Finance:CDO-Squared

Short description: Financial product backed by tranches from other CDOs

CDO-Squared is a collateralized debt obligation backed primarily by the tranches issued by other CDOs. These instruments became popular before the financial crisis of 2007–08. There were 36 CDO-Squared deals made in 2005, 48 in 2006 and 41 in 2007. Merrill Lynch was a big producer, creating and selling 11 of them.

The collapse of the market for collateralized debt obligations and CDO-Squared contributed to the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis. Goldman Sachs appears to be the last bank to hold CDOs-Squared, holding $50 million (~$50.9 million in 2019) in June 2018.

2004

• Abacus 2004-2
• Abacus 2004-3
• ACA 2004-1
• Cascade Funding I
• Crystal Cove
• Davis Square Funding III
• Dunhill
• E-Trade III
• Glacier Funding I
• Glacier Funding II
• Independence V
• Jupiter High Grade
• Lakeside II
• Sierra Madre Funding

2005

• Abacus 2005-1
• Abacus 2005-2
• Abacus 2005-3
• Abacus 2005-5
• Adirondack 2005-1
• Altius I Funding
• Broderick 1
• Camber 3 Plc
• Class V Funding
• Coolidge Funding
• Davis Square Funding IV
• E-Trade IV
• Fort Sheridan
• Glacier Funding III
• G Street Finance
• Huntington
• Independence VI
• Jupiter High Grade I
• Jupiter High Grade II
• Jupiter High Grade III
• Khaleej II
• Kleros Preferred Funding
• Lenox
• Lexington Capital Funding

2006

• Auriga
• Bernoulli High Grade I
• Broadwick Funding
• Broderick 2
• Class V Funding II
• Commodore V
• Davis Square Funding VI
• Fortius II Funding
• GSC 2006-2m
• Hout Bay 2006-1
• Hudson High Grade Funding 2006-1
• Hudson Mezzanine Funding 2006-1
• Independence VII
• Ipswich Street
• Jupiter High Grade IV
• Kleros Preferred Funding II
• Kleros Preferred Funding III
• Kleros Real Estate I
• Kleros Real Estate II
• Kleros Real Estate III
• Libertas Preferred Funding I
• Octans I
• Pampelonne I
• West Coast Funding I

2007

• Abacus 2007-AC1
• Glacier Funding V
• Newbury Street
• Norma I
• Point Pleasant 2007-1
• Timberwolf 1
• Vertical 2007-1
• Volans

Sources

• Adams, Andrew; Bhatt, Rajiv; Clunie, James (1 June 2009). "The Risks in CDO-Squared Structures". Multinational Finance Journal 13 (1/2): 55–74. doi:10.17578/13-1/2-3. ISSN 1096-1879. https://www.mfsociety.org/modules/modDashboard/uploadFiles/journals/MJ~768~p16uegcdip1bc011qebroctpem64.pdf.