Unique Strengths of Churchill Pacific's CDO Management Team
Established Team
- Senior portfolio management team has worked together for an average of 15 years.
Extensive Experience
- Issued and managed 8 CDOs since founding firm in 2000.
Superior Performance Record
- Track record of low defaults in leveraged loan assets since 1997.
Unique Portfolio Management / Credit Analyst Structure
- 3 senior credit professionals, all of whom perform corporate credit analysis.
- Consensus decision-making among senior professionals with portfolio manager override.
- "Trading floor" set-up that facilitates free flow of ideas and "constructive, rigorous debate" of credit stories and portfolio construction.
- All employees have direct financial incentives tied to the performance of CDOs.
Strong Sponsorship and Incentives
- Senior members have an equity ownership in Churchill Financial Group.
- Purchase of $48 million of equity in recently issued CDOs.