The Structured Credit Interview
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SME mission
Alain Godard, EIF chief executive, discusses Europe's post-C...
Q: What are the ways in which the EIF utilises securitisation to further its mission?
A: Central to the EIF’s mandate is, of course, our support to SMEs across Europe. There are naturally many ways or various instruments to achieve that, including securitisation.By facilitating the execution of securitisation transactions, we provide guarantees to banks and financial institutions, allowing .......
The Structured Credit Interview 19 January 2022
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Rising star
Gordon Neilly, executive chairman at WhiteStar Asset Management, answers SCI's questions
Q: Gordon, what are your expectations for WhiteStar as it expands further into the European CLO space?
A: So, this is our entry point into the European CLO space. If you look at the industry today, not only is the European CLO market far less developed than the US CLO market, it’s also quite fragmented with about 50 players in the European .......
The Structured Credit Interview 4 January 2022
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Exploiting inefficiencies
Jay Huang, md and head of structured credit investments at CIFC, answers SCI's questions
Q: How has investor perception changed around CLOs, given the resiliency of the asset class in 2021?
The Structured Credit Interview 8 December 2021
A: Three years ago, when I was visiting investors, I would have to bring up the resiliency of the CLO product. However, I have noticed a trend that when I come into investor meetings now, they are bringing up the resilience of the .......
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US expansion
John Fraser, the new chairman of Tikehau's global structured...
Q: Tikehau Capital launched its first US CLO in August. Could you explain the motivations for doing so?
The Structured Credit Interview 22 November 2021
A: Establishing a presence in the US CLO market is a key part of Tikehau Capital’s growth plans for its credit platform. The firm is already active in Europe with five CLOs outstanding and, with significant plans for future growth, it’s a natural extension .......
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Market movers
Leading agency MBS buyer talks taper, inflation and origination
While the encroach of inflationary pressures and the Fed taper will be important factors to consider, the dominant fundamental influence upon MBS in the medium term will be supply, says Brendan Doucette, portfolio manager for GW&K.
Doucette manages an agency MBS portfolio valued at $1.5bn at the end of Q3 2021, up from $1.2bn at yearend 2020. GW&K has over $48bn assets .......
The Structured Credit Interview 9 November 2021
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Transitional financing
Adam Zausmer, chief credit officer at Ready Capital, answers SCI's questions
Q: Why do you feel the US CRE CLO sector is booming?
The Structured Credit Interview 14 October 2021
A: The bridge lending market is certainly red hot at the moment. We tend to focus on less volatile assets, like multifamily, and clear trends we see across the US are tired properties in need of capital expenditure as well as a shortage of quality affordable housing. Non-bank .......
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CLOs and beyond
Don Young, partner and co-founder of CBAM Partners, answers SCI's questions
Q: How and when did you become involved in the CLO market?
My partner Mike Damaso and I have been managing CLOs since 2001. I first became involved in the space when I joined Octagon Credit investors. After this, I went on to manage the Performing Credit business at Och-Ziff, which included US$7.5bn of CLOs. Mike has over 20 years of .......
The Structured Credit Interview 20 September 2021
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Equity ownership
Dan Norman, md at Lakemore Partners, discusses his plans to...
Q: Tell us about your new role at Lakemore Partners (SCI 4 August)?
The Structured Credit Interview 12 August 2021
A: I joined the team in March this year and I am very happy to be part of Lakemore’s global expansion. We are in the process of building a US business and the primary steps are to build a US and global product distribution system for .......
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Angel eyes
Angel Oak Capital Advisors' Sam Dunlap talks value in non-agency MBS
Atlanta-based Angel Oak Capital Advisors’ flagship multi-strategy income fund (ANGLX), this year celebrates its 10-year anniversary. The ANGLX is a dedicated structured credit mutual fund, focussing chiefly on US non-agency residential MBS, and was launched after the Financial Crisis of 2007/2008. In the last decade, ANGLX has achieved average annualised returns of 5.66%, as of 6/30/21, and now has approximately $7bn .......
The Structured Credit Interview 20 July 2021
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Volatility hedge
Bart Bakx, head of ABS and mortgages at NN Investment Partne...
Q: Do you believe private credit will take on a more significant role in investor portfolios in 2021? If so, which factors are driving this forward?
The Structured Credit Interview 25 June 2021
A: We see that many investors are undertaking searches and these are increasing towards private credit. Looking for opportunities to allocate, investors seek alternatives in the private market space in view of continued volatility .......
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New moves
Rob McDonough, director of ESG and regulatory initiatives at...
1./Can you provide more detail on the framework you developed to quantify the deal’s social impact at the loan level?
The core strategy underpinning the formation of Angel Oak’s Non-QM mortgage lending operations in 2011 was to address the material social inequities caused by the tightening of mortgage underwriting standards under the Dodd-Frank Act and other legislation in the aftermath of the .......
The Structured Credit Interview 4 June 2021
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Niche exposure
CFE Finance business development manager Duccio Duranti and...
Q: How and when did CFE Finance become involved in the securitisation market?
The Structured Credit Interview 7 May 2021
DD: CFE Finance was founded by Mario Cordoni in 2001 to support the trade of commercial transactions both to and from emerging markets, including pre-export finance and export credit agency (ECA) financing. As a metals trader, Mario often faced credit risk exposure when dealing with emerging market .......
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Democratising data
Stephane Michel, senior portfolio manager at the internation...
Q: How does Federated Hermes integrate ESG in its CLO business?
The Structured Credit Interview 27 April 2021
A: CLOs are still very much a universe where we are trying to build an analytical framework that is comparable to what our equity colleagues have been able to do for much longer, due to the provision of data that we haven’t got. That’s the challenge for ESG across .......
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Income opportunities
Clayton Triick, CFA, senior portfolio manager at Angel Oak Capital Advisors, answers SCI's questions
Q: How and when did you become involved in the securitisation market?
A: Angel Oak Capital Advisors has a long history within the US securitised markets. Originally as a distressed credit investor during the global financial crisis, Angel Oak was able to invest capital targeting deeply discounted private-label RMBS.As markets continued to improve over the subsequent decade, we .......
The Structured Credit Interview 14 April 2021
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Strategic expansion
Capital Four ceo Sandro Naef and Capital Four US ceo Jim Wiant answer SCI's questions
Q: How and when did Capital Four become involved in the structured credit market?
The Structured Credit Interview 12 March 2021
A: We have been investing in CLO liabilities for more than a decade. In terms of managing CLOs ourselves, it was a natural evolution a couple of years ago to also start managing CLOs ourselves, as we have been managing senior loans and bonds a long .......
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Constructive outlook
Deborah Shire, global head of structured finance at AXA Inve...
Q: What were the drivers behind restructuring the AXA IM business into two key divisions – the Alts unit and the Core unit?
The Structured Credit Interview 9 February 2021
A: The business was restructured in March last year (SCI 11 March 2020), with the objective of developing two strategic businesses and boosting the commercial momentum behind them. The aim was to create a dedicated salesforce .......
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Expanding footprint
Jordan Milman, global head of structured products at Hayfin, answers SCI's questions
Q: How and when did Hayfin become involved in the structured credit market?
A: Hayfin launched a structured credit offering in 2012 and since then has invested over €1.7bn through more than 200 transactions, generating gross returns of 11.9% for 2H20.In June 2020, I joined the firm - along with John Hanisch - to lead the expansion of .......
The Structured Credit Interview 15 January 2021
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Tech solution
Peter Jasko, ceo at Semeris, answers SCI's questions
Q: How and when did you become involved in the securitisation market?
A: Semeris launched last month (SCI 4 November), but I started getting involved in securitisation and CLOs in particular in 2001. I had been involved in the credit derivatives market for a couple of years prior to that, looking at basket trades and cranking the .......
The Structured Credit Interview 2 December 2020
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ESG philosophy
Andrew Lennox, senior portfolio manager at the international...
Q: How and when did the international business of Federated Hermes become involved in the securitisation market?
A: The Federated Hermes European structured credit team consists of senior portfolio manager Stephane Michel, me and two analysts covering the universe of ABS and CLOs. I arrived at the firm 2.5 years ago.One of the attractions of moving to work .......
The Structured Credit Interview 2 November 2020
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Best-of-breed network
Zach Lewy, founder and group cio of Arrow Global Group, answers SCI's questions
Q: How and when did Arrow Global Group become involved in the non-performing loan market?
The Structured Credit Interview 27 October 2020
A: Arrow Global was established in 2005 as the European principal investment arm of Sallie Mae and was tasked with investing in distressed assets across the region. It was apparent that there were amazing opportunities for local champions to be successful, given that they remained .......
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Capital preservation
Sharif Anbar-Colas, head of structured credit at Kartesia, answers SCI's questions
Q: How and when did Kartesia become involved in the securitisation market?
The Structured Credit Interview 9 October 2020
A: Kartesia has been involved in the securitisation market for more than 10 years and made investments in securitised products from the first fund raised in 2010. This involvement came from an appreciation of how the securitised tranches of portfolios were trading at a discount to the actual .......
