synthetic collateralized debt obligation Definition

synthetic collateralized debt obligation

Definition

Synthetic CDO. A collateralized debt obligation (CDO) which, instead of being backed by assets such as bonds and loans like a standard CDO, it is backed by credit derivatives. These assets could include options and forward contracts.

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