Hamerle, Alfred; Liebig, Thilo; Schropp, Hans-Jochen - 2009
"Arbitrage CDOs" have recorded an explosive growth during the years before the outbreak of the financial crisis. In the … present paper we discuss potential sources of such arbitrage opportunities, in particular arbitrage gains due to mispricing …. -- Collateralized debt obligations (CDO) ; arbitrage CDOs ; credit rating ; expected loss profile ; bond representation ; systematic …