... of credit risk transfer. My focus will be the costs and benefits for the efficiency and stability of the financial system.In addition to allowing lenders to conserve costly capital, credit risk transfer can ... exposures.2Even if the total risk to be bornewere to remain within the banking system, credit risk transfer allows banks tohold less risk, because of diversification. In practice, some risk is transferred ... sensitive to the riskiness of the bank’s loan portfolio, however, the amount of capital thatis liberated by the sale of a high -risk loan is greater than that for a low -risk loan. Depending on the circumstances,...