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…products and solutions reviewed include insurance, reinsurance and retrocession, financial guarantees, sureties, and credit derivatives Part Three provides a detailed look at structured finance products and processes, including structured notes, hybrid and convertible structures, contingent capital, CDOs, and project/principal finance Part Four examines techniques of structured insurance and ART, including insurance-linked notes, captives and mut…Read More

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