Andreas Dombret: Five years after Lehman – learning from the past, looking to the future Speech by Dr Andreas Dombret, Member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank, at the 24th European Business School Symposium, Oestrich-Winkel, 19 September 2013. * 1. *  *  Introduction  Ladies and gentlemen Most people remember what they were doing on September 11, 2001.
ABS are of course highly diverse instruments and so I would not propose to shoe-horn all types into a single form. Rather, the idea is to provide a common starting template for describing ABS transactions that could then be departed from as needed. My concern here is that prospectuses and broader transaction documentation must inform both legal and financial specialists.