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Goldman refis 2013 and 2017 CLOs for Axa IM and Napier Park
3 years ago
Goldman Sachs flexed its CLO refinancing muscles on Tuesday, arranging very different cost-cutting deals for Axa Investment Managers and Napier Park Global -
Axa IM leads as ESG grows in European CLO industry
3 years ago
European CLOs are increasingly launching with express ESG mandates embedded as issuers seek to get ahead of what appears to be an inevitable shift towards ethical investing -
Axa IM returns to US new issue CLO market after one-year break
3 years ago
Axa Investment Managers has returned to the new issue CLO market in the US after pricing the $406.25 million Allegro CLO XII via BNP Paribas -
CLO pipeline: 15 managers make a final push
3 years ago
15 US CLO managers are in the near term pipeline with just a few days before primary markets close for the holiday season. Among these, nine are aiming to price a new deal while the rest include a reissue, a reset and four refinancings. -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: Secondary markets rally despite ‘worst liquidity seen all year’
3 years ago
An adjournment in the US for Veterans Day last week still left plenty of time for the CLO secondary market to rally, thanks to Pfizer's covid-19 vaccine breakthrough and a firmer indication of the US presidential election results -
Axa IM completes rare CLO tranche repricing
3 years ago
Axa Investment Managers has completed a rare repricing of the fixed-rate notes of its 2018 CLO Allegro VIII. BNP Paribas arranged the $10.8 million repricing -
US CLO single Bs reach post-crisis tights despite rating pressure
3 years ago
US CLO single Bs are trading at their tightest levels since the coronavirus pandemic outbreak and ,while these bonds make up a tiny slice of the market, more and more instances of single B b-wics are ocurring -
OC health check: all quiet on the overcollateralisation front
3 years ago
Eight US broadly syndicated loan CLOs reported overcollateralisation test breaches last week during a quiet reporting period in which only 40 CLOs published a trustee report, according to CLO-i, but focus is turning to the swathe of CLO distributions coming due. -
Beneath the triple C: downgrades hold steady as Travelport loses its luggage
3 years ago
For the second month in a row downgrades to triple C steadied, with just under $9 billion of CLO loans falling to this rating across 34 corporate borrowers -
OC health check: US CLOs show improvement as first euro CLOs breach multiple tests
3 years ago
15 deals reported a breach in an overcollateralisation test last week according to the latest reports available on CLO-i, including one European CLO and 14 US broadly syndicated loan CLOs. -
European CLO trader set to join Axa IM
3 years ago
An experienced CLO trader in London is going to be taking on his first buy-side role, sources say -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: equity makes a return as investors search for price levels
3 years ago
Three European CLO equity bonds have traded with colour attached in the last two weeks in the secondary market -
Four managers eye breakthrough new issue European CLOs
3 years ago
The European primary CLO market is showing signs of revival with four managers eyeing deals -
Axa IM makes savings at triple A level, but juniors widen as it prices new US CLO
4 years ago
Axa Investment Managers has priced a new US CLO which underlines how senior CLO spreads have been stable this year, while junior spreads have shot wider -
CLO pipeline: DFG keeps its finger on the pulse
4 years ago
It will be a busy year-end for new issue CLOs in the US. DFG is returning with Pulsar II, using collateral sourced entirely from the secondary market -
Euro CLO league tables: repricings take centre stage in bumper month as CVC leaps into first
4 years ago
The European CLO market returned with a bang in September as €4.8 billion of issuance priced of which €2.7 billion was in repricings. -
Euro CLO round-up: debt investors own the floor as tempo picks up
4 years ago
It was one of those rare weeks in Europe when volumes surpassed the much larger US CLO market and, to cap it all off, spreads made a big jump tighter. -
Spreads tighten 3bp as Axa IM prices first European new issue CLO for 12 months
4 years ago
Triple A CLO spreads tumbled in Europe again on Friday as Axa Investment Managers priced its first new CLO in 12 months, according to market sources -
CLO pipeline: managers look to avoid a repeat of 2018 with new issue flutter
4 years ago
US and European CLO managers are preparing to up the ante in September, but they will have to defy a trend set a year ago -
Axa IM promotes global head of loans and private debt following Levilain departure
4 years ago
Axa Investment Managers has promoted a new global head of leveraged loans and private debt to fill the vacancy left by Jean-Philippe Levilain, who has left to join CBAM -
US CLO giant CBAM makes big hire as it moves into Europe
4 years ago
CBAM has revealed plans to move into European credit and has hired an experienced loan manager to oversee the launch of the business -
US CLO round-up: something old, something new, GSAM returns with newcomers too
4 years ago
GSAM is back pricing CLOs after 12 years away, while relative newcomers make swifter re-entries in the CLO market -
Axa IM prices first CLO refinancing since 2017
4 years ago
Axa Investment Managers refinanced its 2016 CLO, Allegro CLO IV yesterday via Goldman Sachs. The $440 million transaction knocks 22 basis points off of CLO’s funding cost from 200.1bp to 178.1bp. -
Global CLO round-up: new managers put down roots
4 years ago
Birch Grove priced its debut CLO this week while relative newcomers PPM (in the US) and Voya Alternative Asset Management (Europe) grew their CLO AUM. -
Axa IM becomes 70th manager to price new issue CLO in 2019
4 years ago
Axa Investment Managers teamed up with Bank of America Merrill Lynch yesterday to price its latest CLO, becoming the 70th manager in 2019 with a new issue deal under its belt
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