Leveraged Loans Research for a US CLO fund
About Client:
A newly set up multi-million-dollar US-based CLO fund based in New York.
Business Problem:
The fund managers used to spend a lot of time researching for the origination and maintenance of 300+ US credits. So, to conserve its senior bandwidth for new and drive-by deals, they were looking to outsource regular maintenance updates to a 3rd party research partner
ValueAdd Solution:
ValueAdd quickly set up a two-analyst team with extensive leveraged loans research experience, and was supported by a Delivery Manager.
Exhaustive coverage support:
- Regular support includes quarterly earnings updates/blurbs & summary notes, corporate actions updates, and daily news monitoring
Support beyond coverage:
- In addition, the support also includes new & drive-by deal analysis, and other adhoc research requests.
- Produce one-pagers tearsheets, followed by credit memo for filtered ideas
Benefits Delivered:
- Led to acceleration of idea generation and quick investment decisions
- Led to a saving of ~US$80,000 by not hiring an analyst in New York.
- The India team worked overnight of the US, thus offering 24/5 productivity
- Increased client bandwidth for effective fund management