This is how it works. When you buy a CDO it’s recommended you also buy a CDS. A CDO is a “collateralized debt obligation.” These are financial assets that were in high demand in the years leading up ...

LONDON, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Lehman Brothers has sold an innovative managed hybrid collateralised debt obligation (CDO) comprising credit default swaps on 90 high yield-rated companies. Sign up here.

CharterMac Maps Out First CDO CharterMac, a New York-based real estate finance company, is gearing up for its first collateralized debt obligation and a joint venture with IXIS Capital to write credit ...

INVESCO has returned to the asset-backed securities market--after a near two-year absence--with its first synthetic deal. INVESCO has returned to the asset-backed securities market--after a near ...

(Bloomberg Markets) -- It started with bonds. Now even collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) come in green. From the humble bank loan to a complex swap, there is virtually no corner of finance for ...

The market divides into three distinct parts. The oldest type of synthetic CDO is the balance-sheet or regulatory capital deal. Banks started to issue these in 1997, realizing that they could reduce ...

NEW YORK, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Not all the derivative contracts American International Group Inc wrote on complex securities backed by now-toxic mortgages have ended up being a disaster. Sign up here. In ...

NEW YORK — Confidence in top bond insurer MBIA Inc. plummeted Thursday after the guarantor disclosed on its Web site that it had $8.1 billion in exposure to complex and risky securities backed by home ...