The podcast discusses areas of opportunity within asset-backed lending, dry powder in the market vs. deal quality in private credit, managing the entire portfolio and deciding on investment opportunities, challenges posed by high interest rates and increased banking regulations, concerns about companies running out of cash and competition in the market, and various bankruptcy and restructuring cases.
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Private credit managers should focus on diverse exit strategies to mitigate the risk of companies running out of cash in the current inflationary environment.
In order to maintain deal quality, private credit managers must prioritize disciplined investments and consider fundamentals, especially in volatile industries like commodity companies.
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Capital Solutions team at Soundpoint Capital Management
Morgan Dean, an associate portfolio manager on the Capital Solutions team at Soundpoint Capital Management, discusses the team's focus on providing liquidity solutions to stressed companies. They primarily target asset-backed loans for companies experiencing transitional periods, with loan sizes ranging from $100 to $600 million. They often lend against market receivables, particularly from companies with resilient cash generation, such as Walmart. The uncertain economic and credit environment, along with increasing banking regulations, make projecting cash flows more challenging.
Multiple Paths to Exit
Morgan Dean emphasizes the importance of considering multiple paths to exit for their deals. In the current inflationary environment, companies face a higher risk of running out of cash, making a variety of exit options crucial. This focus on diverse exit strategies is also driven by the growing competition in the private credit market, where credits held now will compete with liquid credit deals in three years. Dean explains the need to be disciplined and invest in deals that offer multiple exit stories beyond traditional refinancing.
Balancing Deployment and Quality
Morgan Dean discusses the delicate balance between deploying funds and maintaining the overall quality of deals. Private credit managers face competition for deploying their dry powder, which can lead to less-disciplined investments and lesser regard for fundamentals. Dean emphasizes that the fundamentals must make sense, especially when considering deals with pick interests or dealing with volatile industries like commodity companies reliant on oil prices. She predicts that private credit will continue to attract inflows due to the relative value story when compared to venture capital and private equity, as well as the diversification and financing assurance it provides.
Morgan Dean, a portfolio manager on Sound Point Capital Management’s Capital Solutions team, discusses areas of opportunity within asset-backed lending, and dry powder in the market vs. deal quality in private credit with Reorg’s James Holloway. Sound Point is a credit-focused asset manager, and pro forma for the recently announced acquisition from Assured Guaranty, will have $47 billion in assets under management.
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