An arm of the House Financial Services Committee plans to take a look at life settlement securitization arrangements.
Rep. Paul Kanjorski, D-Pa., chairman of the committee's Capital Markets Subcommittee, says the subcommittee will hold a hearing on the topic on Sept. 24.
The subcommittee will study whether Wall Street is returning to its old ways, potentially setting the stage for a new financial crisis by substituting securities backed by life settlements for securities backed by subprime loans, Kanjorski says.