easy · Asset-Backed Securities
Why are CLO tranches typically structured as floating-rate instruments?
- To ensure the principal balance of the bonds grows over time
- Because rating agencies forbid fixed-rate bonds in structured credit
- To allow bondholders to benefit from a falling interest rate environment
- Because the underlying leveraged loans pay interest at a floating rate
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