CDO

A CDO is a collateralized debt obligation or collateralised debt obligation known collectively as CDOs. CDOs are a type of asset-backed security or structured credit product that offers exposure to the credit of a portfolio of fixed income assets, such as corporate or government debt, loans, asset-backed securities (ABS), including mortgage-backed securities (MBS) such as CMBS and MBS, known as CDOs of ABS or ABS CDOs, or other CDOs, known as CDO-squared or CDOs of CDOs. CDOs can be cashflow CDOs (referencing real assets) or synthetic CDOs (referencing credit derivatives, such as CDS) or hybrid CDOs (a mix of cashflow and synthetic). Typical CDOs divide the credit risk among different tranches: senior tranches (rated AAA), mezzanine tranches (AA to B) and equity tranches (unrated). Losses are applied in reverse order of seniority and so junior tranches offer higher coupons to compensate for the added risk. However, synthetic CDOs can be structured to offer single-tranche CDOs as well.

• SCI Start the Week - 13 June

  A look at the major activity in structured finance over the past seven days

  Pipeline The total number of deals joining the pipeline remained consistent last week, although ABS...

  News    13 June 2016

• Euro secondary stable

  The European securitisation secondary market continues to show stability. Secondary spreads across...

  SCIWire    9 June 2016

• CFO deal prepped

  Astrea Capital, a subsidiary of Azalea Asset Management, is in the market with a collateralised fund...

  News Round-up    7 June 2016

• Steady CDO growth projected

  The global CDO market is expected to grow at an annual growth rate of 5% between 2016 and 2020, acco...

  News Round-up    7 June 2016

• Trups trinity

  CDO trio, attractive spreads spark optimism

  The Trups CDO sector has shown signs of resurgence in recent months. A trio of new deals, improved p...

  News Analysis    7 June 2016

• SCI Start the Week - 6 June

  A look at the major activity in structured finance over the past seven days

  Pipeline The holiday-shortened week resulted in a slowing of the pace of pipeline additions. As wel...

  News    6 June 2016

• Tilton loses appeal

  The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has affirmed the district court's dismissal of Lynn T...

  Job Swaps    2 June 2016

• Euro secondary stays positive

  The European securitisation secondary market is retaining its positive tone and momentum. Despite...

  SCIWire    2 June 2016

• Real estate platform strengthened

  C-III Capital Partners is set to acquire Resource America, following a comprehensive review of strat...

  Job Swaps    31 May 2016

• Ex-SEC counsel joins law firm

  BakerHostetler has added Walter Van Dorn to its New York office as a partner. He was most recently a...

  Job Swaps    31 May 2016

• Structured credit effort strengthened

  Alexey Dronov has rejoined MARV Capital as md and head of structured credit sales and trading. He wi...

  Job Swaps    26 May 2016

• SCI Start the Week - 23 May

  A look at the major activity in structured finance over the past seven days

  Pipeline ABS additions to the pipeline carried on last week at a good pace, as 11 such deals joined...

  News    23 May 2016

• CRE CDO manager replaced

  The holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the controlling class of Gramercy R...

  Job Swaps    19 May 2016

• CDO trading abuses alleged

  Megan Messina, a Bank of America md and co-head of structured credit products, has filed a discrimin...

  News    19 May 2016

• SFIG adds advocacy leader

  SFIG has named Thomas McCrocklin as director of advocacy. He will report directly to executive direc...

  Job Swaps    18 May 2016

• Fund targets new structured opportunities

  Semper Capital Management is prepping a new alternative asset strategy to seize new opportunities in...

  Job Swaps    18 May 2016

• Taberna CDO served

  The trustee for Taberna Europe CDO II has served the issuer with a notice of default, stating that i...

  News Round-up    18 May 2016

• US CLOs still becalmed

  The US CLO secondary market remains becalmed this week so far. After a fairly quiet end to last we...

  SCIWire    17 May 2016

• Euro secondary slumbers again

  Yesterday saw another sleepy start to the week for the European securitisation secondary market. A...

  SCIWire    17 May 2016

• SCI Start the Week - 16 May

  A look at the major activity in structured finance over the past seven days

  Pipeline While ABS additions to the pipeline were steady last week, they were joined by a greater v...

  News    16 May 2016

• Faxtor CDOs transferred

  Dock Street Capital Management has replaced IMC Asset Management as collateral manager for a pair of...

  Job Swaps    16 May 2016