Abstract:
The process of securitization is a method of mobilizing funds from general public by both the financial institutes and other private sectors. Moreover, it is also a new alternative of saving for investors. The securities that are issued through the securitization process are from the cash flow assets and offered to investors. There are two important step of such process which are the transfer of receivable and the use of assets as collateral. From the research, the provisions of Thai law concerning the transfer of receivable and the use of assets as collateral not facilitate the securitization process especially, an automobile-receivable. For instance, in the case of the automobile-receivable transfer either through the process of assignment, novation or transfer of ownership, problems still occur. First, the assignment, the duty of the hire-purchaser is not transferable to a new hire-purchaser which cause the transfer of receivable impossible. Second, the novation, all parties must consent. If some hire-purchaser do not consent to the new contract, receivable is not transferable. Third, the transfer of ownership raises a problem as well. The transfer of ownership of an automobile hire-purchasing may cause the hire-purchase contract to be terminated. Futhermore, the case of using the automobile-receivable as collateral by pledge or mortgage also raises a problem. The problem is that the hire-purchaser cannot deliver the automobile to the pledge for possession and cannot use the car license handbook for the pledge or mortgage because the handbook is not an ownership instrument and there is no legislation authorized for the mortgage of the handbook. Therefore, the possibility of the automobile-receivable transfer is novation by having a provision provided in the hire-purchase contract that the hire-purchase consents in advance to the novation of the contract to the new hire-purchaser. For the security holder, the law should be improved or promulgated to allow the use of a car license handbook as a security for mortgage or otherwise providing credit enhancement for investors or establishing rules for supervision of the special purpose-vehicle.