| | Standard and Poor's Recognizes PIMCO Expertise as Collateralized Debt Obligation Manager : ArriveNet Press Releases : ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02) |
 | | In an inaugural publication analyzing the CDO market, Standard and Poor's (SandP) has concluded that PIMCO is "one of the industry's most effective high-yield CDO managers." In fact, PIMCO was one of only two CDO managers highlighted in the new publication, which is being distributed globally. |
 | | By pooling together bonds of different classes, CDO managers can offer their investors diversified credit exposure and potentially higher returns than would be offered by direct investment in leveraged assets -- as well as less market risk. |
 | | Furthermore, CDOs are non-recourse structures, so an investor can lose no more than his or her initial investment. |
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