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Funding multicurrency and often fixed rate assets in a CRE CDO requires a mechanism to translate foreign currency and to hedge interest rate movements to correspond to with the single-currency, floating rate CRE CDO liability structure. Most issuers have accomplished this through the use of perfect asset swaps. Under a perfect asset swap contract, a swap counterparty would exchange all asset cash flows at a predetermined exchange rate, and accept foreign currency LIBOR indexes in exchange for the funding LIBOR benchmark. The deal would pay a portion of the asset yield to the hedge provider to take the currency risk. If the asset has little call protection, the issuer might also be required to pay an upfront amount to the hedge provider. Because asset default and prepayment are not highly correlated with currency value movements, these instruments are significantly more expensive than vanilla swaps. Rating agencies may prefer perfect asset swaps because they eliminate any market risk related to asset default or prepayment.

One alternative to the perfect asset swap is the use of multicurrency notes to match fund foreign currency assets. These instruments are less expensive and less effective in hedging most of the currency risk. One example of this structure is Glastonbury Finance plc, a sterling deal. To accommodate euro assets, the deal issued dual currency A-1 notes. Up to 35% of assets may be denominated in euros, which would be naturally hedged by a euro-denominated draw on the dual-currency notes. However, investors may be exposed to currency mismatches in the event an asset defaults or prepays. These risks are mitigated by allowing the manager to buy currency options to protect the transaction against prepayment and default risk.