Cash flow system and method
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1. A computer implemented method of creating and maintaining financial assets which accentuate different types of sub-loan level risk associated with a plurality of home mortgage loans and which are configured to operate as hedges against risks that oppose the different types of sub-loan level risk, comprising:
- receiving information in a computer system concerning the plurality of home mortgage loans, each of the plurality of home mortgage loans being sensitive to the different types of sub-loan level risk, each of the plurality of home mortgage loans comprising a plurality of sub-loan level cash flows, wherein, for each of the plurality of home mortgage loans, individual sub-loan level cash flows exhibit heightened sensitivity to corresponding different types of sub-loan level risk relative to the sensitivity to the different types of sub-loan level risk exhibited by the respective home mortgage loan as a whole;
decomposing each of the plurality of home mortgage loans into the plurality of sub-loan level cash flows; and
then repackaging the plurality of sub-loan level cash flows to form the a plurality of financial assets, including backed by the plurality of sub-loan level cash flows; and
selecting a sub-combination of the plurality of sub-loan level cash flows, the sub-combination of sub-loan level cash flows comprising sub-loan level cash flows from across the plurality of home mortgage loans, and the sub-combination of sub-loan level cash flows exhibiting heightened sensitivity to at least one of the different types of sub-loan level risk in accordance with the heightened sensitivity to the at least one of the different types of sub-loan level risk exhibited by the sub-loan level cash flows that form the sub combination of sub-loan level cash flows, packaging the sub-combination of sub-loan level cash flows to create one of the financial assets, the financial asset that is created accentuating the at least one of the different types of sub-loan level risk in accordance with the heightened sensitivity exhibited by the sub-combination of sub-loan level cash flows, thereby configuring the financial asset to operate as a hedge against a risk that opposes the at least one of the different types of sub-loan level risk, and repeating the selecting and packaging steps to create additional financial assets, the additional financial assets including different financial assets which accentuate other different types of sub-loan level risk and which exhibit heightened sensitivity to the other different types of sub-loan level risk as compared to the sensitivity to the other different types of sub-loan level risk exhibited by the plurality of home mortgage loans as a whole, thereby configuring the additional financial assets to operate as hedges against other risks that oppose the other different types of sub-loan level risk;
storing information concerning the plurality of financial assets in a data storage system of a computer system; and
selling the financial assets to different investors in the capital markets, thereby permitting the different investors to hedge against the risks that oppose the different types of sub-loan level risk.
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A method comprises decomposing each of a plurality of home mortgage loans into a plurality of sub-loan level cash flows; and repackaging the plurality of sub-loan level cash flows to form a plurality of financial assets backed by the plurality of sub-loan level cash flows.
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1. A computer implemented method of creating and maintaining financial assets which accentuate different types of sub-loan level risk associated with a plurality of home mortgage loans and which are configured to operate as hedges against risks that oppose the different types of sub-loan level risk, comprising:
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receiving information in a computer system concerning the plurality of home mortgage loans, each of the plurality of home mortgage loans being sensitive to the different types of sub-loan level risk, each of the plurality of home mortgage loans comprising a plurality of sub-loan level cash flows, wherein, for each of the plurality of home mortgage loans, individual sub-loan level cash flows exhibit heightened sensitivity to corresponding different types of sub-loan level risk relative to the sensitivity to the different types of sub-loan level risk exhibited by the respective home mortgage loan as a whole;
decomposing each of the plurality of home mortgage loans into the plurality of sub-loan level cash flows; and
thenrepackaging the plurality of sub-loan level cash flows to form the a plurality of financial assets, including backed by the plurality of sub-loan level cash flows; and
selecting a sub-combination of the plurality of sub-loan level cash flows, the sub-combination of sub-loan level cash flows comprising sub-loan level cash flows from across the plurality of home mortgage loans, and the sub-combination of sub-loan level cash flows exhibiting heightened sensitivity to at least one of the different types of sub-loan level risk in accordance with the heightened sensitivity to the at least one of the different types of sub-loan level risk exhibited by the sub-loan level cash flows that form the sub combination of sub-loan level cash flows, packaging the sub-combination of sub-loan level cash flows to create one of the financial assets, the financial asset that is created accentuating the at least one of the different types of sub-loan level risk in accordance with the heightened sensitivity exhibited by the sub-combination of sub-loan level cash flows, thereby configuring the financial asset to operate as a hedge against a risk that opposes the at least one of the different types of sub-loan level risk, and repeating the selecting and packaging steps to create additional financial assets, the additional financial assets including different financial assets which accentuate other different types of sub-loan level risk and which exhibit heightened sensitivity to the other different types of sub-loan level risk as compared to the sensitivity to the other different types of sub-loan level risk exhibited by the plurality of home mortgage loans as a whole, thereby configuring the additional financial assets to operate as hedges against other risks that oppose the other different types of sub-loan level risk;
storing information concerning the plurality of financial assets in a data storage system of a computer system; and
selling the financial assets to different investors in the capital markets, thereby permitting the different investors to hedge against the risks that oppose the different types of sub-loan level risk. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26)
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21. A computer-implemented method of creating and maintaining financial assets which accentuate different types of sub-loan level risk associated with a plurality of home mortgage loans and which are configured to operate as hedges against risks that oppose the different types of sub-loan level risk, the financial assets being sold to different investors in the capital markets, the method comprising:
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(A) receiving information in a computer system concerning the plurality of home mortgage loans, each of the plurality of home mortgage loans being sensitive to the different types of sub-loan level risk, each of the plurality of home mortgage loans comprising a plurality of sub-loan level cash flows, wherein, for each of the plurality of home mortgage loans, individual sub-loan level cash flows exhibit heightened sensitivity to corresponding different types of sub-loan level risk relative to the sensitivity to the different types of sub loan level risk exhibited by the respective home mortgage loan as a whole;
(B) decomposing each of the plurality of home mortgage loans into the plurality of sub-loan level cash flows;
(C) repackaging the plurality of sub-loan level cash flows to form the financial assets, including (1) selecting a sub-combination of the plurality of sub-loan level cash flows, the sub-combination of sub-loan level cash flows comprising sub-loan level cash flows from across the plurality of home mortgage loans, and the sub-combination of sub-loan level cash flows exhibiting heightened sensitivity to at least one of the different types of sub-loan level risk in accordance with the heightened sensitivity to the at least one of the different types of sub-loan level risk exhibited by the sub-loan level cash flows that form the sub-combination of sub-loan level cash flows, (2) packaging the sub-combination of sub-loan level cash flows to create one of the financial assets, the financial asset that is created accentuating the at least one of the different types of sub-loan level risk in accordance with the heightened sensitivity exhibited by the sub combination of sub-loan level cash flows, thereby configuring the financial asset to operate as a hedge against a risk that opposes the at least one of the different types of sub-loan level risk, (3) repeating the selecting and packaging steps to create additional financial assets, the additional financial assets including different financial assets which accentuate other different types of sub-loan level risk and which exhibit heightened sensitivity to the other different types of sub-loan level risk as compared to the sensitivity to the other different types of sub-loan level risk exhibited by the plurality of home mortgage loans as a whole, thereby configuring the additional financial assets to operate as hedges against other risks that oppose the other different types of sub-loan level risk, and storing information pertaining to a mapping relationship between a plurality of financial assets and a plurality of sub-loan level cash flows in a data storage system of a computer system, the mapping relationship describing a manner in which cash flows flowing into each of the plurality of financial assets are traceable back to the plurality of sub-loan level cash flows including (i) a manner in which the plurality of sub-loan level cash flows are derived from a plurality of home mortgage loans based on a decomposition of each of the plurality of home mortgage loans into the plurality of sub-loan level cash flows and (ii) a manner in which the plurality of sub-loan level cash flows are repackaged to form the plurality of financial assets backed by the plurality of sub-loan level cash flows, wherein the plurality of sub-loan level cash flows includes including a first plurality of positive sub-loan level cash flows derived from principal payments of a borrower, a second plurality of positive sub-loan level cash flows derived from interest payments of a borrower, a third plurality of positive sub-loan level cash flows derived from borrower-paid fees, and at least one sub-loan level cash flow derived from loan expenses, the first, second and third pluralities of sub-loan level cash flows being positive cash flows and the at least one additional sub loan level cash flow being a negative cash flow from the perspective of one or more of the investors in the owners of the plurality of financial assets, and wherein the financial assets include a financial asset which accentuates the sub-loan level risks associated with the first plurality of positive sub loan level cash flows derived from the principal payments, a financial asset which accentuates the sub-loan level risks associated with the second plurality of positive sub-loan level cash flows derived from the interest payments, a financial asset which accentuates the sub loan level risks associated with the third plurality of positive sub loan level cash flows derived from borrower-paid fees, and a financial asset which accentuates the sub-loan level risks associated with the at least one negative sub-loan level cash flow;
(D) storing information concerning the financial assets in a data storage system of the computer system, including a mapping relationship which describes a manner in which the plurality of sub-loan level cash flows from the plurality of home mortgage loans are decomposed and repackaged to form the financial assets;
(E) processing loan payment information in accordance with the stored information and generating information regarding investment proceeds due to the investors in the financial assets in the capital markets one or more owners of the plurality of financial assets, the processing and generating steps being performed by the computer system, and the processing and generating steps including (1) receiving information regarding a plurality of loan payments in connection with the plurality of home mortgage loans, (2) accessing the stored information that describes the mapping relationship between the plurality of financial assets and the plurality of sub-loan level cash flows, and (3) allocating, for each of the plurality of home mortgage loans, portions of the loan payments corresponding to the plurality of sub-loan level cash flows to a respective one of the plurality of financial assets based on the mapping information; and
(F) allocating payments for the investors in the one or more owners of the plurality of financial assets based on funds derived from the plurality of loan payments and in accordance with the allocation of the plurality of sub-loan level cash flows to the respective financial assets, the allocating step being performed by the computer system. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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