Document Type

Article

Comments

This article predates Prof. Reiss's affiliation with Cornell Law School. It appeared in published form in: 30 Cayman Financial Review (2013).

Abstract

Investors in mortgage-backed securities, built on the shoulders of the tax-advantaged Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit (“REMIC”), may be facing extraordinary tax losses because of how bankers and lawyers structured (or failed to structure) these securities. This calamity is compounded by the fact that those professional advisors should have known that the REMICs they created were flawed from the start.

Date of Authorship for this Version

8-31-2012

Keywords

Mortgage-backed securities, Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit, REMIC

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