Research Article

Profit and Risk under Subprime Mortgage Securitization

Table 2

Typical collateral composition of RMBS CDOs (%); source: Citigroup.

Typical collateral composition of RMBS CDOs (%)
High-grade RMBS CDOs Mezzanine RMBS CDOs

Subprime RMBS tranches 50% 77%
Other RMBS tranches 25 12
CDO tranches 19 6
Other 6 5