KBRA Assigns Ratings to Alesco Preferred Funding XIV, Ltd.
26 Aug 2024 | New York
KBRA assigns ratings to three classes of notes issued by Alesco Preferred Funding XIV, Ltd. (Alesco XIV), a securitization backed by a portfolio of bank and insurance TruPs CDO assets.
Alesco XIV is a 2006 vintage CDO of bank and insurance holding company Tier 1 and Tier 2 capital with Cohen Bros. Financial Management, LLC (“Cohen & Co”) as the initial collateral manager. It had an initial collateral par value of $800.0 million and liabilities of $754.6 million. It is a static cash flow structure and is now managed by Hildene Structured Advisors, LLC (HSA), a relying advisor to Hildene Capital Management, LLC (Hildene).
The securitization consists of $144.0 million Class A1 Notes, $80.5 million Class A2 Notes, $103.0 million Class B Notes, $50.4 million Class C1 Notes, $33.6 million Class C2 Notes, $26.9 million Class C3 Notes, $64.7 million Class D1 Notes, $10.9 million Class D2 Notes, and $52.0 million of Preferred Shares. The ratings reflect current credit enhancement levels, excess spread, and structural features.
The Classes A1, A2, B, C1, C2, C3, D1 and D2 Notes have par subs of 60.7%, 38.8%, 10.7%, -17.4%, -17.4%, -17.4%, -27.8% and -27.8%, respectively. The current portfolio has a K-WARF of 769, which represents a weighted average portfolio assessment between BB+ and BB, and consists of 38 obligors and 38 assets.
Kroll Bond Rating Agency's (KBRA) ratings on Class A1 and A2 reflects KBRA’s opinion regarding the likelihood of timely payment of interest and ultimate repayment of principal. While the rating assigned to the Class B reflects KBRA’s opinion regarding the likelihood of ultimate payment of interest and principal. KBRA does not rate the Class C1, C2, C3, D1 and D2 Notes.
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