LONDON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - The European Securitisation Forum, an industry lobby group, on Wednesday released a draft format for standardised reporting on European collateralised debt obligations (CDOs ...

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Simply sign up to the Capital markets myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Collateralised debt obligations are at the centre of a widening investigation of how investment banks created and ...