Introduction to structured securites
CDOs, CBOs, CLOs Context Recent events : The financial crisis in 2008 is inextricably linked to the development of collateralized structured securities. Collateralised debt obligations were the preferred structures used to package and refinance sub-prime real-estate mortgages together with normal mortgages. When the US economy slowed and the US real-estate market collapsed, the value of the […]
The paradox of risk regulation and risk management
Regulation of liabilities and assets In past articles we have looked at some of the aspects of risk-management, looking at the weakness of Basel 2 (non-definition of capital) and lack of a frame-work to assure liquidity adequacy. Here we look at the way in which the crisis has illuminated the way in the regulation of […]
