Goldman Sachs is leading a $300 million collateralized loan obligation for insurance giant AIG. The deal, which has been warehousing loans for almost a year, is called Galaxy 2003, said a source. He said the notes are currently being marketed to investors in CLOs and the deal is likely to wrap up late September or early October. The source said the manager is approximately two-thirds warehoused with the majority of the deal bought prior to the contraction of spreads during the summer.
The CLO will add to the massive $4 billion AIG has in loan assets under management and would be the firm's fifth structured loan vehicle (LMW, 4/6). Officials at AIG declined comment and a Goldman CDO banker did not return calls. AIG also has a deal called Galaxy, said the source, who noted the planetary theme is probably related to SunAmerica.