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Read about SPVs and the CDO structure. Wikipedia has a decent article on CDOs. Try Satyajit Das' book Traders, Guns and Money if you have more time. It gives an interesting history of the CDO.

Definitely have a response ready for "what market factors do you think would make our CDO business more lucrative?". (Got that question at Lehman superday a while back)

 

"What do you think I should touch up on before the interview, besides valuation of bonds and risk."

the above is no small task.

 

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