VTB Austria placed CDO worth $400 mln

VTB Austria (former Donau-Bank AG, Vein) – 100% subsidiary of VTB (РТС: VTBR) – placed $400 mln in debut 5-year CDO backed by obligations of banks and companies from Russia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine, as informed by Rudolf Truppa, Manager of Structured Financing, VTB Austria. “We are satisfied with the deal. It’s the first time that CDO based on portfolio of CIS issuers got Moody’s rating”, - noted he. The portfolio called “Sputnik 1 CDO” comprises 43 CDS of Russian, Kazakh and Ukrainian 1-tier issuers. VTB Austria acted as the arranger.

• Status
  redeemed
• Country of risk
  Russia
• Redemption (put/call option)
  *** (***)
• Amount
  36,000,000 USD
• М/S&P/F
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