Structured Finance Demystified
Mastering the art of creating and managing customized financial solutions.
By Taimour Zaman
Taimour Zaman breaks down structured finance — asset-backed securities, CDOs, and bespoke structured products — in language a working professional can use. Case studies show how deals are actually assembled rather than how they look in a textbook.
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Structured finance looks like a black box from the outside. Taimour Zaman opens it.
Asset-backed securities, CDOs, and bespoke structured products are where a lot of real capital gets built and moved, and where a lot of professionals quietly nod along without fully following the mechanics.
In Structured Finance Demystified, AFG founder Taimour Zaman breaks the field down in language a working professional can use, with case studies that show how deals are actually assembled rather than how they look in a textbook.
Who this is for
Finance professionals
Get a working command of ABS, CDOs, and structured products without wading through a graduate text.
Sponsors & principals
Understand how bespoke structures are built before you sit across the table from someone selling one.
Students & analysts
Learn how deals are actually assembled, through case studies rather than abstraction.
What the book covers
- Asset-backed securities and how they are constructed.
- Collateralised debt obligations, in plain terms.
- Bespoke, customised structured products and where they fit.
- Case studies showing how real structured deals are assembled.
Frequently asked questions
Who wrote it?
Taimour Zaman, founder of AltFunds Global, who has spent over a decade in structured finance and alternative capital and has authored several books on the field.
Do I need a quantitative background?
No. The book is written to make structured finance usable for a working professional, not to drown you in maths. Case studies carry the mechanics.
How does it relate to AFG's work?
Structured finance is core to what AFG does. If you have a real transaction that needs structuring, book a call from the panel below. The book is the grounding.
Where do I buy it?
On Amazon, via the button above.
Need the deal-level version, not the template?
If you've got a live transaction, book a call — that's where we actually add value.