CLO Refinancings at $50 Billion Seen Rewarding Riskiest Issues
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About $50 billion of collateralized loan obligations may be refinanced in the next two years, rewarding holders of the most speculative portions of the funds at the expense of AAA investors, according to Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc.
BlackRock Inc., Ares Management LLC and other firms have refinanced more than $2 billion of CLOs this year, and an additional $8 billion sold in 2011 will be able to cut interest payments by the end of 2013, according to RBS. Restrictions preventing more than $40 billion of 2012 investments from doing the same will be lifted in 2014, according to the bank.