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Collateralized Mortgage Obligation (CMO)

Saturday, October 1st, 2011

A note or bond or tranches of notes and/or bonds that an SPV (q.v.) issues, in order to raise money to buy mortgage loans that serve as collateral for the note(s). Application: The CMO gets the bonds off the balance sheet of the CMO’s creator, thus eliminating credit exposure, in return for cash, and allows the [...]

Synthetic Collateralized Loan Obligation (CLO)

Friday, September 30th, 2011

A note or bond or tranches of notes and/or bonds that a lender issues, plus related credit swaps, designed to reduce the lender’s credit exposure and raise money, so it can make additional loans. One or more credit swaps provide(s) credit protection for the loans, enhancing their cash flow as collateral. The notes may include [...]

Collateralized Loan Obligation (CLO)

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

A note or bond or tranches of notes and/or bonds that an SPV (q.v.) issues, in order to raise money to buy loans that serve as collateral for the SPV obligations. Application: The CLO gets the loans and attendant exposure off the balance sheet of the SPV’s creator, in return for cash, and allows the creator [...]

Collateralized Bond Obligation (CBO)

Monday, September 26th, 2011

A note or bond or tranches of notes and/or bonds that an SPV (q.v.) issues, in order to raise money to buy bonds that serve as collateral for the SPV obligations. Application: The CBO gets the bonds off the balance sheet of the SPV’s creator, in return for cash, and allows the creator to structure collateral [...]

Chase Secured Loan Trust Note (CLST)

Saturday, September 24th, 2011

Chase Bank’s preferred vehicle for transferring a large amount of diverse credit risk into an SPV.

Bond Insurance

Friday, September 23rd, 2011

An insurance contract that promises the bondholder a payment (maybe not payment in full) in case the debtor defaults.

Bond Guarantee

Thursday, September 22nd, 2011

A contract that puts the guarantor in place of the debtor, in case of debtor’s default. Thus, a guarantee seems to promise payment in full of the bond’s interest and principal and is like bond insurance (q.v.) that pays off enough to make the borrower whole. Of course, we have to ask, “Who guarantees the [...]

BISTRO

Wednesday, September 21st, 2011

Definition: An acronym for either of the following, depending on who’s talking and who might be listening. 1. Broad Index Secured Trust Offering. J.P.Morgan’s preferred vehicle for transferring a significant amount of diverse credit risk to an SPV. 2. BIS Total Rip Off. An alternative definition of unknown meaning.

Asset Swap

Tuesday, September 20th, 2011

The purchase of a fixed rate instrument, plus a position of paying fixed and receiving floating in an interest rate swap of the same maturity. A dealer ordinarily arranges both the sale and the swap. Example: An investor who wants to buy Freddie Mac debt with a floating coupon might buy Freddie Mac’s fixed rate debt [...]

Superfloater swap

Thursday, August 25th, 2011

A swap that imitates the characteristics of a superfloater bond in exchange for paying a fixed rate, the counterparty receives a multiple of Libor minus a constant. Example A floating rate borrower wishes not just to protect itself against expected rate rises but actively to benefit from them. It enters a superfloater swap in which [...]

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