Funding the future

Investors have been turned off collateralised fund obligations – the new kid on the CDO block – because of low interest rates and the threat of corporate defaults, but the outlook for the product is becoming brighter. Kira Nickerson reports

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While collateralised debt obligations (CDOs) have gained strong ground in Europe since the mid-1990s, collateralised fund obligations (CFOs) are still finding their feet.

The first CFO, which is in effect tranched debt based on the returns from a fund of hedge funds or private equity arrangement, was rated just a year ago and since then less than a handful of groups have tried to launch the product. Despite this, many still believe there is a market for such a product and see it as a

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