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The Last Tranche with Christine Ferris
12 days ago
In the latest edition of The Last Tranche podcast we talked to JP Morgan’s global head of CLO primary Christine Ferris about why she loves working with debut managers, despite the extra challenges they face coming to market. -
Deutsche Bank upgrades European new issue forecast
20 days ago
Deutsche Bank has upgraded its European new CLO issuance forecast for 2024 to a total of EUR 37bn -
Marble Point refinances late 2020 vintage US deal
23 days ago
Marble Point Credit Management priced a refi of four tranches of Marble Point CLO XIX last week -
US CLO refis keep coming as static deal comes out with triple As at 110bps
1 month ago
Palmer Square refinanced a 2022 vintage static US CLO from late in the COVID era. In the process it printed the tightest spread seen in a US refi so far this year. -
Sound Point refinances 2018 vintage Blue Mountain CLO
1 month ago
BlueMountain has printed a partial refi of BlueMountain CLO 2018-3, the latest in a trend of similar 2018* vintage restructurings this week that included Carlyle and Octagon -
Churchill adds new private credit CLO to roster
2 months ago
While most market attention in recent weeks has been on the BSL side of the ledger, Churchill announced the pricing of a new USD 298.06m middle market transaction on Friday, the third CLO from Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Corp and its first of 2024 -
BofA and Fidelity team up on 2019 US reset
2 months ago
Boston-headquartered Fidelity Investments, last week priced the reset of its 2019-vintage Ballyrock CLO 2019, arranged in partnership with Bank of America -
November 2023 US Leveraged Highlights
4 months ago
Debtwire today releases the November 2023 US Leveraged Highlights, featuring key trends in the leveraged loan and high-yield bond markets -
CSAM and Sixth Street launch CLO funds
11 months ago
Credit Suisse Asset Management and Sixth Street Partners are the latest firms to raise CLO funds -
US CLO pipeline: Spreads and tenors disperse as six managers eye new issues
1 year ago
Dispersion has come to the fore in the US CLO market with higher tier managers able to price their triple As in the 180-185 basis points range and others up around 200bps. But this week’s pipeline shows there is some divergence in the length of CLOs coming to the market too -
CLO M&A hits new heights with anticipated Assured deal
Last year saw a record M&A volume centred on credit asset managers, with a study by Gapstow revealing the total assets under management of acquired firms was $326 billion, compared to $140 billion in 2021. -
US CLO pipeline: busy January sets the tone for the year
1 year ago
US CLO new issuance in January has exceeded 2022’s volumes with $6.4 billion priced last month compared to $4.6 billion last year, and the market is showing no signs of slowing down -
US CLO pipeline: Oak Hill aims for tightest triple As since July, as other CLO markets at 245bp
1 year ago
Nine US CLO managers are in various stages of marketing their latest CLOs, and while Oak Hill is seeking a benchmark-setting deal, there are other CLOs that are expected to price well wide of this -
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. -
US CLO pipeline: Triple A dispersion coming to fore as Palmer Square aims to open market again
1 year ago
The US CLO market is set to reopen with five managers in various stages of marketing new issue CLOs, according to sources -
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. -
Euro CLOs have better 2023 entry point than US in $140 billion issuance year: Barclays
1 year ago
CLO performance and issuance may have to wait until the second half of next year for improvement, say Barclays credit strategists in a 2023 outlook piece. But Europe could fare better than the US given starting levels in a year the market faces some challenging regulatory hurdles -
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 -
UK nerves rattle Europe/US relative value trades, as Hunt seeks to reassure investors
1 year ago
A palpable mood of trepidation on Thursday around the UK’s autumn budget has brought widening of credit spreads, with European indices giving back gains they have made in recent sessions versus their US counterparts -
Palmer Square prices largest BSL CLO transaction of the year
1 year ago
Palmer Square Capital Management has priced the largest CLO transaction backed by broadly syndicated loans of the year to date -
US CLO pipeline: new faces appear amid tightening price guidance
1 year ago
After many months, the US CLO pipeline is bursting with new life as two debutants market their inaugural deals – Empower’s Empower 2022-1 and Muzinich’s 1988 CLO 1 -
Fast-growing manager launches $406 million captive CLO equity fund
1 year ago
The fast-growing credit boutique has become the latest manager to launch a captive CLO equity fund, giving the firm the ability to control the pace of its CLO issuance -
Strong rally takes indices back below key levels
1 year ago
A big rally has greeted the start of the new week, in large part fuelled by easing recession concerns following Friday's encouraging US jobs number - but seeminly ignoring signs of further deterioration in the outlook for peripheral Europe -
Lenders fume over Avaya ebitda miss weeks after issuing loans
1 year ago
Avaya’s lenders are considering legal options after the company slashed its ebitda projections just a few weeks after issuing a $350 million term loan paying Sofr plus 1,000 basis points -
Large US manager closes third captive CLO equity fund
1 year ago
The $140 million fund is anticipated to invest in over five of US CLOs
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