For purposes of this brochure, “Adviser” means BSP CLO Management L.L.C., a Delaware
limited liability company established in 2019, when it was founded to serve as the investment
adviser and collateral manager to one or more CLOs (as defined below).
Background
The Adviser is a related adviser under rule 203A-2(b) under common control with an investment
adviser registered with the SEC and shares its principal office with such investment adviser.
The Adviser is indirectly controlled by Benefit Street Partners (“BSP”), a subsidiary of Franklin
Resources, Inc., a global investment management organization (together with its affiliated
advisers (but excluding the Adviser), referred to in this section as “Franklin Templeton”).
The Adviser shares employees and a unified compliance program with BSP. Please see Item 11
of this brochure for more information with respect to BSP’s compliance program.
On November 1, 2022, Franklin Resources Inc. acquired Alcentra NY, LLC (“Alcentra NY”) and
Alcentra Limited (“Alcentra Ltd.”). As a result of the acquisition BSP directly, and the Adviser
indirectly have integrated certain of their advisory activities, and expect to integrate all of their
advisory activities, which include overlapping trading and investment strategies. The Adviser and
Alcentra operate under a single compliance program together with the Adviser. The Adviser and
Alcentra Ltd. remain separate but closely-affiliated advisers (under common control of Franklin
Templeton), with certain combined operations and some overlap in trading and investment
strategies, but operate under separate and independent compliance programs. The acquisition and
various integrated activities between BSP, the Adviser,
Alcentra NY and Alcentra Ltd., as well as
certain other advisory affiliates of the Adviser, raises conflicts of interest. Please see Item 11 and
Item 12 below for information regarding how such conflicts of interest are generally addressed by
the Adviser through implementation of related policies and procedures.
The Adviser provides investment management, collateral administration and supervisory services
to the CLOs on a discretionary basis.
The CLOs are neither registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, nor registered
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“Investment Company Act”).
Accordingly, interests in the CLOs are offered exclusively to investors satisfying the applicable
eligibility and suitability requirements either in private placement transactions within the United
States (“U.S.”) or in offshore transactions. No offer to sell interests in these CLOs is made by the
descriptions in this brochure. Please see Item 7 of this brochure for more information with
respect to the Adviser’s clients.
Services
The Adviser provides investment advisory services to investment vehicles, including to one or
more collateralized loan obligation vehicles (“CLOs”), which predominantly acquire below
investment grade leveraged loans. The Adviser generally expects to provide investment advisory
services to CLOs under the terms of an investment management agreement, collateral
management agreement and/or an indenture. Each such agreement may impose significant
limitations on the types of securities and other investments that may be acquired by the relevant
CLOs.
As of December 31, 2022, the Adviser managed $4,222,953,879 of client assets on a discretionary
basis.