Structured finance security that is collateralized. (predominantly) by a pool of one of the following bond types: • Corporate bonds (investment grade and/or ...

CDOs themselves are a form of asset-backed security, meaning that the value of the CDO is derived from its claim on some pool of assets. The underlying pool of ...

The struc- ture created a conflict of interest between Cioffi's obligation to his hedge fund in- vestors and his obligation to his CDO investors; this was not ...