Contraction risk is a type of prepayment risk that is faced by holders of fixed-income securities and other types of...
A note (structured note) that only pays a coupon if the underlying asset trades above a specific level (known as...
For early stage companies and seed capital investors, it is a mechanism that sets the maximum valuation level (cap or...
Introduced by Jack Treynor (1961, 1962), William Sharpe (1964), John Lintner (1965) and Jan Mossin (1966) independently, and capitalized on...
Introduced by Jack Treynor (1961, 1962), William Sharpe (1964), John Lintner (1965) and Jan Mossin (1966) independently, and capitalized on...
The spread that relates to the tranche of a CDO (collateralized debt obligation), in a securitized structure. The CDO tranche...
The tranche of a CDO (collateralized debt obligation) that has its own risk characteristics and loss-absorption priority (seniority). There are...
A floater (floating-rate note) that grants issuers and investors the right to convert from a floating rate of interest to…
A type of CMBS (commercial mortgage-backed security) that is formed by combining a weighted average coupon interest only (WAC IO)…
A floating-rate note (FRN) that grants issuers and investors the right to convert from a floating rate of interest to…