This study investigates the determinants of spread on structured finance issues backed by project finance (PF) loans. We find that credit rating is the most important variable in determining tranche spread at issue. We also document how factors that are important for pricing in the case of...

Structured financing techniques in oil-and-gas-related project finance have grown more popular over the past several decades. Securitization, in particular, has played an important role in project finance by increasing oil and gas sponsors' access to affordable financing from the capital markets...

We find that credit rating is the most important variable in determining tranche spread at issue on Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDOs) issues backed by project finance (PF) loans. Factors that are important for pricing in the case of corporate bonds, such as market liquidity and weighted...