Creditflux CLO Symposium 2023
Our flagship event returns in May 2023
The Landmark, 222 Marylebone Road, London
03
May
Panel: Beyond vanilla
CLO markets may be slow, but the universe of alternative structured credit assets continues to grow. Do they offer a valuable way to diversify portfolios, or a trap for the unwary? We ask a group of seasoned investors what they think of some of the options now available on the market, including:
- MM CLOs
- Recurring revenue ABS
- Static CLOs
- BDCs
- Synthetic CLOs
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SpeakersThomas Davidson Managing Editor CREDITFLUX
Shiloh Bates Managing Director FLAT ROCK GLOBAL
Orlando Gemes Founding Partner, Chief Investment Officer FAIRWATER CAPITALAlan George Managing Director, Head of Structured Products GOLUB CAPITALGabriele Gramazio Senior Director, Structured Credit KBRA
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Shiloh Bates is a Managing Director at Flat Rock Global. Prior to joining Flat Rock Global in 2018, Mr. Bates was a Managing Director at Benefit Street Partners, where he worked on corporate acquisitions. Prior to joining Benefit Street Partners in 2016, Mr. Bates was the Head of Structured Products at BDCA Adviser, where he was responsible for investments in collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”) and publicly traded business development companies (“BDCs”) as well as structuring the firm’s credit facilities. He has worked at several CLO managers including Canaras Capital Management, Four Corners Capital Management and ING Capital Advisors. Mr. Bates began his career as an investment banker at First Union Securities.
Mr. Bates has invested over $1 billion in CLO securities and has been a frequent panelist at CLO industry conferences.
Mr. Bates received a Master of Statistics from Columbia University, a Master of Financial Mathematics from the University of Chicago, a Master of Public Policy from Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government and a Bachelor of Science from Virginia Tech. He also served in the U.S. Army Reserves Special Operations Command as a specialist for six years.
Mr. George joined Golub Capital in 2008 and is a Managing Director and the Head of Structured Products. He is responsible for structuring and executing collateralized loan obligations, lines of credit and other structured debt financings for the Firm. He also helps oversee Golub Capital’s investment portfolio of third party securitization liabilities. Prior to joining Golub Capital, Mr. George worked at LaSalle Bank, where he specialized in real estate-focused collateralized debt obligations. Mr. George earned his BS degree in Finance from the University of Pittsburgh.
Gabriele Gramazio is a Senior Director at Kroll Bond Rating Agency Europe Limited (KBRA), based in our London office, where he focuses on European structured finance transactions.
Prior to joining KBRA, Gabriele was a primary and surveillance analyst for 12 years in the European Structured Finance Group at Moody’s Investors Service, with a particular focus on Italy and the UK. While at Moody’s, he acted as lead analyst for a wide range of securitizations including CLOs, ABS SME, RMBS, ABS, and NPLs.
Gabriele holds an MSc in banking and international finance from the Business School (formerly Cass) in London and an MSc in economics and business management from LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome.