Euro Countries Take Measures to Address Crisis

May 25, 2009

While much of the focus has been placed on U.S. and U.K. government initiatives, Continental Europe has also made strides to implement measures to alleviate the economic pressures on the market. In Germany, a draft bill recently passed aims to help banks transfer structured securities, such as ABS and CDOs, to a government-backed unit on a voluntary basis. The government plan would allow private banks to offload troubled assets to a special-purpose vehicle, with a 10% reduction in their booking value. In return, the banks will receive a government-guaranteed bond amounting to the transfer value of those assets.

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