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Secondary activity ramps up as post-Barcelona rally continues
10 months ago
BWIC activity across European ABS and CLOs increased this week as investors and asset managers look to take some risk off heading into the summer -
Global CLO league tables - April 2023 YTD
1 year ago
Global CLO league tables - April 2023 YTD -
AlbaCore and Anchorage market European CLOs
1 year ago
AlbaCore Capital and Anchorage Group are the latest managers to brave the new issue European CLO market amid market volatility -
Global CLO league tables - February 2023 YTD
1 year ago
Global CLO league tables - February 2023 YTD -
SME CLO manager Be-Spoke rebrands to Aptimus
1 year ago
Be-Spoke Capital, manager of Europe’s first 2.0 SME CLO, has rebranded to Aptimus Capital Partners -
GoldenTree and Partners print European CLOs with 185bp triple As
1 year ago
European CLO triple As have tightened further to 185 basis points over Euribor with both Partners Group and GoldenTree Asset Management pricing deals Friday afternoon -
KKR pulls low-ramp European CLO amid loan rally
1 year ago
KKR is understood to have pulled its new issue European CLO Avoca XXVIII, according to multiple sources. The deal was due to price this week -
CVC and PGIM add to European CLO new issue surge
1 year ago
CVC and PGIM joined Ares, Neuberger and Oaktree in pricing new issues last week -
Past returns: Alhambra CLO paves the way
1 year ago
Five years ago in Creditflux, we reported that Be-Spoke Capital was launching the first SME European CLO since the financial crisis. -
Credit Suisse and UK names lead charge as European IG outperforms
1 year ago
European investment grade credit is rallying strongly at the start of this week, in contrast to a sluggish start by its US counterpart market, with Credit Suisse and UK companies among the outperformers -
UK adds itself to sour global cocktail with investors given another shake
1 year ago
US investors are returning to a sour mood across global markets on Tuesday, with escalating warfare in Ukraine, Chinese covid cases at a two-month high, the Biden administration in a standoff with China over microchips, and the UK still managing to hold focus for economic mishap -
Spreads trace worryingly familiar arc as investors take good news as bad and bad new worse
1 year ago
Credit spreads are pushing ever closer towards the year’s peak levels, continuing Wednesday a sell off that began on Tuesday, with positive US economic data perversely sparking a bearish shift in financial assets that negative European data has since compounded -
Spreads retreat ahead of pivotal US inflation report
1 year ago
Investors are holding their breath on Wednesday ahead of the latest US inflation numbers, with any change from last month’s reading likely to dictate a sizeable move in financials markets -
Market rides out China-US fray with oil, rates and jobs back in focus
1 year ago
US and European credit markets are exhibiting a firmer tone on Wednesday, with investor focus having shifted from Taiwan concerns to Opec+ oil supply. But a looming Bank of England rate hike and US jobs data mean caution remains the watchword -
CVC issues print-and-sprint Euro CLO as Goldman marks comeback
1 year ago
Goldman Sachs returned to European CLO arranging duties last week as CVC Credit Partners priced a print-and-sprint deal -
Beneath the triple C: CLOs take first knock since covid scrapes
1 year ago
CLO managers have been hit by a number of loan downgrades to triple C for the first time since the wave of pandemic-related cuts trickled to a halt in early 2021. Companies indirectly linked to the health sector suffered most in May -
Investors hold tight amid Chinese slowdown and Nordic affront to Russia
1 year ago
Financial markets are opening the week on a cautious tone, as Chinese economic data weakens the global growth outlook and new Nato applications intensify the stand-off with Russia -
Credit rally extends as investors welcome hawkish but clearer Fed message
2 years ago
Credit markets have carried their rally over to another day, fuelled in part by what investors have interpreted as a hawkish but clear message from the US Federal Reserve on policy tightening -
Global CLO trading lab: Payments season prompts equity to surge but short-dated bonds trade low
2 years ago
Over the last two weeks, $2.8 billion of US CLOs and €640 million of European CLO paper have appeared on b-wics, with equity making up 33% and 40% of the respective markets -
Gapstow expects strategic deals as credit manager M&A volume slumps to $120 billion
2 years ago
M&A volume involving credit asset managers dropped last year with total target value assets under management slumping to $120 billion from $149 billion in 2020 (and $254 billion in 2019), according to Gapstow Capital Partners -
Global CLO trading lab: bank sells $834 million triple As in quarterly reallocation as hedge fund trades CLO equity
2 years ago
Thursday’s secondary CLO market was the busiest of 2021, with over $1 billion of US CLOs on offer. This featured an enormous b-wic worth $834.3 million, where sources have told Creditflux of the bank behind the aucton. While a large credit hedge fund is said to have sold out of control CLO equity -
German convergence as travel co surges inside troubled real estate firm
2 years ago
Amid rocky markets there has been a tale of two diverging credits in the European high yield market on Wednesday, with two of the riskiest names passing each other on sharp convergent moves -
UK retailers get frosty reception after price hike warning
2 years ago
UK retailers face spread widening pressure on Tuesday against an otherwise flattish backdrop, as supply chain issues stack up prompting concerns of winter stock shortages and higher prices for goods -
European CLO weekly volume passes €4 billion as HPS resets former Bardin Hill deal
2 years ago
European CLO weekly volume rose to over €4 billion on Friday, with HPS Investment Partners rounding off the week -
Neuberger returns to Euro CLO primary market just seven months after debut
2 years ago
Barclays arranged the €306.3 million deal, named Neuberger Berman Loan Advisers Euro CLO 2, which features ESG language
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