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Synthetic CDO Squared

Often written CDO^2, a synthetic CDO in which the reference assets are themselves single tranche CDOs. This results in a CDO with a two-tier structure. Once losses attach in the bottom tier of 'inner' CDOs this can cause losses to the top tier 'master' or 'outer' CDO.

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