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Middle market issuance continues with Deerpath deal
4 months ago
Deerpath Capital Management has priced its second new middle market deal this year, a transaction valued at USD 353.65m featuring three fixed-rate tranches -
Blue Owl prices latest MM CLO
5 months ago
American private credit specialist Blue Owl yesterday priced its fifth new deal of the year, market sources said, in a USD 397.3m US transaction arranged by Société Générale -
AGL prices new transaction from 'core' shelf of low levered CLOs
8 months ago
AGL Credit Management priced a new CLO with super low leverage on Friday, the first new issue from its 'core' series of low levered deals since 2021 -
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. -
Nuveen prints short-dated US CLO
1 year ago
Nuveen Asset Management priced a new CLO on Monday, becoming the second manager of the day to print a three-year reinvestment deal's senior triple A notes at 230 basis points over Sofr, although without disclosing discount margins -
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. -
Flurry of US CLOs print as Barclays boosts CLO issuance with Brigade and Bain deals
1 year ago
Barclays has brought over $906 million of issuance to the market, printing deals for Bain Capital Credit and Creditflux’s newly crowned US CLO manager of the year Brigade Capital Management -
Stalling growth engines leave market in deeper turmoil
1 year ago
Financial markets are starting the week in another heavy slump, with credit hitting new wides as various asset classes take a beating from economic growth fears and the prospect of a recession in Europe -
Euro CLO cost of debt retraces to 2020 year-end levels as BofA revises reset forecasts
2 years ago
Blackstone Credit and CVC Credit printed the first new issues since the loan market wobble, while Bank of America has revised its refi/reset forecast down from €35 billion to €19 billion -
Franklin makes it back to CLOs as parent company looks to issue through two channels
2 years ago
Franklin Advisers has made a return to CLO management after 10 years in a deal arranged by JP Morgan -
PGIM expands all debt classes with Euro CLO reset
2 years ago
PGIM has reset a European CLO it signed late last year, greatly increasing the size of the deal in the process -
Angelo Gordon keeps hold of mezz tranches with mid market CLO
2 years ago
Angelo Gordon has moved into middle market CLOs by printing its first deal backed by loans to middle market companies. The firm retained all junior and mezzanine liabilities in a deal that appears not to carry a public rating -
Trinitas partially refinances 2016 CLO via Natixis
2 years ago
Trinitas Capital Management refinanced the triple and double A notes of its 2016 deal Trinitas CLO IV on Friday -
Silver squeeze reaches credit in brighter trading mood
3 years ago
Financial markets are beginning the week and the month in a more positive mood after a volatile end to January. But retail investor power - the bane of hedge funds last week - is again exerting an influence that permeates through to credit -
CLO pipeline: OFS to make comeback as 2020 absentees eye new issues
3 years ago
As liability spreads tighten day by day, the CLO pipeline is filling fast. 2020 absentees are joining the parade as four US managers and three European managers aim to return to the new issue market after taking a break of 12 months or longer -
Beneath the triple C: cinemas get clipped but default picture improves
3 years ago
14 corporate debt issuers were downgraded to triple C or below in October by Moody’s or Standard & Poor’s – hurting $3.15 billion of US CLO loans, €761.73 million of European CLO portfolios and $37.95 million of middle market CLOs loans, according to CLO-i. Cinema chains were among those to suffer last month -
Euro CLO primary mezz snaps wider but senior holds firm as Ares and PGIM print
3 years ago
Fears around a second wave of coronavirus pandemic have pushed European mezzanine spreads wider since September, with new CLOs from PGIM and Ares Management underlining this shift -
Akorn falls into bankruptcy with $321 million planted in CLOs
3 years ago
CLOs hold $321.3 million of specialty pharmaceutical company Akorn’s debt, according to the latest trustee reports from CLO-I, with the firm having filed for chapter 11 protection in the US District Court for the District of Delaware yesterday -
Direct lenders look to source deal flow through government-backed loans
3 years ago
Direct lenders have been looking to tap into government backed loans as a way of sourcing deals, either via partnering with banks or being an accredited lender -
Market sell-off gathers pace as oil rout spills over into credit
4 years ago
Credit spreads are pushing wider across the board today, along with slumping stocks, after a crash in oil prices took WTI futures below zero for the first time -
Credit pulled in different directions as coronavirus relief opens political divisions
4 years ago
A cautious tone surrounds the return of European credit trading after the long weekend - and the Fed-package furore that ended last week. Today's lack of European credit direction comes despite big rallies in Asia, better stock markets and an EU agreement on Friday for €500 billion in stimulus measures -
Bardin Hill pulls in $300 million for first close of opportunistic credit fund
4 years ago
Bardin Hill has held a first close on an opportunistic credit fund at around $300 million, according to sources familiar with the matter -
Who's got the moves Europe: TV producer's loans rally most as recovery begins
4 years ago
The S&P/LSTA European Leverage Loan Index ended the week at 82.98 on 3 April – recovering 4.06 points from 78.92 on 24 March which was the lowest point for the index since the 2008 financial crisis. -
Credit traders’ kickstand: a year comes undone in a week as world faces coronavirus moment of truth
4 years ago
As the coronavirus outbreak reaches a 'decisive point', according to the World Health Organisation, one of most volatile weeks in recent memory has hauled credit spreads from their post-financial crisis tights to much wider levels last seen in the first half of 2019 and, in the case of emerging markets, more than a year ago.
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