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LogoutA collateralized debt obligation (CDO) is a sophisticated structured finance instrument that is offered to institutional investors and is backed by a pool of loans and other assets. A CDO is a form of derivative in which the value is generated from another underlying asset, as the name indicates. If the loan is defaulted on, these assets become the collateral.