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January 13, 2017
Following a year in which the CLO market started slowly and then picked up speed spurred by a desire to close transactions prior to new US risk retention rules becoming effective, 2017 could be a year of significant evolution for the CLO market, especially in Europe.
So say senior lawyers at Cadwalader, who have analyzed the 2016 CLO market and are advising clients on what to expect in the new year.
“I think it’s fair to say that the market is in the process of evolving to meet the requirements of new and proposed rules,” said Cadwalader partner David Gingold in New York.
Gingold regularly represents investment banks as CLO arrangers. He noted that:
Gingold has already seen signs that 2017 will be different.
“With the US risk retention regulations now effective, we anticipate a smaller number of managers operating in the market. We also anticipate seeing proportionately fewer refinancings relative to new issue transactions, and arrangers providing new financing solutions for those managers that remain in the market,” he said.
Partner David Quirolo in London further noted that the CLO market will also be watching the recast of the European risk retention rules on the trilogue process on January 19.
Cadwalader is one of the industry’s leading firms in the CLO space. The global team actively represents issuers, underwriters and collateral managers in CLO and related transactions and, in the last 12 months, has closed 94 transactions valued at over $40 billion – more than any other law firm – taking it to the top of the league tables and claiming approximately 85% of the global CLO market.
