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COLLATERALIZED LOAN OBLIGATIONS (CLOs)

SEIX BRINGS NUMEROUS ADVANTAGES TO INVESTORS INTERESTED IN CAPITALIZING ON CLOs.

15+ year track record managing CLOs

Longstanding team has managed portfolios throughout multiple credit cycles

Experienced tenure of senior credit research team (21+ years average industry experience)

Our Approach

Seix seeks to create value through a sound, transparent and repeatable process that leverages our competitive advantages and aims to capture upside potential while limiting downside risk.

Critical to achieving this is in-depth fundamental, bottom-up credit analysis and a strict sell discipline.

Strategy Overview

Seix CLOs focus on the healthier segment of the leveraged loan universe

Our strategy focuses on BB and B rated loans, all with an emphasis on companies with strong asset coverage, solid free cash flow generation, and management teams that have a balanced approach to both their debt and equity holders.

Portfolio Managers

George K. Goudelias

Managing Director, Head of Leveraged Finance, Senior Portfolio Manager

Joined Seix Investment Advisors 2001
Industry Experience since 1987

George is the head of the firm’s leveraged finance platform. In this capacity, he provides strategic oversight of high yield bond portfolio management activities as well as serving as senior portfolio manager for all leveraged loan portfolios. George joined Seix in 2001 as head of leveraged finance research, and subsequently launched the leveraged loan strategy in 2005. Since inception of this strategy, this has expanded to include all leveraged loan portfolios and CLOs. Prior to joining Seix he was a senior high yield research analyst at J.P. Morgan Securities. George received both a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Accounting and a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance from New York University.

David Phipps

Managing Director, Portfolio Manager, and Senior Leveraged Finance Research Analyst

Joined Seix Investment Advisors 2019
Industry Experience since 1992

David is an experienced leveraged finance research analyst covering the technology, media and telecom (TMT), and chemicals industries. He became a portfolio manager on the CLO Strategy in August of 2021. His impressive industry experience includes Institutional Investor’s #1 recognition for sell side research for three consecutive years (2000 – 2002) as lead analyst on JP Morgan’s high yield technology team. Prior to joining Seix, David was a leveraged finance TMT publishing analyst for Citigroup after serving as a desk analyst for similar sectors. Prior to Citigroup, he worked for Advent Capital as a TMT research analyst, co-portfolio manager and co-research director. David began his finance career at Chase Manhattan Bank in mergers & acquisitions as well as recovery & restructuring. After Chase Manhattan Bank merged with Chemical Bank (and subsequently merged with JP Morgan), he was a leveraged finance publishing analyst for the technology, healthcare, chemical, retail, supermarket and restaurant sectors. David received an MBA with distinction from the University of Michigan and a B.S. magna cum laude in computer science from Virginia Tech.

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