Kroll Bond Rating Agency Europe Limited (KBRA) assigns preliminary ratings to six classes of notes to be issued by Deer Park CLO DAC, a cash flow collateralised loan obligation (CLO) back primarily by a diversified portfolio of Euro-denominated corporate loans.
Deer Park CLO DAC is managed by Blackstone GSO Debt Funds Management Europe Limited ("DFME" or the "collateral manager"). The CLO will have a 3.1-year reinvestment period and a 12.6-year legal final. The preliminary ratings reflect initial credit enhancement levels, coverage tests including par value and interest coverage tests, excess spread, and a reinvestment par value test.
The collateral in Deer Park CLO DAC will mainly consist of broadly syndicated leveraged loans issued by corporate obligors diversified across sectors. The obligors in the portfolio have a K-WARF of 2392, which represents a weighted average portfolio assessment of approximately B. The target portfolio par amount is €350.0 million with exposures to 148 obligors.
DFME currently has €8.8 billion in AUM across 22 European CLOs as of April 2020. DFME is a large, programmatic issuer of European CLOs with a strong track record and highly experienced management team. DFME is an affiliate of The Blackstone Group Inc. and GSO Capital Partners LP (together with other affiliates, "GSO") an alternative asset manager with over $120 billion in credit assets under management.
The social and economic fallout from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will impact different corporate sectors to varying degrees but broadly, we expect pressure on corporate credit portfolio quality. KBRA assessed the risks of near-term potential credit deterioration across by increasing the portfolio's KBRA Weighted Average Rating Factor (K-WARF).
The preliminary ratings on the Class X, A-1, A-2A, and A-2B Notes consider the timely payment of interest and ultimate payment of principal by the applicable stated maturity date, while its preliminary ratings on the Class B and C notes consider the ultimate payment of interest and principal.
KBRA analysed the transaction using Structured Credit Global Rating Methodology published on 13 March 2020 and the and the Global Structured Finance Counterparty Methodology published on 8 August 2018.
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