Management Company LLC, the fixed income specialist for BNY Mellon Asset Management, will offer investment strategies that will enable its clients to invest in securities related to the Term Asset-Backed Securities...
- Research articles 2009-06-04
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