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Securitisations Could Help South Africa-Based Financials Overcome Ratings Challenges and Liquidity Issues

South African lenders could lean on securitisations to help address credit ratings pressures and a lack of liquidity in the banking sector, but key bottlenecks need to be addressed by regulators before the sector can really take advantage of them, according to Gill Raine, a senior policy advisor at The Association for Savings & Investment South Africa (ASISA) and veteran banker.

By Jonathan Brandon, Managing Editor, GFC Media Group

Feb 12, 2020 // 3:30AM

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