Introduction to Structured Finance,9780470045350

Introduction to Structured Finance

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ISBN13: 9780470045350
ISBN10: 0470045353
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2006-10-20
Publisher(s): Wiley
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Summary

Created by the experienced author team of Frank Fabozzi, Henry Davis, and Moorad Choudhry, Introduction to Structured Finance examines the essential elements of this discipline. It is a convenient reference guide-which covers all the important transaction types in one place-and an excellent opportunity to enhance your understanding of finance.

Author Biography

FRANK J. FABOZZI, PHD, CFA, CFP, is an Adjunct Professor of Finance at Yale University's School of Management and the Editor of the Journal of Portfolio Management.

HENRY A. DAVIS, MBA, is an editor, writer, and consultant working in the fields of banking and corporate finance. He currently serves as Editor of two quarterly professional journals, the Journal of Structured Finance and the Journal of Investment Compliance.

MOORAD CHOUDHRY is Head of Treasury at KBC Financial Products in London. Previously, he worked at JPMorgan Chase Bank, where he was a vice president of structured finance services sales and marketing.

Table of Contents

Preface.
About the Authors.
Chapter 1: Introduction.
Definition of Structured Finance.
Other Definitions of Structured Finance.
Case Study: How Enron Has Affected the Boundaries of Structured Finance.
Conclusions.
Chapter 2: Interest Rate Derivatives.
Interest Rate Forward and Futures Contracts.
Futures Contracts.
Interest Rate Swaps.
Options.
Caps and Floors.
Chapter 3: Credit Derivatives.
Documentation and Credit Derivative Terms.
Credit Default Swaps.
Credit Default Swap Index.
Basket Default Swaps.
Asset Swaps.
Total Return Swaps.
Economics of a Total Return Swap.
Chapter 4: Basic Principles of Securitization.
What Is a Securitized Transaction?
Illustration of a Securitization.
Reasons Why Entities Securitize Assets.
Benefits of Securitization to Investors.
What Rating Agencies Look at in Rating Asset-Backed Securities.
Description of the Collateral.
Prepayments Measures.
Defaults and Delinquencies.
Chapter 5: Securitization Structures.
Use of Interest Rate Derivatives in Securitization Transactions.
Credit Enhancement.
More Detailed Illustration of a Securitization.
Chapter 6: Cash Flow Collateralized Debt Obligations.
Family of CDOs.
Basic Structure of a Cash Flow CDO.
CDOs and Sponsor Motivation.
Compliance Tests.
Chapter 7: Synthetic Collateralized Debt Obligation Structures.
Motivations for Synthetic CDOs.
Mechanics.
Funding Mechanics.
Investor Risks in Synthetic Transactions.
Variations in Synthetic CDOs.
The Single-Tranche Synthetic CDO.
Summary of the Advantages of Synthetic Structures.
Factors to Consider in CDO Analysis.
Case Study.
Chapter 8: Securitized and Synthetic Funding Structures.
Commerical Paper.
Asset-Backed Commercial Paper.
Synthetic Funding Structures.
Chapter 9: Credit-Linked Notes.
Description of CLNs.
Illustration of a CLN.
Investor Motivation.
Settlement.
Forms of Credit Linking.
The First-to-Default Credit-Linked Note.
Chapter 10: Structured Notes.
Structured Notes Defined.
Motivation for Investors and Issuers.
Issuance Form and Issuers.
Creating Structured Notes.
Examples of Structured Notes.
Chapter 11: Large Ticket Leasing: Leasing Fundamentals.
How Leasing Works.
Types of Equipment Leases.
Full Payout Leases versus Operating Leases.
Reasons for Leasing.
Types of Lessors.
Lease Brokers and Financial Advisers.
Lease Programs.
Financial Reporting of Lease Transactions by Lessees.
Federal Income Tax Requirements for True Lease Transactions.
Synthetic Leases.
Valuing a Lease: The Lease or Borrow-to-Buy Decision.
Chapter 12: Leveraged Lease Fundamentals.
Parties to a Leveraged Lease.
Structure of a Leveraged Lease.
Closing the Transaction.
Cash Flows During the Lease.
Debt For Leveraged Leases.
Facility Leases.
Construction Financing.
Credit Exposure of Equity Participants.
Tax Indemnification for Future Changes in Tax Law.
Need for a Financial Adviser.
The Steps in Structuring, Negotiating, and Closing a Leveraged Lease.
Chapter 13: Project Financing.
What Is Project Financing?
Reasons for Jointly Owned or Sponsored Projects.
Credit Exposures in a Project Financing.
Key Elements of a Successful Project Financing.
Causes for Project Failures.
Credit Impact Objective.
Accounting Considerations.
Meeting Internal Return Objectives.
Other Benefits of a Project Financing.
Tax Considerations.
Disincentives to Project Financing.
Recent Trends.
APPENDIX A: The Basel II Framework and Securitization.
Basel Rules.
Impact on Securitization and Credit Derivatives.
APPENDIX B: Synthetic Securitization: Case of Mortgage-Backed Securities.
Transaction Description.
Deal Structures.
Investor Considerations.
APPENDIX C: Home Run! A Case Study of Financing the New Stadium for the St. Louis Cardinals (Cynthia A. Baker and J. Paul Forrester).
APPENDIX D: Municipal Future-Flow Bonds in Mexico: Lessons for Emerging Economies (James Leigland).
APPENDIX E: Crown Castle Towers LLC, Senior Secured Tower Revenue Notes, Series 2005-1 (Taimur Jamil).
APPENDIX F: MVL FIlm Finance LLC (Olga Filipenko).
APPENDIX G: Presale: Honda Auto Receivables 2006-1 Owner Trust (Amanda M. Soriano and Nadine E. Gunter).
APPENDIX H: Presale: ACG Trust III (Anthony Nocera, Ted Burbage, Philip Baggaley, and Michael K. Vernier).
APPENDIX I: CNH Equipment Trust 2006-A (Du Trieu, Bradley Sohl, Joseph S. Tuczak, and Peter Manofsky).
APPENDIX J: CIT Equipment Collateral 2006-VT1 (Brigid E. Fitzgerald, John Bella, and Peter Manofsky).
INDEX.

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