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Points up front: Risk retention gets less than 5% of airtime
2 years ago
In a sign of how buoyant the CLO market is, risk retention was hardly mentioned at Creditflux’s CLO Symposium. Milbank partner John Goldfinch gave a self-deprecating assessment... -
DBRS pays $1 million to settle CLO combo note rating charges
2 years ago
Credit ratings agency DBRS Morningstar has agreed to pay $1 million to settle charges relating to the rating of CLO combo notes -
CLOs face uncertainty as Libor rate deadline looms
2 years ago
CLO equity valuations could be increasingly under the spotlight in coming months, as sources warn of disruption while the market grapples with basis risk between Libor and Sofr in loans and CLO notes -
"Do not rush to set up a check-box approach with negative screening and start de-investing"
2 years ago
Instead of rushing through an ESG framework, asset managers need to adopt a long- and short-term approach -
"China can act how it wants and when it wants in curbing the ambitions of tech firms… but sell offs tend to be opportunities for new buyer
2 years ago
China's latest moves to rein in private enterprise with new rules for education providers have certainly intensified the regulation risk landscape - but Welshcake asks whether this forthrightness could be instructive -
CLO market explores move out of Cayman amid EU clampdown
2 years ago
CLO market participants are exploring moving their special purpose vehicles out of the Cayman Islands following amended European Union rules that could designate the territory as a blacklisted tax haven -
Breakthroughs come thick and fast for Libor alternatives
2 years ago
Momentum has gathered around initiatives to replace Libor in contracts, with CME Group obtaining a regulatory nod on the term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (Sofr) as well as moving to launch interest rate futures based on banks’ short term credit yields -
CME touts forward-looking Sofr term benchmarks
3 years ago
CME Group has begun publishing term benchmarks for the secured overnight interest rate (Sofr) as part of the global push to move away from Libor in financial markets -
ESG drive poses little threat to CLO returns or flexibility, says Moody's
3 years ago
Environmental, social and governance investment criteria are not impairing CLOs either in flexibility or performance, Moody's Investors Service has found in a new report -
Sofr fix nears launch as CLOs face term rate void
3 years ago
Three months into 2021, grounds for optimism have grown little that a term rate will be found before the end of the year to replace Libor in loans, CLOs, CDS and other contracts. But hopes are rising that solutions such as credit spread adjustments could help mitigate performance uncertainty -
Differences emerge in shape of new CLO bond buckets
3 years ago
The future of bonds in CLO portfolios is beginning to take shape after amendments to the Volcker rule came into effect in October last year -
European CLO trades wide in secondary amid CLO risk retention issue
3 years ago
A European CLO manager has been caught in a rare situation owing to risk-retention compliance for its 2015-vintage Euro Galaxy IV – and CLO traders have factored this in the secondary market -
CLO issuers flex their bond muscles
3 years ago
Some panellists at Creditflux’s US CLO Investor Summit pointed to structural difficulties, but the consensus was that flexibility — particularly the ability to buy bonds — could improve performance -
CLO managers gain time with Libor deadline extension
3 years ago
US CLO issuers have been given legroom ahead of the transition away from Libor, but as one CLO investor puts it: “While it’s an important development for the CLO market because it alleviates some of the Libor stress, it does not make the problem go away.” -
CLOs and leveraged lending do not significantly threaten stability, finds 'congressional watchdog'
3 years ago
CLOs and leveraged lending do not significantly threaten financial stability, according to a report by the US's Government Accountability Office (also known as the congressional watchdog) released yesterday -
Six European CLO managers switch to Ireland after Dutch tax hike
3 years ago
European CLO managers have been rapidly shifting their Netherlands-domiciled SPVs to Irish DAC vehicles, according to sources, including PGIM, Barings and Cairn -
Less credit volatility expected in Q4 despite US election fallout
3 years ago
CLO issuance was expectedly low in the final week of October in the run-up to the US election, as issuers brace for what has historically been a volatility-inducing macro-event. But prominent market participants say the unprecedented economic backdrop resulting from the pandemic means the outcome of the 2020 election is less likely to move the dial as much as in cycles past -
European CLO managers switch legacy deals to originators ahead of Brexit deadline
3 years ago
A few European CLO managers are undertaking house keeping ahead of the end of the Brexit transition period in January, by switching the method by which their legacy CLOs comply with risk retention from sponsor to originator -
Partners triggers frequency switch event on European CLO
3 years ago
Partners Group has made the rare decision to flip the frequency switch on one of its European CLOs -
European CLOs should obtain STS certification, urges ACC
3 years ago
The Alternative Credit Council has urged policymakers to allow European CLOs to obtain Simple, Transparent and Standardised (STS) certification in a bid to boost non-bank lending -
CLO market splits en route to Volcker rule compliance
3 years ago
Volcker rule amendments freeing CLOs from many of the restrictions of the past decade came into law on 1 October, allowing managers greater flexibility in how they invest their portfolios. But the market is split on how exactly CLO documents should be structured as the first slate of unrestricted CLOs print -
Kroll pays $2 million settlement over control failures in rating CLOs and CMBS
3 years ago
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Kroll Bond Rating agency more than $2 million for failures related to rating CLO combo notes, as well as in the CMBS sector -
Dislocation and costly payment debacle highlight loan tech lag
3 years ago
Coronavirus-led dislocation in the leveraged loan market, as well as a bank’s recent claims of human error in making a large loan payment, underscore the industry’s need to embrace long-overdue efficiency improvements -
CLOs given workout flexibility as ‘safe harbour’ now viable
3 years ago
From October CLOs will be permitted to hold equity secu-rities resulting from workout situations, say lawyers at Cad-walader, Wickersham & Taft -
Managers advised to refresh disclosures after SEC risk alert
3 years ago
Credit managers should review their conflict disclosures after the SEC issued a risk alert, say lawyers
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