Six years after the financial crash, this special edition of the Journal of Risk Finance revisits the securitization market. Western Central Banks including the Bank of England as well as private conference companies have been holding symposiums and seminars on "how to revive the securitization market", the latter because holding events of interest makes money for them but the former because they recognize that securitization is a very useful and worthwhile funding tool. Industries ranging from petroleum to telecoms would be smaller today if the market hadn't had recourse to the securitization technique.