Positioned squarely at the intersection of the used vehicle market, auto ABS and the effects of the coronavirus crisis on American’s mobility is the Hertz bankruptcy filing. Similar to the large bankruptcies, marking the 2008 financial crisis, such as Lehman Brothers and WAMU, which shaped the financial sector’s recovery, the outcome of the Hertz bankruptcy is likely to impact the direction of...
A review of market performance since the start of the COVID-19 crisis could lead one to ponder a new existential question: Can there be pending doom, if there’s no gloom?
In his latest article published in Consumer Financial Services Law Report, Joseph Cioffi discusses how lessons learned in subprime RMBS litigation could be used in subprime auto litigation, if investors suffer losses. In “How Subprime RMBS Can Prepare Us for Subprime Auto Litigation in the Time of COVID-19,” Joseph addresses several misconceptions regarding subprime RMBS litigation of which...
“Madness . . . is like gravity, all it takes is a little push.” - The Joker, The Dark Knight, 2008 As our readers know, as far back as 2017, we sounded the alarm on the parallels between pre-crisis residential-mortgage backed securities (RMBS) and today’s subprime auto ABS.
2019 seems far behind in the rear mirror. Way back then, in our 2019 year-end review, we warned that an economic downturn could cause latent market risks to be seen more clearly. Higher delinquencies and longer terms were among the trends that were intensifying beneath the surface, causing cracks to form on the road ahead. With that as a backdrop, we conducted our second annual subprime auto...
Joseph Cioffi was quoted in The Financial Times article, "Why America’s $1.3tn Car-Loan Market Cannot Avoid a Pile-Up."
Joseph Cioffi was quoted in an Asset Securitization Report article, "April Cover: Containing Market Fallout in the ABS World."
