# Mortgage Backed Securities, MBS (also referred to in German)

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## Definition

Generally, all tradable securities backed by real estate (securities which are backed [collateralized] by a pool of mortgage loans; this instrument is one of the most frequently resorted to forms of securitizations). - See ABS funds, asset-backed securities, collateralization risk, collateralized bond obligations, collateralized debt obligations, collateralized loan obligations, commercial mortgage-backed securities, residential mortgage-backed securities, retrocession, structured investment vehicle, residential mortgage loans, securitized, backing, securitized securities. - Cf. BaFin Annual Report 2009, p. 155 (about half of German banks' securitization positions at year-end 2009 were MBSs), ECB Monthly Bulletin of November 2011, pp. 88 et seq. (MBSs in banks' funding framework; overviews). Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. Eckehard Krah, Dipl.rer.pol. E-mail address: info@ekrah.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ernst_Merk https://www.jung-stilling-gesellschaft.de/merk/ https://www.gerhardmerk.de/

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