Exotic CDOs In the last five years, as the desire to speculate has increased, so has the use of collateralized debt obligations. Moreover, Basel II requirements, in some cases, have also encouraged many financial institutions to use Special Investment Vehicles (SIVs) as a way to increase flexibility in their balance sheets. Yet, the current credit crisis in the markets demonstrates that investors, regulators, and rating entities need to increase their knowledge about these products' use, pricing opacity, and liquidity challenges. This interactive, one day intermediate level course is targeted to structured products personnel, credit and risk officers, credit and equity analysts, regulators, auditors, lawyers, and compliance, IT, and operations personnel, along with financial journalists, who have an introductory knowledge of credit derivatives and/or of collateralized debt obligations. The course consists of a lecture, case studies, and relevant recent articles to supplement discussions. |
| Clients who register for this course will receive a complimentary 4-month subscription to FT.com. The Financial Times is the world's most respected financial newspaper, providing a broad assessment on finance, business and the industrial sector. The move to the electronic version follows an ongoing review of our environmental responsibilities as a global business and as part of the Pearson group. FT.com also has features that are not available in hard copy, such as: Special Reports, Alphaville, editor blogs, education sections and much more! Subscriptions will start within 6-8 weeks of the start of class and are limited to one subscription per client. (Please note: as of May 1, 2011, the electronic subscription replaces the hard-copy 3-month Financial Times subscription.) |
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