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Thank you for saying this. In all honesty, the leverage loan (and thereby CLO) issues we are seeing now aren't really an issue of complexity. It's really an iss
by gvhst 8y ago
Thank you for saying this. In all honesty, the leverage loan (and thereby CLO) issues we are seeing now aren't really an issue of complexity. It's really an issue of how underwriting standards are deteriorating as more and more parties compete for these leverage loan deals to put into their CLOs. Companies can also fall into the trap of, "well I'm able to raise debt at these terms so I should be able to afford it." I will admit that complex securitization structures can obfuscate this risk, but the underlying financial risk comes from the cyclical properties of the collateral asset class (i.e. the credit cycle), not from the structure itself.
- whatok 8y agoUnderwriting standards are definitely deteriorating and debt covenants are just crazy in some cases so in all likelihood, recoveries should be lower during this credit cycle. That said, a capital structure is a capital structure and loans are still up there.