Freeing capital: swaps versus CLOs
“There is a common misconception that banks are using credit derivatives because they are worried about the borrower; in fact it’s completely the opposite. Most banks would rather liquidate the cash position than buy a default swap in that situation.” Hermann Watzinger, vice president, credit derivatives at Citibank in London, is keen to dispel the image of the credit derivatives market as a way for banks to dump the toxic legacy of poor lending decisions onto unsuspecting institutional investors.
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