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Marathon goes the distance to bring new US BSL CLO
16 days ago
Marathon Asset Management yesterday followed up last month’s 2019-vintage US refi with a new US BSL CLO, Bryant Park Funding 2024-3 -
Elmwood makes fourth US CLO reset the biggest of the year
1 month ago
Elmwood Asset Management reset Elmwood CLO VIII in a massive pricing that's the largest reset of the year, and the fourth reset by Elmwood in 2024 -
CLO portfolios may need check-up as healthcare sector continues to deteriorate
2 months ago
Reimbursement challenges and high labour costs are expected to continue to drive restructuring activity among healthcare companies this year following a busy 2023. -
Retail maintains primacy as most distressed sector in Europe with €31 billion of debt restructuring commenced in 1H23
8 months ago
Newly commenced restructurings tracked by Debtwire in Europe during 1H 2023 show 114 mainly large-cap restructurings, compared to 89 tracked in 1H 2022, a 28% increase year-on-year -
Beneath the triple C: Life could be better, but it’s just a letter, under the CCC
1 year ago
Many market participants were eagerly looking forward to a break in December after a gruelling year, but the rating agencies were in no mood to oblige. -
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. -
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 -
UK credit spreads rally for Rishi
1 year ago
UK credit spreads have rallied sharply on Monday with the victory of Rishi Sunak in the contest to become the country’s third prime minister of the year -
Fortress goes for longer tenor as CLO spreads widen
1 year ago
Fortress Investment Group has priced a new US CLO with a four-year reinvestment period and pricing at the wider end of recent issues -
Surge in hedging sends credit spreads to year's wides
1 year ago
A busy and bearish week is ending with credit spreads surging beyond their previous widest levels of the year, with Italian elections this weekend adding to caution in Europe after a string of central bank policy decisions reshaped the global economic outlook and the UK government scrambled to address rising energy costs -
Beneath the triple C: US CLOs take a dip in the triple C as Europe watches from the sun lounger
1 year ago
The US CLO market bore the brunt of downgrades to triple C in July and August, with a total of $6.22 billion of paper affected. European CLOs enjoyed a more relaxing summer holiday, with only 1 name representing €33.88 million worth of bonds downgraded to triple C. -
ECB acts on inflation but gas and other worries grow worse
1 year ago
If European Central Bank officials breathed a sigh of relief when their first hike in 11 years did not immediately rattle markets — or even dared believe a more hawkish signal helped confidence — the reprieve was short-lived -
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 -
Retailers, travel cos and Italian banks lead charge as market rally accelerates
1 year ago
Retail companies have been resurgent on Thursday as the credit market’s relief rally gathered pace, with Europe seeking to catch up with the US following its strong surge -
CSAM refis European CLO with two-year triple As at 82bp
2 years ago
The CLO’s triple As priced at 82 basis points over Euribor, down from 95bp, in line the deal’s most recent guidance but wider than the 77-79bp original guidance -
Global CLO trading lab: Seasoned equity prices lag as debt spreads level out
2 years ago
The CLO secondary market took a back seat to the surging primary market in August and September with secondary US CLO volume accounting for just 3.7% and 4.2% of the total US CLO market (primary and secondary volumes). But opportunities are there in CLO equity tranches -
CVC reopens European CLO market with 2019 refi and extends issuance lead
2 years ago
CVC has undertaken a refinancing that follows no CLO issuance in the week before the European bank holiday weekend -
Birch Grove takes second whack at new CLO market
2 years ago
Birch Grove Capital has priced its first new CLO of the year, and its second ever, via Goldman Sachs -
"Spacs… what better buyer than someone with a short fuse who needs to get their capital working"
2 years ago
Since the beginning of 2020, more than $191 billion has been raised in spac (special purpose acquisition company) IPOs. This money has such a short fuse — get a deal done in 24 months or management loses the IPO costs it covered — and there has been so much of it, that it has had an impact on the markets -
PGIM and Sculptor add to CLO reset wave
2 years ago
PGIM and Sculptor Capital Management have thrown their hats into the CLO reset ring -
Trimaran refis CLO in largest AMR auction to date
2 years ago
Trimaran Advisors has refinanced its Catamaran CLO 2014-1 via an applicable margin reset (AMR) auction -
Morgan Stanley flies the banner for Brigade and Maranon new CLOs
3 years ago
Morgan Stanley printed two new CLOs this week after scoring mandates from Brigade Capital Management and Maranon Capital -
Beneath the triple C: CLOs benefit as upgrades make for lighter triple C buckets
3 years ago
For the first time since the sell off in March last year, downgrades to triple C have come to a near-standstill -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: 2020 deals trade at premium
3 years ago
As the primary CLO market continues to grind tighter, the secondary market is holding steady, but last year's vintages are trading well as they near the end of their call-locks -
Brigade prints $415 million CLO with single B tranche
3 years ago
Brigade Capital Management priced a new $415 million CLO on Monday named Battalion CLO 17
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