Securitization terminology
Structured finance and special purpose entities
Credit derivatives and total rate of return swaps
CDOs and the global capital markets
Risk and valuation issues
Early warning commercial financial services
Subprime and Alt-A mortgages: Collateral damage
Cash versus synthetic arbitrage CDOs
Balance-sheet CLOs and CDOs
Synthetics and mark-to-market issues
Comments on selected structured finance products
The credit crunch and CDOs
Future developments in structured finance. Appendix: Interesting web sites.
