"On the one hand, people are realizing they don't just have to go to a bank to borrow money. Securitizing intellectual property is proving to be a good way to cash in on those types of income streams.

Was the great securitization machine that made hundreds of billions of dollars in mortgage loans based on a legal foundation of sand? That possibility, raised by two law school professors, has ...

Securitizing Social Security would have its problems. For one, some people could irresponsibly squander their money in the present while losing their future benefits. Others might find that after a ...

Violent conflict along the Ethiopia–Sudan border is profoundly destabilizing communities on both sides, disrupting trade in key resources and displacing thousands of people from productive farmlands.

CFR scholars provide expert analysis and commentary on international issues. The Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the largest of its kind in history, has been responsible for more than 15,000 cases ...

Citigroup Inc. is no longer buying debt from Prosper Marketplace Inc.’s platform to package into bonds, halting a key alliance in the growing market for securities backed by online consumer loans.

Mexican fast-food chain Qdoba Restaurant Corp. raised $305 million to refinance debt by pledging its franchise agreements and other assets, opting for a funding tool that’s dropped in popularity ...