1/7 Must read article by @kayewiggins @FinancialTimes on how the #volatilitylaundering complex has built & sold a pile of CDOs (they changed the "D" to an "F")

on.ft.com/3GP1wkN
2/7 Since there is no disclosure or reporting it’s tough to tell where the bodies are.

The article explains how "CFOs introduce another layer of leverage" in a PE pyramid built on debt.

Which might be suboptimal....
3/7 As @hkuppy's killer thread explains how the debt itself in these structures may be comically mismarked

4/7 We have written a fair bit on how post the GFC, regulators put the banks under very tight capital controls....

...which moved the debt to these opaque, private & unregulated pools.

While rating agencies have given CFOs "good credit ratings" so far...
5/7 We think it is just a matter of time before the heads of pensions start to want their money back and we learn the prevalence & consequences of what may well be the kernel of the next GFC

As the article explains, regulators are just waking up to the risks. But....
6/7 ...the article must be read to be believed, as the industry, desperate for cash, is ADDING complexity to these instrument.

Money + complexity do not frequently mix well, particularly when there is a byzantine stack of leverage involved…
7/7 In schemes like these, those who redeem last end-up getting an unfortunate & wholly avoidable lesson in baggies.....

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