Citigroup, for example, estimates that before the crisis, more than $8,000bn worth of global assets were funded via securitisation, including a large swathe of commercial property loans.

• 举例而言，花旗集团(Citigroup)估计，在信贷危机爆发之前，价值逾8万亿美元的全球资产通过证券化融资，其中包括大量商业地产贷款。