CLOs

  • Financing platform enhanced

    H.I.G. Capital has acquired certain assets of WhiteHorse Capital, a Dallas-based CLO manager with assets under management of over US$1.7bn, and formed H.I.G. WhiteHorse to provide flexible financing solutions to profitable and performing small and middle market companies.

    With more than US$1bn of capital available to deploy into businesses in the US and Europe, H.I.G. WhiteHorse has a broad mandate .......

    Job Swaps 7 October 2011

  • CLO manager acquired

    GSO Capital Partners has acquired Harbourmaster Capital, which manages and advises on approximately €8bn of assets, including a number of CLOs. The Harbourmaster Capital Dublin-based team will continue to support the Harbourmaster funds and will form a combined platform with GSO's existing European leveraged loan business to develop new European-focused funds for their global investor base. The combined European leveraged .......

    Job Swaps 6 October 2011

  • SME programme proposed

    The UK government unveiled at its party conference preliminary details of an initiative aimed at bolstering lending to SMEs. This stimulus is intended to focus directly on corporate sector funding, in contrast to the Bank of England's earlier quantitative easing, which involved government bond purchases. Since most SMEs do not issue bonds, an alternative may be pooling banks' SME loans .......

    News Round-up 5 October 2011

  • CLO transfer consent requested

    Nomura Corporate Research and Asset Management has filed fifth amended and restated notices of proposed assignment of the investment management agreement for Clydesdale Strategic CLO I and Clydesdale CLO 2005. It has also requested consent from subordinated notes and rated notes, as well as a waiver from the rated notes. The manager is seeking to transfer its rights, duties and .......

    Job Swaps 5 October 2011

  • Opportunity fund prepped

    3i Debt Management has recruited Rob Reynolds as the head of its new credit opportunity fund (COF), reporting to Andrew Golding, 3iDM md. Reynolds was previously md and cio of Resource Europe.

    The COF - seeded by 3i Group with €50m - will form the foundation of a new fund initiative by 3iDM, targeting flexible investment in credit primarily in .......

    Job Swaps 29 September 2011

  • Key man clause triggered

    A key personnel event has been declared on the PULS CDO 2006-1 and PULS CDO 2007-1 SME CLOs. The clause was triggered by Manfred Gabriel ceasing to be a member of the board of the portfolio manager, Capital Securities Group, with effect from 23 September.

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    Job Swaps 28 September 2011

  • Third CLO sold

    Nomura Corporate Research and Asset Management has sold another CLO - Clydesdale CLO 2006 - to Ares Management. The transaction has been renamed Ares XXI CLO. Moody's has determined that the move will not result in the reduction or withdrawal of the deal's current ratings.

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    Job Swaps 28 September 2011

  • GSC CLO plan prepped

    A hearing on the trustee's motion for entry of an order in respect of GSC European CDO I-R and II is to be held on 5 October at the Bankruptcy Court. Among other things, the hearing will consider: approval of the form of ballot and the establishment of procedures for voting on the proposed Chapter 11 plan; and the establishment .......

    News Round-up 23 September 2011

  • CLO pro recruited

    Tom Majewski has joined RBS Securities' global banking & markets division in the Americas as an md in its asset-backed finance coverage and advisory team. Majewski will be responsible for originating structured transactions - including CLOs - and for providing distribution solutions to corporate and financial institution clients of the bank. He will be based in Stamford, Connecticut and report .......

    Job Swaps 19 September 2011

  • Securitisation leaders hold firm

    At the end of August 2011, with more than US$171bn of qualifying deals completed, the leaders maintained their places in the SCI US league tables for bank arrangers in the structured credit and ABS markets. All added to their account as the month saw US$10.9bn of issuance.

    Europe, meanwhile, saw a stronger indication of the traditionally quietest summer month, with .......

    News Round-up 19 September 2011

  • CLO tender offer announced

    Citi has commenced a cash tender offer to purchase outstanding Skytop CLO income notes. For each US$1,000 unpaid principal amount of income notes validly tendered, the bank will pay US$400. The offer is scheduled to expire on 14 October, unless extended or earlier terminated.

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    News Round-up 19 September 2011

  • BlueMountain beefs up in Europe

    BlueMountain Capital Management has named David Rubenstein ceo of BlueMountain Europe. Rubenstein, who joined the firm in 2006, will also continue in his roles of both cfo and general counsel on a global basis. He succeeds Jeffrey Kushner, who is retiring from the asset management business and will move back to the US to pursue other opportunities.

    Transferring with Rubenstein .......

    Job Swaps 13 September 2011

  • German SME CLOs perform strongly

    German balance sheet SME CLOs have performed well during the economic crisis, according to Fitch. Certain transactions have even outperformed some German auto ABS transactions, underlining their robust performance.

    Average total cumulative defaults across the 12 CLOs Fitch rates are approximately 2.5% of the initial transaction volumes since closing, with the average time since closing standing at four years.

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    News Round-up 12 September 2011

  • CLO loan maturity profiles analysed

    Codean has released its annual update on the maturity profile of leveraged loans underlying CLO deals. The analysis indicates an upcoming peak in the amount of loans reaching maturity, albeit a comparison between this year's and last year's maturity profiles illustrates that refinancing efforts already made have resulted in a significant reduction in the value of loans due in 2012-2014 .......

    News Round-up 6 September 2011

  • SME CLO review completed

    Fitch reports that the reviews of SME CLO transactions since its criteria update in June (SCI 7 June) have mostly resulted in rating affirmations.

    "79% of the reviewed SME CLO tranches have been affirmed, as transaction performance has mostly stabilised," says Laurent Chane-Kon, director in Fitch's European structured finance team. "Portfolio performance - rather than the criteria update - was .......

    News Round-up 31 August 2011

  • Dalradian CLOs acquired

    Rothschild Credit Management, a 100% owned subsidiary of NM Rothschild & Sons, has acquired Elgin Capital. Elgin Capital will remain as collateral manager on the Dalradian European CLO I, II, III and IV transactions, however, and continue to manage the portfolio in accordance with the master collateral management terms dated 8 August 2007.

    See SCI's CDO .......

    Job Swaps 30 August 2011

  • German SME performance diverges

    Of the three German SME securitisation sub-segments, SME CDOs and mezzanine CDOs performed worse than SME ABS during the financial crisis, according to Moody's. Mezzanine CDOs experienced greater refinancing risk concerns and adverse obligor selection, while the less granular portfolios backing SME CDOs and mezzanine CDOs mean they experienced higher cumulative default rates. While Moody's outlook for SME ABS and .......

    News Round-up 30 August 2011

  • Patriot Capital duo find new home

    JMP Group's alternative asset management arm Harvest Capital Strategies has formed Harvest Capital Credit, a specialty finance company providing structured credit to small businesses. Richard Buckanavage, who was formerly president and ceo of Patriot Capital Funding, serves as president of Harvest Capital Credit and is joined by Ryan Magee. The pair will be based in New York.

    Although Harvest Capital .......

    Job Swaps 26 August 2011

  • Green light for Lehman CLO plan

    Lehman Brothers Holdings' asset management agreement with WCAS Fraser Sullivan (SCI 28 July) has been approved by Judge James Peck of the US Bankruptcy Court. The court ruled yesterday that the relief sought through the agreement is in the best interests of the debtors and their creditors.

    Under the asset management agreement, the debtors: are entitled to receive collections of .......

    News Round-up 18 August 2011

  • Second NCRAM CLO transferred

     Ares Management is set to assume investment management duties for Clydesdale CLO 2004 from Nomura Corporate Research and Asset Management (NCRAM). The investment management agreement will be essentially unchanged, according to Moody's.

    Transaction documents will be amended, however, to change the name of the issuer to Ares XVIII CLO. The change in name results from a purchase agreement pursuant to .......

    Job Swaps 17 August 2011

  • Duane Street CLO transfers confirmed

    The acquisition by Citigroup Alternative Investments - acting through its business unit Citi Capital Advisors - of Duane Street CLO I, II, III and IV from DiMaio Ahmad Capital became effective yesterday, 15 August (SCI 8 June). Each issuer has entered into amended and restated collateral management agreements on substantially the same terms as the existing collateral management agreements with .......

    Job Swaps 16 August 2011
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