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<strong>CLO</strong> <strong>NEWSLETTER</strong><br />

Trends<br />

Europe <strong>CLO</strong> Deals to Drive Leveraged Loan Revival, JPMorgan Says<br />

May 20, 2013; Source: Businessweek.com; By : Patricia Kuo<br />

The surge in issuance of European collateralized loan obligations will help revive sales of leveraged loans in the region, according to<br />

JPMorgan Chase & Co.<br />

More than 1.3 billion euros ($1.7 billion) of European <strong>CLO</strong>s have priced this year and increased demand for yield is drawing more<br />

investors to the loan market, JPMorgan analysts including Daniel Lamy and Rishad Ahluwalia wrote in the report. Increased demand<br />

should encourage further loan origination.<br />

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Fitch launches <strong>CLO</strong> indenture checklist reports<br />

May 17, 2013; Source: Creditflux.com;<br />

Fitch Ratings has begun to publish reports comparing the language in <strong>CLO</strong>s with the market standard. This week it produced the<br />

first of these <strong>CLO</strong> indenture abstracts, with a study of the indenture in Sankaty’s Race Point VIII. The report is intended to provide a<br />

quick guide to which elements of the structure confirm to the norm and an explanation of the likely impact of any unusual features.<br />

For more: Click here<br />

Loan-fund assets grow 6% in April as records continue to fall<br />

May 17, 2013; Source: LeveragedLoan.com; By : Steve Miller<br />

Assets under management of loan mutual funds grew by 6% in April, or $6.7<br />

billion, to a record $116.8 billion, according to data from Lipper FMI,<br />

CEFConnect.com, and Yahoo! Finance.<br />

It was the fourth straight month of muscular inflows for the asset classes.<br />

Indeed, between January and April, loan fund AUM grew by $26 billion, or<br />

28.6%, from $96.5 billion at year-end.<br />

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EBITDA growth slows anew in 1Q as macro picture stabilizes<br />

May 17, 2013; Source: LeveragedLoan.com; By : Steve Miller<br />

Cash-flow growth among leveraged loan issuers ratcheted lower again in<br />

the first quarter. On average, S&P/LSTA Index issuers that file publicly<br />

with the SEC posted a 6.8% year-over-year increase in EBITDA during the<br />

first three months of 2013, down from 8.3% in the fourth quarter,<br />

according to data from S&P Capital IQ.<br />

The steady erosion in EBITDA growth since corporate profits bounced<br />

back after the great recession of late 2008/early 2009 are hardly unique<br />

to loan issuers, of course.<br />

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Compelling case for <strong>CLO</strong> calls<br />

May 16, 2013; Source: Structuredcreditinvestor.com<br />

Equity investors in callable 2010 and 2011 <strong>CLO</strong>s should call them now and take advantage of the low current funding costs in the<br />

new issue market, suggest <strong>CLO</strong> strategists at Morgan Stanley. Many holders of legacy deals would also benefit from exercising call<br />

options, although continuing to hold 2006 and 2007 vintage <strong>CLO</strong>s could offer greater value.<br />

Twenty transactions have been called this year and a further 42 were called in 2012. Of those 62 deals, five are early <strong>CLO</strong> 2.0<br />

transactions from 2010 and 2011.<br />

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Chart: BB/B leveraged loan bids continue to climb<br />

May 16, 2013; Source: LeveragedLoan.com<br />

Secondary bids on double-B and single-B rated loans topped par early this year,<br />

and have been rising ever since. One big reason: the continued flood of<br />

institutional investor cash into loan mutual funds (there have been 47<br />

consecutive weeks of inflows), which totals $18.9 billion so far in 2013.<br />

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Shift seen in Euro loan maturities<br />

May 15, 2013; Source: Structuredcreditinvestor.com<br />

S&P's updated study of collateral pools backing European cashflow <strong>CLO</strong>s finds that the peak in leveraged loan maturities has shifted<br />

out to 2016 and 2017, from 2014 and 2015 in its previous study two years ago. One likely reason for this outward shift in loan<br />

maturities is that much existing <strong>CLO</strong> documentation allows collateral managers to continue reinvesting in certain circumstances,<br />

even after the reinvestment period has ended. Despite the transaction entering its amortisation period, <strong>CLO</strong> managers may<br />

therefore continue to recycle some principal proceeds by investing in assets with longer maturities in order to keep the <strong>CLO</strong><br />

invested.<br />

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After torrid start in 2013, <strong>CLO</strong> issuance eases; YTD volume: $32.1B<br />

May 15, 2013; Source: LeveragedLoan.com; By : Steve Miller<br />

After a record-setting first quarter, <strong>CLO</strong> issuance has downshifted noticeably.<br />

Indeed, during the four weeks ended May 15, <strong>CLO</strong> volume averaged<br />

$897 million per week, less than half the $1.9 billion weekly issuance seen in<br />

January and February. Year-to-date <strong>CLO</strong> issuance now totals $32.1 billion.<br />

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<strong>CLO</strong> Investors Should Heed Loan Maturity Extension Risk, S&P Says<br />

May 14, 2013; Source: Businessweek.com; By : Patricia Kuo<br />

Investors in European collateralized loan obligations should be wary of risks from deals extending the maturity of the buyout debt<br />

underlying the securities, according to Standard & Poor’s.<br />

Some of the so-called amend-and-extend transactions leave leveraged loans due to repay after the maturity of the <strong>CLO</strong> notes,<br />

which may mean investors in the notes aren’t repaid on time, S&P analysts led by London-based Emanuele Tamburrano wrote in a<br />

report today.<br />

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Broad-Based appeal: BB loan, bond spreads near generational lows<br />

May 13, 2013; Source: LeveragedLoan.com; By: Steve Miller<br />

In a credit market where yields are famously low and conditions are hot<br />

across the board, the BB segment may be the most sought after of all.<br />

In addition to regular-way leveraged loan and high-yield accounts, BB paper<br />

is in the wheelhouse of both investment-grade managers looking to fill<br />

crossover baskets with relatively wide-margin product and banks seeking to<br />

generate hefty risk-adjusted returns on capital. For this reason, BB yields<br />

are pushing generational lows, according to data from LCD and Bank of<br />

America Merrill Lynch’s high-yield research group.<br />

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Helped by high yield, leveraged finance volume totals $27B<br />

May 10, 2013; Source: LeveragedLoan.com<br />

U.S. leveraged finance volume for the week ended May 9 totaled $27<br />

billion, the most since the third week of March, according to LCD, a unit<br />

of S&P Capital IQ. Leveraged finance volume comprises leveraged loan<br />

activity plus high yield bond issuance.<br />

The rebound was largely due to the high yield bond market, which this<br />

week priced a hefty $11.3 billion in deals (through today), the most<br />

since March and roughly twice the amount seen in each of the last<br />

three weeks.<br />

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May 2013 US Leveraged Loan Market Analysis<br />

May 10, 2013; Source: LeveragedLoan.com; By: Steve Miller<br />

An excess of demand marked the April market, with no signs of<br />

the supply/demand equation changing. Retail and institutional<br />

investors continue to embrace the asset class. <strong>CLO</strong> issuance has<br />

downshifted, however. Looking ahead, participants expect loans’<br />

positive bias to persist.<br />

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S&P European Leveraged Loan Index (ELLI) returns 1.16% in April,<br />

3.7% YTD<br />

May 10, 2013; Source: LeveragedLoan.com<br />

The secondary market continued on its upward trajectory in April, as<br />

the S&P European Leveraged Loan Index (ELLI) returned 1.16% in the<br />

month through May 2, its strongest performance since January and<br />

the second-highest return in the last 12 months (excluding currency).<br />

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It’s a demand world: Loan market technicals favor issuers in April<br />

May 10, 2013; Source: LeveragedLoan.com<br />

In April, demand for loans again outpaced supply, adding further fuel to<br />

the market’s technical fire, which has led to plunging yields on new-issue<br />

loans (among other things).<br />

All told, visible capital – including estimated retail inflows and <strong>CLO</strong><br />

formation – exceeded net new supply during the month by $7.8 billion:<br />

$10.4 billion to $2.6 billion. That padded the year-to-date surplus to a<br />

super-sized $37.8 billion ($51.7 billion to $13.9 billion), or a stillformidable<br />

$28.3 billion including Heinz’s allocated but yet-to-be-funded<br />

$9.5 billion institutional LBO loan.<br />

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Investors stay luke warm on move from <strong>CLO</strong> 1.0 to <strong>CLO</strong> 2.0<br />

May 09, 2013; Source: Creditflux.com<br />

Over 500 <strong>CLO</strong> professionals were packed into London’s Landmark Hotel for Creditflux’s <strong>CLO</strong> symposium this week and one of their<br />

first tasks was to offer their opinion on the progression from <strong>CLO</strong> 1.0 to 2.0.<br />

Results suggested that a large number of industry professionals remain sceptical of the benefits of newer <strong>CLO</strong> structures. When<br />

quizzed on whether <strong>CLO</strong> 2.0 is a great improvement on <strong>CLO</strong> 1.0, almost a third of delegates disagreed with the notion (see below<br />

for full results).<br />

A quarter of the audience disagreed slightly with the statement but another 5% took a more hardened stance and disagreed<br />

strongly.<br />

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3i Group Said to Join Ares Management in European <strong>CLO</strong> Deal Surge<br />

May 08, 2013; Source: Businessweek.com<br />

3i Group Plc (III) and Ares Management LLC are planning to join the surge in issuance of European collateralized loan obligations,<br />

according to people with knowledge of the matter.<br />

3i Debt Management, the credit unit of the London-based private-equity company, is raising a <strong>CLO</strong> of about 300 million euros ($395<br />

million), said three people with knowledge of the matter, who asked not to be identified because the deals are private. Ares is also<br />

seeking a <strong>CLO</strong> of about 300 million euros, three people familiar with that transaction said.<br />

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Amid flood of investor cash, leveraged loan yields hit lowest point in<br />

decade<br />

May 08, 2013; Source: LeveragedLoan.com<br />

As the U.S. leveraged loan market continues to see a steady stream of<br />

investor cash inflow, yields on new-issue leveraged loans have reach their<br />

lowest point since before the 2008 market meltdown. Indeed, yields (to<br />

maturity) on double-B rated new issues neared 3% at the end of April while<br />

single-B loans were yielding roughly 5%.<br />

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<strong>CLO</strong> equity investors drop their IRR expectations, conference hears<br />

May 07, 2013; Source: Creditflux.com<br />

<strong>CLO</strong> equity investors have reduced their expectations for future returns in the past year, boosting prospects for new issuance.<br />

Audience members at today’s Creditflux <strong>CLO</strong> Symposium voted on the internal rate of return that an investor in a new US <strong>CLO</strong> can<br />

expect and the majority (54%) voted that IRRs fall in the 10-15% bracket. But a large 41% of the contingent present at today's<br />

gathering said that projected returns lie in the 5-10% range.<br />

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High-yield funds increasing exposure to leveraged loans<br />

May 7, 2013; Source: LeveragedLoan.com<br />

High-yield funds increased their exposure to leveraged loans during the back<br />

half of 2012, based on a review of 20 large open-end and closed-end loan<br />

funds by LCD.<br />

The funds under review grew loans to, on average, 8.3% of assets under<br />

management during the reporting period ended Dec. 31, 2012, or Feb. 28,<br />

2013, from 7.5% six months earlier. All told, the share of loans is up two<br />

percentage points over the past two years.<br />

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With LBOs scarce, private equity firms turn to dividend/recap deals<br />

May 6, 2013; Source: LeveragedLoan.com<br />

It’s no secret that dividend recaps are again a major theme in leveraged<br />

finance this year. Private equity firms, as usual, are the main source of<br />

dividend deals. PE-backed issuers have tapped the leveraged loan and highyield<br />

bond markets for $19.7 billion of dividend financing in 2013 (as of April<br />

26), including $16.9 billion of loans and $2.8 billion of bonds.<br />

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Expanding Structured Finance Footprint, Markit Adds <strong>CLO</strong> Tranche Pricing<br />

May 02, 2013; Source: Waterstechnology.com; By : Timothy Bourgaize Murray<br />

Market data provider Markit will now offer evaluated prices for 5,000 investment-grade collateralized loan obligation (<strong>CLO</strong>)<br />

tranches, rated BBB or better, covering around two-thirds of the overall market.<br />

Nathan Kirk, Markit's director and head of US securitized products, says the move backs growing client demand—new issuances in<br />

the <strong>CLO</strong> market are estimated to top $75 billion this year, a tremendous leap from years previous—and builds on other securitized<br />

products the provider prices, including residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities (MBSs) and asset-backed securities<br />

(ABSs) that package credit card or student loan debt.<br />

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Cov-relief, A-to-E activity remain slow in hot April loan market<br />

May 02, 2013; Source: LeveragedLoan.com; By : Steve Miller<br />

Amendment activity was lackluster again in April. With liquidity running hot in<br />

the institutional market, amend-to-extend activity was limited to pro rata<br />

loans. Covenant-relief activity, meanwhile, remained slow. In all, four issuers<br />

loosened tests on $2.8 billion of leveraged loans, versus $5.8 billion in March.<br />

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<strong>CLO</strong> Issuance Slides To $4B In April After Booming March<br />

May 02, 2013; Source: LeveragedLoan.com<br />

After a busy month of March, <strong>CLO</strong> issuance in the U.S. slowed noticeably in<br />

April, to just $4 billion via nine deals. The April <strong>CLO</strong> activity brings year-todate<br />

volume in the sector to $30.1 billion.<br />

While that’s a healthy $7.5 billion monthly average, the pace of<br />

collateralized loan obligation vehicles has dropped off. In March there was<br />

nearly $11 billion in issuance via 22 deals.<br />

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Leveraged loans return 0.6% in April as rally persists; YTD return is 2.72%<br />

May 01, 2013; Source: LeveragedLoan.com; By : Steve Miller<br />

The loan market’s 2013 rally persisted in April. Fueled by another month of<br />

muscular technical conditions and positive investor sentiment, the S&P/LSTA<br />

Index returned 0.6%, versus 0.82% in March. The larger names that constitute<br />

the S&P/LSTA Loan 100 lagged slightly in April, with a 0.56% return, after<br />

marginally outperforming in March, at 0.84%.<br />

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Leveraged loan default rate eases in April after hitting recent high<br />

May 01, 2013; Source: LeveragedLoan.com; By : Steve Miller<br />

After pushing to its highest level since November 2010 in March, the loan<br />

default rate receded in April.<br />

Indeed, the S&P/LSTA Index suffered just one default during the month,<br />

when Synagro Technologies filed for Chapter 11. As a result, the loan default<br />

rate retreated to 1.91% by principal amount, from 2.21% in March, when<br />

three directory issuers defaulted on $4 billion of loans.<br />

For more: Click here<br />

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Goldentree Returns To Europe With €252.5M <strong>CLO</strong><br />

May 16, 2013; Source: Finalternatives.com<br />

Investing<br />

Hedge fund Goldentree Asset Management is selling its first European collateralized loan obligation in six years.<br />

The New York firm is seeking about €252.5 million (US$325 million) and has already sold the majority of the issuance. Only €68.5<br />

million in top-rated notes remain Bloomberg News reports.<br />

The <strong>CLO</strong> includes about €113 million in triple-A-rated notes, as well as fixed-rate bonds denominated in both euros and pounds<br />

sterling. The deal, arranged by Morgan Stanley, has a 12-year final maturity.<br />

For more: Click here<br />

SCI Start the Week - 20 May<br />

May 13, 2013; Source: Structuredcreditinvestor.com;<br />

A look at the major activity in structured finance over the past seven days<br />

Pipeline<br />

A broad range of transactions remained in the pipeline at the end of last week. These deals comprise four ABS, four RMBS and two<br />

CMBS.<br />

The ABS currently in the pipeline consists of: €800m Bavarian Sky German Auto Loans 1; US$238m CarFinance Auto Receivables Trust<br />

2013-1; US$599.7m Edsouth Indenture No.4 Series 2013-1; and €300m Volta Electricity Receivables Securitisation. The RMBS include<br />

Firstmac Series 1E-2013 and £420.6m Kenrick No.2, as well as two servicer advance deals - HLSS Servicer Advance Receivables Trust<br />

series 2013-T2 and 2013-T3 (each sized at US$425m). Finally, a pair of CMBS continues to be marketed - US$510m JPMCC 2013-JWRZ<br />

and US$1.47bn WFRBS 2013-C14.<br />

For more: Click here<br />

Prudential Fixed Income to manage EUR300 million <strong>CLO</strong><br />

May 13, 2013; Source: Marketwatch.com;<br />

Prudential Fixed Income has been appointed collateral manager for the Dryden XXVII Euro <strong>CLO</strong> 2013 BV, which closed today, the<br />

company announced. Prudential Fixed Income is the principal fixed income business of Prudential Financial, Inc. which is<br />

headquartered in the US.<br />

The collateralized loan obligation, arranged by Barclays Bank plc, is only the second European <strong>CLO</strong> to come to market since the global<br />

financial crisis and is the sixth to be issued under Prudential's Dryden brand in the last 17 months. Dryden XXVII is being managed by<br />

Prudential Fixed Income's leveraged finance time in London, which operates in the UK as Pramerica Fixed Income.<br />

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Wasserstein launches fund to invest in leveraged loans, HY bonds<br />

May 09, 2013; Source: LeveragedLoan.com; By: Kerry Kantin<br />

Wasserstein & Co. last month launched its first credit-oriented hedge fund as part of its effort to build out a broad assetmanagement<br />

platform, according to sources.<br />

The fund, Wasserstein Debt Opportunities, will invest primarily in leveraged loans and high-yield bonds issued by companies with<br />

annual EBITDA of up to $300 million. The fund is seeking to create differentiated high-yield exposure by focusing on non-large-cap<br />

credits with less transparency and pricing efficiency, sources added.<br />

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Omers Private equity lines up financing for Civica buyout<br />

May 08, 2013; Source: LeveragedLoan.com; By: David Cox/Sarah Husband<br />

Omers Private Equity has agreed to buy Civica, the British provider of computer software to the public sector, from 3i for £390<br />

million. The agreement comes after a keenly fought auction that saw the Canadian buyer win out against final rival bids from<br />

Cinven and Vista.<br />

To support the bid Omers has mandated Bank of Ireland, Credit Agricole CIB, GE Capital, and ING to arrange an all senior loan<br />

financing, market sources said. Nomura, Weil and Wyvern Partners advised Omers.<br />

For more: Click here<br />

2007 US <strong>CLO</strong> hits EoD on its redemption date<br />

May 07, 2013; Source: Creditflux.com<br />

When equity investors in Integral Funding, a 2007 <strong>CLO</strong>, pushed the call button on the deal they probably envisaged the procedure<br />

to be straightforward and above all, uneventful. That was not to be as the <strong>CLO</strong> last month became the first to suffer an event of<br />

default for a failed optional redemption.<br />

Moody’s analyses the transaction in the latest edition of its <strong>CLO</strong> Interest. It states that the <strong>CLO</strong> failed to pay back class D note<br />

holders in full on the redemption date, which the issuer has blamed on delays in the settlement of collateral sales.<br />

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1 month after IPO SeaWorld readies $1.4B leveraged loan<br />

May 6, 2013; Source: LeveragedLoan.com<br />

Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Barclays, Citi, Wells Fargo, and Macquarie are coming to market with a<br />

$1.405 billion B term loan for SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, sources said.<br />

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Markit Launches <strong>CLO</strong> Pricing Service<br />

May 02, 2013; Source: Markit<br />

Markit, a leading, global financial information services company, today announced the launch of a new service for the pricing of<br />

collateralised loan obligation (<strong>CLO</strong>) tranches.<br />

Markit’s new service covers more than 5,000 investment grade tranches of US and European <strong>CLO</strong>s and was launched in response to<br />

demand from customers for a high quality, independent data source for <strong>CLO</strong> pricing<br />

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Ancestry.com preps refinancing of leveraged loan backing 2012 LBO<br />

May 02, 2013; Source: LeveragedLoan.com; By: Kerry Kantin<br />

Morgan Stanley has scheduled a lender call for 10:00 a.m. EDT tomorrow, May 3, to launch a repricing and refinancing<br />

Ancestry.com’s 2012-vintage LBO loan, according to sources.<br />

The issuer is seeking to carve out a $200 million, five-year amortizing B-2 term loan from the $670 million B covenant-lite term loan<br />

maturing in December 2018, while also seeking to reprice the balance of the loan outstanding following a $30 million paydown<br />

using cash from the balance sheet, sources said.<br />

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Ratings<br />

Moody's assigns a rating to one class of notes issued by Palmer Square <strong>CLO</strong> 2013-1, Ltd.<br />

May 17, 2013; Source: Moody’s<br />

Moody's Investors Service announced that it has assigned the following rating to notes issued by Palmer Square <strong>CLO</strong> 2013-1, Ltd.<br />

(the "Issuer" or "Palmer Square <strong>CLO</strong>"):<br />

U.S. $212,800,000 Class A-1 Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2025 (the "Class A-1 Notes"), Assigned Aaa (sf)<br />

RATINGS RATIONALE<br />

Moody's rating of the Class A-1 Notes addresses the expected loss posed to note holders. The rating reflects the risks due to<br />

defaults on the underlying portfolio of loans, the transaction's legal structure, and the characteristics of the underlying assets.<br />

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Moody's assigns a rating to one class of notes issued by OHA Credit Partners VIII, Ltd.<br />

May 15, 2013; Source: Moody’s<br />

New York, May 15, 2013 -- Moody's Investors Service announced that it has assigned the following rating to notes issued by OHA<br />

Credit Partners VIII, Ltd. (the "Issuer" or "OHA VIII"):<br />

U.S. $244,000,000 Class A Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2025 (the "Class A Notes"), Definitive Rating Assigned Aaa (sf)<br />

RATINGS RATIONALE<br />

Moody's rating of the Class A Notes addresses the expected losses posed to noteholders. The rating reflects the risks due to<br />

defaults on the underlying portfolio of loans, the transaction's legal structure, and the characteristics of the underlying assets.<br />

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Moody's assigns a provisional rating to one class of notes to be issued by Octagon Investment Partners XVI, Ltd.<br />

May 15, 2013; Source: Moody’s<br />

Moody's Investors Service announced that it has assigned the following provisional rating to notes to be issued by Octagon<br />

Investment Partners XVI, Ltd. (the "Issuer" or "Octagon XVI"):<br />

U.S. $298,500,000 Class A Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due July 2025 (the "Class A Notes"), Assigned (P)Aaa (sf)<br />

Moody's issues provisional ratings in advance of the final sale of financial instruments, but these ratings only represent Moody's<br />

preliminary credit opinions. Upon a conclusive review of a transaction and associated documentation, Moody's will endeavor to<br />

assign definitive ratings. A definitive rating (if any) may differ from a provisional rating.<br />

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Moody's assigns rating to the senior class of notes issued by ALME Loan Funding 2013-1, Ltd.<br />

May 15, 2013; Source: Moody’s<br />

Moody's Investors Service announced that it has assigned the following rating to notes issued by ALME Loan Funding 2013-1, Ltd.:<br />

Issuer: Alme Loan Funding 2013-1 Limited<br />

EUR195,000,000 Class A-1 Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2025, Definitive Rating Assigned Aaa (sf)<br />

Additional classes of notes which are not rated by Moody's will also be issued as part of the transaction.<br />

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Moody's upgrades the ratings of $457.8 million of notes issued by Bridgeport <strong>CLO</strong> Ltd.<br />

May 15, 2013; Source: Moody’s<br />

Moody's Investors Service announced today that it has upgraded the ratings of the following notes issued by Bridgeport <strong>CLO</strong> Ltd.:<br />

U.S.$387,500,000 Class A-1 Senior Floating Rate Notes Due July 21, 2020 (current outstanding balance of $372,534,590), Upgraded<br />

to Aaa (sf); previously on August 5, 2011 Confirmed at Aa1 (sf)<br />

U.S.$24,000,000 Class A-2 Senior Floating Rate Notes Due July 21, 2020, Upgraded to Aa1 (sf); previously on August 5, 2011<br />

Upgraded to Aa3 (sf)<br />

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Moody's assigns rating to the senior class of notes issued by ALME Loan Funding 2013-1, Ltd.<br />

May 15, 2013; Source: Moody’s<br />

Moody's Investors Service announced that it has assigned the following rating to notes issued by ALME Loan Funding 2013-1, Ltd.:<br />

Issuer: Alme Loan Funding 2013-1 Limited<br />

EUR195,000,000 Class A-1 Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2025, Definitive Rating Assigned Aaa (sf)<br />

For more: Click here<br />

Moody's upgrades EUR 85M <strong>CLO</strong> notes of Strawinsky I P.L.C.<br />

May 08, 2013; Source: Moody’s<br />

EUR43M Class A2 Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2024, Upgraded to Aa2 (sf); previously on Nov 7, 2011 Upgraded to Baa3<br />

(sf)<br />

EUR23M Class B Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2024, Upgraded to Baa2 (sf); previously on Nov 7, 2011 Upgraded to B3<br />

(sf)<br />

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RPT-Fitch: May SME <strong>CLO</strong> compare<br />

May 01, 2013; Source: Reuters & Fitch<br />

(The following statement was released by the rating agency)<br />

Fitch Ratings has published the May edition of its SME <strong>CLO</strong> Compare. The report is updated on a monthly basis.<br />

Fitch assigned final ratings on 5 April to IM Cajamar Empresas 5 F.T.A., a Spanish securitisation of a static pool of secured and<br />

unsecured loans to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and self-employed individuals (SEIs), originated by Cajamar Caja<br />

Rural and Caja Rural del Mediterraneo, Ruralcaja.<br />

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Rating Action: Moody's assigns ratings to two classes of notes issued by Mountain View <strong>CLO</strong> 2013-1 Ltd.<br />

May 01, 2013; Source: Moody’s<br />

Moody's Investors Service announced that it has assigned the following ratings to notes issued by Mountain View <strong>CLO</strong> 2013-1 Ltd.<br />

(the "Issuer" or "Mountain View <strong>CLO</strong>"):<br />

U.S. $4,000,000 Class X Senior Term Notes due 2024 (the "Class X Notes"), Definitive Rating Assigned Aaa (sf)<br />

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Cantor Fitzgerald Expands <strong>CLO</strong> and Structured Credit Team<br />

May 16, 2013; Source: Hereisthecity.com; By : Rhian Hughes<br />

People<br />

Cantor Fitzgerald has announced four key hires in <strong>CLO</strong>, CDO and Structured Credit in New York and London.<br />

Florian Bita joins the team in New York, and Jason Eppleston, Martin Deville and Damian Horton join Cantor Fitzgerald Europe in<br />

London, strengthening Cantor's global presence in the <strong>CLO</strong> arranging business.<br />

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Europe: Bradkin joins CVC Credit Partners<br />

May 10, 2013; Source: LeveragedLoan.com;<br />

CVC Credit Partners has hired Brandon Bradkin as a partner, the company confirmed in a press statement.<br />

Bradkin previously spent six years at Park Square Capital, where he was a partner and member of the investment committee. Prior<br />

to that, he was a managing director at Dresdner Anschutz Mezzanine fund.<br />

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Shedel promoted within BNP Paribas leveraged finance origination business<br />

May 08, 2013; Source: LeveragedLoan.com<br />

BNP Paribas has appointed Paul Shedel as head of leveraged finance origination for the Benelux, Nordic, and CEE regions. In his new<br />

role, Shedel will report to Geert Lippens, global head of BNPP’s leveraged finance business.<br />

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Vice President<br />

Head of Client Engagements<br />

Office: +1 (212) 679-8610<br />

Mobile: +1 (585) 503-4048<br />

Sandeep Baid<br />

Director<br />

Business Development – Research<br />

Office +44 (0) 207-138-0945<br />

Mobile +44 (0) 7500-936-043<br />

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