Structured Finance

Regulating Collateralized Debt Obligations, the Elephant in the Room Untouched by Financial Reform Bills

Louis M. Guenin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cdos, The Financial Fix, Derivatives, Financial Reform, Financial Crisis, Collateralized Debt Obligations, Financial Regulation, Conflict of Interest, Goldman Sachs, Wall Street, Structured Finance, Business News
Louis M. Guenin

Surprisingly and inexplicably, the Senate and House financial reform bills fail to institute any significant regulation of CDOs. Both bills are entirely silent on synthetic CDOs, and thus have missed the elephant in the room.

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CDO Independent Director Collects $400K A YEAR-- Just For Signing His Name

Reuters | Matthew Goldstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Donald Puglisi, Mortgage-Linked Securities, Finance, Cdo, CDO's, Wall Street, Structured Finance, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Securities, Collateralized Debt Obligations, Retirement, Independent Directors, Business News

...CDOs have been very good to Donald Puglisi, a retired University of Delaware finance professor who remains fond of them. In fact, he and others are...

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