Cash CDO Modelling in Excel

This book is an introduction to the modelling of cash collateralised debt obligations (“CDOs”).  It is intended that the reader have a basic understanding of CDOs and a basic working knowledge of Microsoft Office Excel.  There will be written explanations of concepts along with understandable mathematical explanations and examples provided in Excel. 

Author Biography

DARREN SMITH, London, UK, currently heads the CreditStrrcturing team at WestLB. He has over 12 years experiencein the cash CDO market, and has executed numerous transactions inasset classes as diverse as loans, bonds, emerging market bonds,asset backed securities, CDOs and credit default swaps. Prior toWestLB Darren worked in CDOs at PaineWebber, UBS, and was co-headof CDOs at Dresdner Kleinwort. He has spoken at numerousconferences including the Global ABS conference, Barcelona, and CDOEurope conferences sponsored by Opal. Darren holds abachelor s degree in Electronic Engineering from theUniversity of South Australia. PAMELA WINCHIE, London, UK, is currently a ManagingDirector at Cross Point Capital, London. Prior to this Pamela heldpositions as a Director in the European CDO group at BarclaysCapital, and a Director in the CDO group at Dresdner Kelinwort. Shehas over 10 years experience both as a cash CDO structurerand as a laywer involved in corporate, securities andsecuritization law. She has modelled and structured numerous CDOsin various currencies with a range of underlying assets and hasspoken at a number of conferences including the CRE-CDO Summit,London, the European CDOs & Credit Derivatives Conferencesponsored by IMN and the International Structure ProductConference. Pamela holds a bachelor s degree in Mathematicsand Statistics from the University of Western Ontario and a JurisDoctor from Osgoode Hall Law School.