Sunday, July 1, 2007

Broker-Dealer mortgage exposure

-It is disclosed in the warehouse finance/business lines commitments or mortgage commitments for instance. GS in 1Q 2007 disclose warehouse financing commitment 1Q 2007 4Q 2006 Warehouse commi: 15,388 mil 17,026 mil equity: 36,900 mil 35,790 mil Warehouse financing. The firm provides financing for the warehousing of financial assets to be securitized, primarily in connection with CDOs and mortgage securitizations. These financings are expected to be repaid from the proceeds of the related securitizations for which the firm may or may not act as underwriter. These arrangements are secured by the warehoused assets, primarily consisting of mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities, residential and commercial mortgages and corporate debt instruments. Retained residual interest: retained interests (VIE) in CDO and mortgage backed securities. the number is disclosed in the section of securitization activities under financial instruements 1Q 2007 3,347(MBS) + 5,345 (CDO) 4Q 06 4,013 + 1,973 (CDO)

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