The strong growth in collateralized debt obligation transactions raises the question how these transactions are designed. The originator designs the transaction so as to maximize her benefit subject to requirements imposed by investors and rating agencies. An important issue in these...

The strong growth in collateralized debt obligation transactions raises the question how these transactions are designed. The originator designs the transaction so as to maximize her benefit subject to requirements imposed by investors and rating agencies. We analyse a set of European...

This paper analyzes the loss allocation to first, second, and third loss positions in European collateralized debt obligation transactions. The quality of the underlying asset pool plays a predominant role for the loss allocation. A lower asset pool quality induces the originator to take a...</italic>

Einige große deutsche Unternehmen werden von privaten gemeinnützigen Stiftungen getragen. Dies wirft die Frage auf, weshalb eine solche Lösung der üblichen Vorgehensweise, bei der natürliche Personen Gesellschafter eines Unternehmens sind, vorgezogen wird. In diesem Beitrag wird untersucht,...

This paper empirically investigates the tranching of European securitizations of corporate loans and bonds. Loans or bonds are pooled together in a portfolio which then is sliced into a First Loss Position and rated bond tranches. The originator tranches so as to minimize the sum of the credit...