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Treasury Holds Mortgage Finance Press Conference - Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. was joined by financial regulators and future covered bond issuers to announce best practices for the development of a covered bond market in the United States. - US Treasury
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A New Way to Generate Mortgages - Floyd Norris - NY Times

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has BLOG links to several blogs on covered bonds: Steve Waldman on Covered Bonds: Covered by whom? Bonds on what? - … After such an ordeal it’s a bit depressing to be dropped off on the Planet of the Covered Bonds. Cynicism levels are off the tricorder here as, alas, they should be. [See Yves Smith, Michael Shedlock, Maxed Out Mama. Less cynically, David Merkel offers a very nice description of what covered bonds are and how they work.] … Interfluidity Blog
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Covered Bonds: Paulson Pushes New Capital Source - “This market can grow in the United States absent federal legislative action,” the Treasury secretary thinks. - Stephen Taub - CFO.com

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SIFMA Announces Formation of U.S. Covered Bonds Traders Committee - SIFMA

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Will Covered Bonds Replace Securitization? Not Soon. - Joseph Rosta - U.S. Banker  

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A New Way to Generate Mortgages - thanks Carolyn Coppedge - Dealbook NY Times

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Portfolio.com - Do Covered Bonds Have a Government Guarantee? - Yahoo Business

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Tradeweb to Introduce Online U.S. ‘Covered Bond’ Marketplace - PRNewsWire