The deal's LCF AAA class ultimately printed at S +77, with KKR listed as the B - piece buyer of
the horizontal risk retention mandate.
It is now required that conduit deals structured with either a horizontal or hybrid risk retention arrangement disclose deals» proceeds in order to accurately determine how large
horizontal risk retention slices should be.
Not exact matches
Whether issuers opt to use the vertical,
horizontal or B - piece buyer exemption for
risk retention, each will come with an adjustment related to the cost of funds that will impact pricing.
However, sponsors have introduced new structures, including new deals introduced in January, that have tested all different models of
horizontal, vertical and even L - shaped
risk -
retention models.
But this year, large CMBS shops appear to know what direction they are taking on
risk retention securitization structures, be it
horizontal, vertical or L - shaped.
According to Dodd - Frank
risk retention rules that went into effect last December, sponsors and third - party investors of an asset - backed securitization are required to retain a 5 % interest in the transaction under the form of a vertical (5 % of each class),
horizontal (5 % of the lowest bonds in the deal waterfall), or hybrid structural holding (combination of the vertical and
horizontal structures equal to 5 %).
Risk retention rules require that issuers retain a vertical slice equal to 5 % of a deal's par value, or a
horizontal slice equal to 5 % of a deal's market value.
When deals are structured with a
horizontal or hybrid
risk -
retention structure, where both vertical and
horizontal pieces are retained, the B - piece buyer swallows the cost.
The investment manager acquired bonds with a face value of $ 265.81 million, comprising the
horizontal risk -
retention classes of three conduit deals totaling $ 2.9 billion.