CLOs

  • Debut European ESG CLO sealed

    Inaugural transaction sees some structural changes

    Fair Oaks recently priced its debut European CLO, Fair Oaks Loan Funding, backed by an ESG compliant portfolio. Between marketing and pricing, the €332.6m transaction underwent some structural changes, and received a wide range of participation across the capital stack, including US and European investors.

    Tyler Wallace, pm at Fair Oaks, comments that, overall, the transaction has .......

    News 10 June 2019

  • Alternative structures

    CLO managers seeking greater flexibility

    Managers’ desire for greater flexibility - in order to navigate the current challenging credit conditions – is spurring innovation across the US CLO market. While alternative structures - such as MASCOTs - may have the most staying power, other features appear to be more opportunistic.

    The latest structural innovation to emerge in the US CLO market are modifiable .......

    News Analysis 10 June 2019

  • Livestock first inked

    Sector developments and company hires

    Australian livestock deal debuts

    StockCo has launched the first securitisation warehouse transaction in Australia consisting of financing receivables primarily secured by livestock. The transaction has been completed with Goldman Sachs and the facility will be available for three years and will be able initially to accommodate up to US$150m of livestock receivables subject to pre-agreed eligibility criteria, and .......

    Market Moves 7 June 2019

  • 'Significant divergence' in Libor preparations

    Libor transition still 'choice rather than necessity' for some firms

    There are still a “number” of firms in the UK that view the transition from Libor to a new reference rate a choice, rather than a necessity, according to the responses from a request for information published by the UK's financial regulators. The regulators also found that there is “significant divergence” in the way certain UK firms are managing the .......

    News 5 June 2019

  • New P2P platform rules announced

    Sector developments and company hires

    ABS facility expands

    Amigo Holdings has increased its securitisation facility to £300m. It has a three-year term and is set to close on Thursday. The company intends to use drawdowns from the facility for general corporate purposes and the potential repayment of indebtedness. The facility, which has a minimum three-year term and amortises thereafter, will have a funding .......

    Market Moves 5 June 2019

  • Easing up

    European ABS market update

    Activity levels have been high across European ABS/MBS and CLOs of late, but appear to be easing up ahead of the Global ABS conference next week.

    “It’s been pretty busy in both primary and secondary over the past couple of weeks,” says one trader. “We’ve seen a lot of new deals being priced in the run up to .......

    Market Reports 5 June 2019

  • Agri-linked note prepped

    Company hires and sector developments

    Agri-linked note prepped

    The African Development Bank has approved a €100m partial credit guarantee (PCG) to African Agriculture Impact Investments (Mauritius) to develop commercial agriculture in Africa. The company will leverage the PCG to catalyse additional financing from international pension funds through an agri-linked note to facilitate investments in sustainable farmland and agricultural infrastructure across Africa. It will .......

    Market Moves 4 June 2019

  • Bank bulks up commodities expertise

    Company hires and sector developments

    Bank bulks out commodities unit

    Credit Agricole has hired Aude Sauty de Chalon as director, structured commodity finance, EMEA. She was previously deputy head of commodity and structured finance at ICBC, London. The firm has also hired Badia Taleb-Nehlil as ed, structured commodity finance at the same bank and both hires are based in London.

    Verification agent expands

    Market Moves 3 June 2019

  • Bank nabs CLO expert

    Company hires and sector developments

    Mizuho has hired Stefan Stefanov as director, Euro CLO specialist and he will report in to Juan-Carlos Martorell and Andrew Feachem in the securitised products and structured finance team. Stefanov will join in July from Commerzbank where he was director in the treasury investment office. In this newly created role, he will be performing a structuring, origination and syndication .......

    Market Moves 31 May 2019

  • Indian RMBS market in the works?

    Sector developments and company hires

    Alt sales head hired

    Schroders has hired Peter Arnold to lead its alternative sales unit, which was established last year and focuses on the distribution of the firm’s private assets investment offering, which includes ILS and securitised credit. He reports to Schroders global head of distribution John Troiano and global head of private assets Georg Wunderlin. Arnold was .......

    Market Moves 30 May 2019

  • SCI podcast - episode 7 now live

    All the most pressing topics in structured finance discussed

    The latest edition of the SCI podcast is now live. This month, we take a look at servicing within subprime auto ABS and also how consolidation is becoming a running theme, with several acquisitions of smaller, regional issuers’ portfolios having been witnessed recently.

    As well as this, the podcast explores the student loan crisis in the US, asking the question, will servicers .......

    News 30 May 2019

  • Co-cio and liquid markets head appointed

    Company hires and sector developments

    Credit expert poached

    Crestline Investors has appointed Michael Aingorn as an md, based in New York and reporting to Keith Williams, managing partner - credit strategies. Aingorn was previously a partner at American Industrial Partners, where he helped launch the firm's credit opportunities strategy focused on investing in North American-based middle-market industrial companies. Prior to AIP, he worked at BTG .......

    Market Moves 24 May 2019

  • Seeking warmer waters

    Growing numbers of CLO issuers list on CSX

    While CLO issuers are not legally obliged to list their CLO on any exchange, the favourite in recent years has been the Irish Stock Exchange (ISE). However, some now suggest that, particularly following the introduction of European market abuse regulations, other exchanges have seen an increase in CLO listings.

    Nicole Pineda, partner, Harneys banking and finance team comments: .......

    News Analysis 24 May 2019

  • Positive performance prompts upgrades

    Sector developments and company hires

    Director hired to rebranded CLO platform

    DFG Investment Advisers has hired John Hwang as a director and senior credit analyst on its leveraged credit team, responsible for analysing below-investment grade credit with a focus on leveraged loans for the Vibrant CLO platform. Hwang has 18 years of experience in the financial services industry and was previously an svp at Crescent .......

    Market Moves 22 May 2019

  • CLO director nabbed

    Company hires and sector developments

    Europe

    Hermes Investment Management has hired Kevin Roche as a director for private debt and CLOs. Reporting to the head of direct lending, Laura Vaughan, Rochewill be based in London and will work across the private debt platform. He was previously a director at Allied Irish Banks, where he was responsible for delivering leveraged finance loans to mid-market private .......

    Market Moves 17 May 2019

  • CMBS sees prompt prepayment

    Company hires and sector developments

    Auction platform

    Mortgage Capital Trading has launched Trade Auction Manager (TAM) to enable more efficient bidding of TBA MBS used by lenders to hedge their open mortgage pipelines. The browser-based software module is accessible via MCTlive!, the company’s capital markets platform. TAM digitises a formerly manual communication process to confirm time-sensitive TBA trades that were once largely phone-based .......

    Market Moves 16 May 2019

  • Heading in the right direction

    US CLO market update

    The US CLO market is making up some lost ground after a tough start to the year.

    “We’re at last heading in the right direction, after five to six months of widening or trading sideways,” says one trader.

    “The arb is tough and loan issuance is slow right now, making new issuance tricky, and at the same .......

    Market Reports 16 May 2019

  • Senior appointments abound

    Company hires and sector developments

    Acquisition

    Priority Income Fund has completed its acquisition of Stira Alcentra Global Credit Fund (SAGC), after the latter’s shareholders approved the transaction at a special meeting on 6 May. The exchange ratio at which common shares of SAGC were converted to common shares of Priority was based on the applicable class of SAGC shares and Priority’s most recent estimated net .......

    Market Moves 14 May 2019

  • SCI Start the week - 13 May

    A review of securitisation activity over the past seven days

    Transaction of the week

    Last week saw an unusual Irish CMBS hit the European pipeline, from debut issuer Finance Ireland. Dubbed Pembroke Property Finance, the €228.6m transaction is backed by 139 loans on 244 seasoned small CRE loans located across Ireland and originated by Finance Ireland Credit Solutions.

    Finance Ireland is jointly owned by the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, Pimco .......

    News 13 May 2019

  • Energy expert nabbed

    Company hires and sector developments

    Energy expert nabbed

    Energy Estate has hired Christian Krebs as one of the leaders in its transaction advisory practice and will be closely involved with debt and equity fund raising for projects and businesses, beginning 1 July. Krebs was previously at NordLB where he was head of structured finance origination Asia/Pacific.

    Transaction gets green stamp of approval

    Greenworks Lending recently received the very first Green Evaluation .......

    Market Moves 8 May 2019

  • STS 'not enough' for European ABS revival

    Securitisation 'needs to be used more' as funding tool

    At the start of last year, BNP Paribas Asset Management hired Michel Fryszman as its new head of structured finance to oversee three UCITS funds, each investing in securitisations and loan portfolios. While the funds have a fairly broad remit with regard to asset class, historical performance data is a key metric meaning first-time CLO managers are given a wide berth and .......

    News Analysis 3 May 2019
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