BusinessAugust 21, 2026
securitization
seh-kyur-ih-tih-ZAY-shun
Definition
The process of converting assets, such as loans or other receivables, into tradable financial securities.
Etymology
Derived from the English word 'security' (in the financial sense of a document or certificate of investment) combined with the suffix '-ization'. It emerged in the 20th century to describe the financial innovation of pooling individual debt into tradable instruments.
In the news
The article uses the term to define the scope of the firm's private asset management business, specifically excluding securitization to focus on other types of management.
CITIC Securities Posts Record H1 Net Profit of 23.3 Billion Yuan; Interim Dividend Up Over 50% to 6.67 Billion Yuan
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