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Third time's the charm as 2013 vintage CLO gets reset
9 days ago
Oak Hill Advisors priced a third restructuring of one of its 2013-vintage deals on Tuesday -
Octagon refis 2019 vintage CLO
16 days ago
Octagon Credit Investors has refinanced the top four tranches of Octagon Investment Partners 43, a half-billion dollar deal from 2019 -
First CLO reissue since 2021 prices
5 months ago
Cerberus Business Finance has priced the first reissue since 2021, in a reworking of its Cerberus Loan Funding XXIX CLO, according to market sources. The transaction has been renamed Cerberus Loan Funding XLIII. -
Print and sprints from 2022 generate near record returns
7 months ago
A select group of print and sprint CLOs that priced in the summer of 2022 are generating near-record IRRs on the back of the rally in the loan market over the past 12 months. The CLOs in question were structured with one-year non-call periods and were liquidated in August. -
Beneath the triple C: Winter is coming for CLOs as downgrades outstrip upgrades
1 year ago
Both US and European issuers have felt downward pressure from the rating agencies as we head towards the end of the year, with downgrades to triple C now firmly outpacing upgrades out of it. -
Golub becomes 2022's largest mid market CLO issuer by deal volume
1 year ago
Golub Capital Partners has become the year's largest issuer of middle market CLOs by pricing its third transaction -
European CLO managers trade loans to avoid (par) burn
1 year ago
Between March and July, European CLO managers traded €21 billion of assets within CLOs that were still in their reinvestment period as opportunities arose amid a weaker macro environment and Russia’s war with Ukraine -
Static European CLOs gain traction with Onex marketing via Citi and NatWest
1 year ago
Onex Credit Partners is marketing Europe’s seventh static CLO of the year -
Beneath the triple C: Stormy October hits CLOs with rising tide of downgrades
1 year ago
After a slight respite in the pace of downgrades over the summer for CLOs, October brought renewed momentum as macro-economic pressures - primarily high interest rate burdens for corporate borrowers and supply side inflation - became the recurring rationale -
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 -
Boston-based investor looks to sell entire equity tranche of 2020 PGIM CLO
1 year ago
An unusual equity position is on sale on the secondary market today at 9.30am EST (2.30pm London time) as the entire equity tranche of Dryden 83 has been listed -
Tikehau adds to triple-A discovery with first European CLO of year
1 year ago
Tikehau Capital on Tuesday night priced its first European CLO transaction of the year, via BNP Paribas -
Italian rout gathers pace as credit relationships warp well beyond historical norms
1 year ago
Renewed selling pressure on Thursday has taken credit spreads back towards the year’s wides, with financial borrowers underperforming as Chinese covid cases, US inflation and a drought in Italy all weigh on sentiment -
Euro markets slump against US after slowdown signals drive sell off
1 year ago
European credit is once again underperforming the US, after data pointing to economic slowdown sent the euro to a 20-year low against the dollar -
Energy co joins Europe's choir of fallen angel candidates as spreads soar
1 year ago
The financial market sell-off is entering acceleration, with credit indices blowing to new psychological levels and a growing number of investment grade companies reaching high yield spreads -
Credit rally gathers momentum as Fed pitches for credibility
1 year ago
European credit’s relief rally has extended on Tuesday, with US stock futures pointing in a positive direction on return from the country’s holiday and the US dollar slipping a touch against the euro -
Market jitters mount as US delivers May CPI
1 year ago
Credit spreads have moved sharply wider for the fourth day straight as investors digested the European Central Bank’s hawkish turn and watched with trepidation for the US to reveal its May consumer price index numbers -
European credit hedging extends as investors watch for ECB hiking signal
1 year ago
European underperformance of US credit has extended into a third day, with investors continuing to hedge exposure ahead of the European Central Bank’s meeting statements -
CLO managers in the mix for first US credit event auction since 2020
1 year ago
CDS contracts referencing Talen Energy Supply will be settled by credit event auction next month. And Talen's recovery levels will have relevance for a number of CLO managers that have held onto the company's debt - in some cases having bought more very recently -
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 -
Sculptor chisels fixed rate tranches into CLO with reset
2 years ago
Sculptor has reset a US CLO it signed in 2017, cutting the size of the overall debt stack but adding fixed rate tranches -
Blackstone's 2021 new US CLO volume rises to $7.6 billion with static deal
2 years ago
Blackstone Credit's 2021 CLO new issue volume has risen to a huge $7.6 billion with the manager on Friday placing its 14th deal -
Blackstone uses CLOs as financing tool in new suite of deals
2 years ago
Blackstone Credit has added three non-traditional US CLOs to its collection this year -
CQS becomes US CLO market's sixth debut manager of 2021
2 years ago
CQS on Monday became the sixth debut entrant into the US CLO market in 2021 by pricing its inaugural deal via Jefferies -
Marble Point cuts CLO tranches into bite-size pieces as Morgan Stanley lays table for three
2 years ago
Marble Point Credit is among three US CLO managers giving thanks to Morgan Stanley after the bank priced three deals ahead of the US public holiday today
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