Private Equity

Reviving Repo Financing – Another Milestone on the Trudge Back to Normal 

Repo was a key source of funding for leveraged investors in private MBS and a host of other “rates” products before disaster struck capital markets. That it dried up with the crisis helped drive the prices of subprime MBS and other structured products to levels well below “intrinsic” value. Now, there are signs that repo financing is reviving, improving 2010 prospects for private MBS markets. First, a Little Background