the firm has created structured commercial loan vehicles managed by third parties , in which loans are purchased from third parties or through the firm 2019s syndication and trading func- tions and funded by issuing commercial paper . investors provide collateral and have a first risk of loss up to the amount of collat- eral pledged . the firm retains a second-risk-of-loss position for these vehicles and does not absorb a majority of the expected losses of the vehicles