So, in August of 2007, it became painfully clear that the U.S. subprime mortgage sector was nearing a complete collapse, being tied to the underhanded U.S. housing loans, to say the least. What started as a small brush fire in an obscure market segment spread quickly and violently, impacting other types of derivatives, regardless of the type of loans serving as underlying assets.
In Canada, investors have also bought millions of asset-backed commercial pa...
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