Investments

Asset-Backed Securities (ABS)

Arena invests in financial assets creatively across industries and structure types.

Investment size

$1-$50M

Average term

1-5 years

Geography

Global

Strategy Description

The Arena Asset-Backed Securities team originates investments or loans backed by a broad range of financial assets and facilitates the purchase and liquidation of these assets. We finance and invest in “off-the-run” loans and securities backed by mortgages (commercial and residential), equipment leases, auto loans, retail purchase loans and unsecured consumer loans.

Structures include, among others, esoteric asset securitizations, synthetics, CLOs and CDOs, and aviation or other leased asset securitizations.

Assets & Industries

  • Aircraft, aircraft engines and other parts
  • Autos
  • BDCs
  • Commercial equipment, machinery
  • Commercial receivables
  • Commission payments
  • Corporate bonds and leveraged loans
  • Credit cards
  • Entertainment royalties
  • Equipment financing
  • Franchise loans
  • Insurance products
  • Intellectual property
  • Legal settlements
  • Marine assets including ships and containers
  • MCA/SME loans
  • Medical receivables
  • Mortgages, real property
  • Railcars
  • Securitized products
  • Solar
  • Student loans
  • Tax liens, tax credits
  • Trade finance
  • Whole businesses

Underwriting Ability

Broad opportunity set across vanilla securitized, esoterics, and securitized-adjacent corporates

Investment Structures

  • CBOs
  • CLOs
  • CMBS
  • MBS
  • RMBS
  • REITs
  • Consumer ABS
  • Esoteric ABS
  • WBS
  • FIG Corporates

Contact

ADavid Disquez

Managing Director, Structured Finance

AVictor Dupontz

Director, Structured Finance

KVivek Nayarz

Managing Director, Structured Finance

Contact

ADavid Disquez

Managing Director, Structured Finance

AVictor Dupontz

Director, Structured Finance

KVivek Nayarz

Managing Director, Structured Finance