TY - JOUR T1 - Insurance Risk Collateralized Debt Obligations JF - The Journal of Structured Finance SP - 28 LP - 32 DO - 10.3905/jsf.2008.706230 VL - 14 IS - 1 AU - J. Paul Forrester Y1 - 2008/04/30 UR - https://pm-research.com/content/14/1/28.abstract N2 - Insurance risk collateralized debt obligations will allow portfolio investors a greater opportunity to participate in insurance-linked markets and will bring additional liquidity and transparency to such markets. Insurance risk CDOs will also allow insurance and reinsurance companies to better manage their risk exposures and obtain greater capital efficiency. This article reviews the structures and features of a CDO and why insurance risk is an attractive “asset” for a CDO.TOPICS: CLOs, CDOs, and other structured credit, risk management ER -