Cerberus sees better value in its mezz than the market

Cerberus Capital Management is retaining all the mezz bonds for its refinancing of the Vantage portfolio of UK mortgages. As a financial sponsor, Cerberus would usually make full use of the leverage available in securitization, and sell a full capital structure, but if the market can’t hit its price targets for the mezzanine bonds, it would rather buy them itself than sell them cheap.