"It did not seem prudent to push through a transaction rated on what was becoming an obsolete model."

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"It did not seem prudent to push through a transaction rated on what was becoming an obsolete model."

--Paul Levy, head of exotic credit structuring at Merrill Lynch in London, explaining why the firm pulled its first constant proportion debt obligation.

"It did not seem prudent to push through a transaction rated on what was becoming an obsolete model."--Paul Levy, head of exotic credit structuring at Merrill Lynch in London, explaining why the firm pulled its first constant proportion debt obligation.

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