ABCP: the capital markets’ Maginot Line

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ABCP: the capital markets’ Maginot Line

The asset backed commercial paper market was protected by a complex defensive wall. So why has it been overrun by illiquidity in a few weeks? The defences were in the wrong place. No one foresaw a pincer attack by credit risk and illiquidity at the same time.

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