Credit crunch: The aftermath

The credit crunch has one firm lesson for lawyers: investors need better advice on structured finance.

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Daniel Andrews
Features editor


Amid the storm of recrimination over the fallout from the US housing market, many investors were trying to find ways to exit their positions in a timorous and illiquid market. The problem was, many of them didn’t understand the exposure contained in instruments such as collateralized debt obligations (CDOs). They could perhaps have benefited from some more nuanced and sophisticated legal advice.

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