Debt management class2

You are a finance employee at a financial institution, specializing  in originating auto loans in a country where auto loans have only been  available for 2 years. Your group has just been informed that a close  competitor has securitized $150 million in auto loans through an  investment bank.

• Your boss wants to understand why the competitor did this. Explain.  
• He also wants to understand the potential benefits for the following:  
  • the issuer  
  • the investors buying the ABS  
  • the individual borrowers seeking auto loans 
• He also wants to know the likely impact to the auto loan market  in this country if a large, liquid ABS market emerges over the next few  years.