Cairn Capital obtained regulatory approval in August 2004 and has since established itself as one of the few companies that is capable of providing independent advice, asset management services and fund products relating to the credit markets. Cairn Capital has developed extensive relationships throughout the market.
Since inception Cairn Capital has completed a number of notable transactions and obtained a number of significant mandates
- 9 public investment grade corporate transactions, encompassing a number of different credit strategies
- Credit CPPI
- Long / Short CDO
- Leveraged Super Senior
- First fully managed CPDO - 8 public ABS transactions, focusing on US collateral
- 9 private investment grade corporate CSO transactions, at equity / mezzanine levels
- 2 European CLOs
- In excess of $1 billion of real estate transactions
- 1 balance sheet advisory mandate for a major European bank
- 8 advisory mandates in connection with the restructuring of ABS, SIV, leveraged loan and real estate assets
- Cairn Capital manages the Cairn Capital Structured Credit Fund
Notable features
- Assets under management and long-term advice of approximately US$36.6 billion
- Cairn Capital`s ABS CDO management business secured a Cam2- rating from Fitch
- Cairn Capital has invested significant capital in its infrastructure. It has state of the art risk capture and management systems
- A number of these systems are proprietary to Cairn Capital and many contribute to its reputation of having robust, open, detailed and timely investor reporting
- Cairn Capital has a team of 43 individuals with experience of investment banks, rating agencies and other financial institutions


