DoubleLine Publishes Paper on Investment-Grade ABS for Incremental Yield and Diversification

TAMPA, Fla., May 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- DoubleLine Capital's Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) team has authored a new white paper analyzing the incremental yields available in investment grade ABS, these securities' investor-friendly structural protections and the sector's role as a diversifier relative to other investment grade parts of the bond market.

The research paper was authored by Andrew Hsu, head of the ABS team and portfolio manager, structured products; Fifi Wong, portfolio manager, structured products; Stephan Diaz Ellinghaus, specialist, ABS and structured products; Michael Fine, ABS trade.

To read the paper, "Asset-Backed Securities for Enhanced Risk-to-Return Potential," please open this link: https://doubleline.com/wp-content/uploads/ABS-for-Enhanced-Return-To-Risk-Potential_Mar-2025.pdf

Among the paper's findings:

• The ABS sector is experiencing growing interest from and adoption by investors, fueled by the potential to generate excess yield and consistent cash flows through defensive structural features.
• ABS allocations offer meaningful diversification and enhanced return potential to an income-focused investment portfolio.
• ABS are structured to mitigate potential collateral deterioration in challenging economic environments.
• The increasing breadth and depth of the ABS issuance opportunity set is supported by the investment options the asset class offers a wide range of borrowers.

ABS are debt instruments within the structured products category of fixed income that are secured by contractual cash flows and assets. Within the broader securitized debt market, ABS do not include residential or commercial mortgage-backed securities or collateralized loan obligations. Classic examples of ABS, which have been members of the Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index for over 20 years, are securitizations of auto loans, credit card receivables and commercial aircraft leases.

The asset class has evolved to offer new and diverse investment opportunities. Issuance has expanded across a broad spectrum of economic activity (e.g., data centers, renewable energy and transportation assets). Opportunities in new subsectors and issuers have emerged frequently. For example, 2024 delivered the first securitization of IP addresses and the first ground-mount community solar ABS. This growth propelled ABS to a post-GFC record last year with $335 billion in new issuance across 600 deals.

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