Managed Investment Entities

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary, Does Not Hold Majority Voting Interest, Disclosures [Abstract]

AFG is the investment manager and it has investments ranging from 7.4% to 82.7% of the most subordinate debt tranche of thirteen active collateralized loan obligation entities (“CLOs”), which are considered variable interest entities. AFG also owns portions of the senior debt tranches of certain of these CLOs. Upon formation between 2012 and 2021, these entities issued securities in various senior and subordinate classes and invested the proceeds primarily in secured bank loans, which serve as collateral for the debt securities issued by each CLO. None of the collateral was purchased from AFG. AFG’s investments in the subordinate debt tranches of these entities receive residual income from the CLOs only after the CLOs pay expenses (including management fees to AFG) and interest on and returns of capital to senior levels of debt securities. There are no contractual requirements for AFG to provide additional funding for these entities. AFG has not provided and does not intend to provide any financial support to these entities.

AFG’s maximum exposure to economic loss on the CLOs that it manages is limited to its investment in those CLOs, which had an aggregate fair value of $119 million (including $98 million invested in the most subordinate tranches) at March 31, 2022, and $76 million at December 31, 2021.

The following table shows a progression of the fair value of AFG's investment in CLO tranches held by continuing operations (in millions):


	Three months ended March 31,
		2022		2021
Balance at beginning of period		$	76	$	57
Purchases		18		—
Sales		—		—
Distributions		(3)		(5)
Change in fair value		(2)		5
Balance at end of period (*)		$	89	$	57

(*)Excludes $30 million invested in a temporary warehousing entity that was established in connection with the formation of a new CLO that is expected to close in May 2022.

The revenues and expenses of the CLOs are separately identified in AFG’s Statement of Earnings, after the elimination of management fees and earnings attributable to AFG as measured by the change in the fair value of AFG’s investments in the CLOs. Selected financial information related to the CLOs is shown below (in millions):


	Three months ended March 31,
		2022		2021
Gains (losses) on change in fair value of assets/liabilities (*):
Assets		$	(57)	$	46
Liabilities		52		(44)
Management fees paid to AFG		4		4
CLO earnings (losses) attributable to AFG:
From continuing operations		$	(2)	$	5
From discontinued annuity operations		—		13
Total		$	(2)	$	18

(*)Included in revenues in AFG’s Statement of Earnings.

The aggregate unpaid principal balance of the CLOs’ fixed maturity investments exceeded the fair value of the investments by $123 million and $72 million at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively. The aggregate unpaid principal balance of the CLOs’ debt exceeded its carrying value by $223 million and $187 million at those dates. The CLO assets include loans with an aggregate fair value of $4 million at March 31, 2022 and $9 million at December 31, 2021, for which the CLOs are not accruing interest because the loans are in default (aggregate unpaid principal balance of $10 million at March 31, 2022 and $18 million at December 31, 2021).

In addition to the CLOs that it manages, AFG had investments in CLOs that are managed by third parties (therefore not consolidated), which are included in available for sale fixed maturity securities and had a fair value of $1.89 billion at March 31, 2022 and $1.64 billion at December 31, 2021.