Rozwój rynku listów zastawnych w Polsce w kontekście nowych zmian regulacyjnych

Covered bonds are securities which purpose of the issue is to be the refinancing of mortgage loans granting by banks. In Poland, covered bonds are still undeveloped, although the legislation in this area has existed since 1997. The article draws attention to the problem of a small development of covered bonds in Poland and the chances of their development in the context of the amended Act on Covered Bonds and Mortgage Banks and the newly introduced into the Polish legal order of the EU directive CRD IV and CRR regulation (called CRD IV/CRR package). In the article it is also described the way of functioning of covered bonds, mortgage banks and mortgage loan.