Anatomy of a CDO

Collateralised debt obligations, the structured products that paralysed Wall Street and perplexed Main Street during the financial crisis, are back in the news – this time in connection with an SEC case against Goldman Sachs. Here, Financial News revisits the mechanics of these complex securities.

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