Michael Campbell Joins Pretium as Senior Managing Director, Head of International Real Estate

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Michael Campbell Joins Pretium as Senior Managing Director, Head of International Real Estate

July 13, 2023

Experienced Global Real Estate Investment Professional Will Expand Capabilities Outside of the United States

NEW YORK – July 13, 2023 – Pretium, a specialized investment firm with more than $50 billion in assets under management, today announced the addition of Michael Campbell as Senior Managing Director, Head of International Real Estate. In this newly created role, based in London, Mr. Campbell will lead the firm’s efforts to expand its real estate investing to markets outside of the United States and support international relationships.

“Pretium has been a leader in single-family rental housing in the United States for over a decade,” said Don Mullen, Founder and CEO of Pretium. “With the addition of Michael, our team is better positioned to explore international residential markets with attributes similar to the U.S. housing market, where we have been successful. We believe that our visionary and technology-driven investment approach applied to new global markets can unlock significant value for our stakeholders.”

Mr. Campbell brings to Pretium over 30 years of experience launching and growing real estate investment management platforms on a global scale, having previously held both institutional and entrepreneurial investment and advisory leadership roles across a variety of property sectors in North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Prior to joining Pretium, Mr. Campbell spent nearly a decade spearheading the global real estate investment platform at Mubadala, where he was responsible for all international real estate investment activities.

“Expanding to markets in Europe and outside of the United States is a logical extension of our business given the opportunity for institutional investment in residential markets across the developed world,” said Josh Pristaw, Senior Managing Director, Head of Real Estate. “Michael brings compelling global real estate investment experience and relationships with international investors to our team. We are confident Michael is the right leader to support these new efforts and help drive our next phase of strategic growth.”

“It has been a privilege to work with a number of esteemed investor-fiduciaries in our industry. Pretium’s innovative approach coupled with the scale the firm has achieved since its founding are a testament to its talented team,” said Mr. Campbell. “I look forward to contributing to the expansion of our geographic footprint.”

Prior to his role at Mubadala, Mr. Campbell was Managing Partner at Phene Capital, a real estate investment boutique. Previously, he served as Chief Operating Officer and led all U.S. investment and operational activities at a European family office. He also served as a Managing Director and member of the real estate investment and operating committees at UBS Wealth Management, building and managing its diversified real estate investment management business, and as a Principal at JP Morgan as part of the original team to buildout its global private equity real estate businesses. He began his career at Ernst & Young and Arthur Andersen.

Mr. Campbell earned a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University and a Master of Business Administration from Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

About Pretium

Pretium is a specialized investment firm focused on U.S. residential real estate, residential credit, and corporate credit. Pretium was founded in 2012 to capitalize on investment and lending opportunities arising as a result of structural changes, disruptions, and inefficiencies within the economy. Pretium has built an integrated analytical and operational ecosystem within the U.S. housing, residential credit, and corporate credit markets, and believes that its insight and experience within these markets create a strategic advantage over other investment managers. Pretium’s platform has more than $50 billion of assets, comprising real estate investments across 30 markets in the U.S., and employs more than 4,000 people across 30 offices, including its New York headquarters, Dubai, London, Seoul, and Sydney. Please visit www.pretium.com for additional information.

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Jon Keehner / Kate Thompson / Lyle Weston
Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
212-355-4449
Media-SFR@pretium.com

Pretium’s Real Estate Team Expands by Adding Experienced Portfolio Manager Jason Lewis as Managing Director

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Pretium's Real Estate Team Expands by Adding Experienced Portfolio Manager Jason Lewis as Managing Director

July 10, 2023

Pretium's Real Estate Team Expands by Adding Experienced Portfolio Manager Jason Lewis as Managing Director

NEW YORK, July 10, 2023 – Pretium, a specialized investment firm with more than $50 billion in assets under management, today announced that Jason Lewis has joined the firm as a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager on the Real Estate team. Mr. Lewis will be focused on the performance and expansion of Pretium’s single-family rental (“SFR”) vehicles.

Mr. Lewis brings over 15 years of experience in managing large, diversified real estate portfolios across product types and investment strategies. His experience spans portfolio construction, asset management, capital raising, performance measurement, and he has overseen more than $10 billion in investment transactions. Mr. Lewis joins Pretium from UBS Realty Investors, where he served as an Executive Director and Portfolio Manager. Before UBS, Mr. Lewis was the Head of Asset and Portfolio Management at CA Residential. He began his real estate career at Capri Capital Partners, LLC., most recently as a Partner, Head of Asset Management and lead portfolio manager for some of the firm’s largest separate accounts and commingled fund vehicles.

“The addition of Jason to our growing Real Estate team demonstrates the continued success of our strategy and our platform,” said Josh Pristaw, Senior Managing Director and Head of Real Estate at Pretium. “We are excited to welcome Jason to Pretium, and I am confident his expertise in executing winning portfolio management strategies and forming strong client relationships will be an asset to our firm.”

“Pretium is a leader in the single-family rental industry and has a strong track record of delivering value for its stakeholders,” said Mr. Lewis. “I am looking forward to partnering with such a talented team and to leveraging my experience as we expand the firm’s investment management capabilities, optimize portfolio performance for its global investor base and continue to pursue innovation within the housing sector.”

Mr. Lewis earned a Master of Business Administration, with a concentration in Real Estate and Finance from Columbia Business School and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Morehouse College.

About Pretium

Pretium is a specialized investment firm focused on U.S. residential real estate, residential credit, and corporate credit. Pretium was founded in 2012 to capitalize on investment and lending opportunities arising as a result of structural changes, disruptions, and inefficiencies within the economy. Pretium has built an integrated analytical and operational ecosystem within the U.S. housing, residential credit, and corporate credit markets, and believes that its insight and experience within these markets create a strategic advantage over other investment managers. Pretium’s platform has more than $50 billion of assets, comprising real estate investments across 30 markets in the U.S., and employs more than 4,000 people across 30 offices, including its New York headquarters, Dubai, London, Seoul, and Sydney. Please visit www.pretium.com for additional information.


Contacts

Jon Keehner / Kate Thompson / Lyle Weston
Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
212-355-4449
Media-SFR@pretium.com

SCI Pretium – Mezz Opportunities

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SCI Pretium - Mezz Opportunities

July 2023

Pretium structured credit and CLO liabilities MD Ian Wolkoff and Director Marty Young argue that mezzanine CLO bonds should be on the radar screens of most asset allocators with long investment horizons.

Mezz opportunities

Pretium structured credit and CLO liabilities MD Ian Wolkoff and Director Marty Young argue that mezzanine CLO bonds should be on the radar screens of most asset allocators with long investment horizons

US CLO mezzanine debt offers high expected return rates, with yields maintained under a default scenario more extreme than the GFC credit cycle and with upside potential in a market recovery scenario.

CLO debt offers strong long-run expected returns with bounded downside

In the current market context, macro uncertainty and the potential for a growth downturn loom large while valuations across many sectors still screen as relatively expensive. Given this set-up, asset allocators are searching even more actively than usual for investment opportunities which offer high potential yields but with contained downside protection in bearish scenarios. CLO mezzanine debt is a sector which appears to offer this combination.

The US CLO market has grown to over US$950bn in outstanding balance, with over US$160bn of balance in mezzanine (single-A through single-B) tranches. As a result, a CLO mezzanine debt strategy addresses a market large enough to allow investors to allocate selectively while still targeting high yields with contained risks.

Yields on CLO mezzanine debt securities have moved up sharply over the past two years; double-B CLO bonds purchased in the secondary market offer average lifetime quoted yields of 14.4% as of June 2023 versus 7.7% in mid-2021. The current baseline yields for double-B CLOs compare quite favourably to the yields available from other similarly rated fixed income assets: double-B leveraged loans and double-B corporate bonds, for example, currently yield just 7.6% and 7.2% respectively.

The extra yield earned by double-B CLOs versus double-B corporate bonds does not appear to reflect added default risk as the comparison holds debt ratings constant; indeed, during the 2008 financial crisis episode, CLO bonds had significantly lower default rates than similarly rated corporate bonds. CLO transactions are designed so that the bond classes can withstand elevated default rates on the underlying loan portfolios without taking principal losses; the double-B CLO bonds benefit from multiple structural protections, including overcollateralisation and excess spread that absorb losses before they can be passed to the double-B bonds.

A price-yield analysis of a double-B tranche from a sample 2021 vintage CLO transaction indicates that the double-B bond yield remains in double-digits under a scenario in which 28% of the underlying loan assets default over the next five years with a 60% recovery rate – a default intensity over 1.6 times the five-year cumulative default rate experienced following the global financial crisis. Indeed, the double-B tranche yield remains positive, even if the assumed five year cumulative loan default rate rises to 35%, more than 2x the level seen during 2007-2013. CLO double-B bond yields remain positive in this high default rate scenario, despite the fact that much of the bond principal would be projected to be written down in such an event, as the high projected coupon payments over the lifetime of the bond would compensate for the principal loss.

CLO debt offers upside potential in a market recovery scenario

Per above, double-B CLOs can offer around 14% yields under a moderate recession baseline scenario. The bonds can maintain these double-digit yields in a loss scenario comparable to that experienced during the global financial crisis and can continue to earn positive yields in scenarios significantly more extreme than in 2008. Thus, the long-run downside risk for the majority of bonds in the double-B CLO sector, while not zero, appears bounded.

At the same time, the bonds provide meaningful potential return upside in a scenario in which double-B CLO spreads partially normalise relative to their current wide levels. Double-B CLO spreads are currently trading 250bp above the level that would be predicted, given their historical relationship to high yield corporate bond spreads. If 60% of this pricing anomaly were to be slowly corrected over a two-year period, the double-B CLO horizon yields would be expected to reach around 18%, with 14% of the yield coming from coupon income and 4% from price appreciation.

Summary

Mezzanine CLO yields are currently elevated relative to the yields available on comparably rated corporate bonds. While CLO bonds may experience short-term mark-to-market price volatility, over a longer-term horizon, yields would be expected to remain in double-digits across a wide range of loss scenarios – including scenarios featuring default rates more extreme than those that were realised during the challenging 2007-2013 period.

At the same time, mezzanine CLO bonds offer realistic chances of return upside if bond spreads partially revert back to more historically typical levels. Given this favourable risk/return profile for mezzanine CLO debt, Pretium believes the sector should be on the radar screens of most asset allocators with long investment horizons.

Based on Pretium’s research, data and estimates from publicly available sources. Statements throughout these materials, including those regarding the market, represent the opinions and beliefs of Pretium. There can be no assurance that these will materialise.

This article was published in Structured Credit Investor on 28 June 2023.

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