KBRA Assigns a Preliminary Rating to ICG US CLO 2019-1, Ltd.

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) assigns a preliminary rating to one class of notes issued by ICG US CLO 2019-1, Ltd. (ICG 2019-1).

ICG 2019-1 is a cash flow collateralized loan obligation (CLO) managed by ICG Debt Advisors LLC (the collateral manager). The CLO will have a five-year reinvestment period and the legal final maturity is on Oct. 26, 2032. The rating reflects initial credit enhancement levels, excess spread, four levels of coverage tests including overcollateralization ratio and interest coverage tests, and an interest diversion test.

The collateral in ICG 2019-1 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 2284, which represents a weighted average portfolio assessment of approximately B. The total portfolio par amount is $400 million with expected exposures to over 170 obligors when the transaction is fully invested. The portfolio is over 54% ramped as of August 26, 2019 and the remainder will be acquired before the transaction’s effective date.

Established in 1999, ICG Debt Advisors LLC (“ICG”), has a $13.6 billion broadly syndicated credit platform, focused primarily on CLOs, syndicated loans, multi-asset credit and structured credit strategies. ICG invests across North America and Europe and has issued 11 U.S. CLOs since 2014, with approximately $4.5 billion in CLO assets under management.

The Class A-1A Notes have par subordination of 38.5% and 10% cushion on the senior overcollateralization ratio test. The rating on the Class A-1A Notes represents timely interest and ultimate principal.

KBRA analyzed the transaction using Global Structured Credit Rating Methodology published on August 7, 2018 and the Global Structured Finance Counterparty Methodology published on August 8, 2018.

The rating is based on information known to KBRA at the time of this publication.

To access ratings, reports and disclosures, click here.

Related Publications: (available at www.kbra.com)

• ICG US CLO 2019-1 Ltd. Pre-Sale Report
• Structured Things: The Upside-Down Yield Curves
• KBRA’s Structured Credit 101: Collateralized Loan Obligations
• KBRA’s Structured Credit 401: Primer on Combination Notes
• Global Structured Credit Rating Methodology

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