Re:Danish bank launches negative interest rate mortgage
by thedudeabides5 on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @11:26PM
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low leverage in proportion to the total asset value
But what’s that total asset value if interest rates are 10% (vs -1%)?
Danish loans are definitely securitized and sold as investment tools. They are a classic interest rate risk hedge.
It’s been a while since I was adjacent to them but the bigger difference in Danish mortgage backed securities were a) no governmental guarantee on them b) less protections for the borrowers than in the US c) no derivatives d) much smaller market & e) much longer history.
So credit risk, which is what ratings agencies nominally judge is likely not a problem.
Interest rate risk is though, but given its more straight forward, it’s what investors are looking for exposure to & there is low leverage it’s unlikely to cause systemic collapse.