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LCM shaves 27bp off 2022 CLO's funding costs following reset
8 months ago
LCM Asset Management reset its 2022 CLO named LCM 38 on Thursday, tightening the deal's original capital structure by 27.46 basis points -
Academy Securities scores first CLO issuance credit on new deal for Marathon
8 months ago
Academy Securities was named as a co-initial purchaser on a new $400.6 million CLO managed by Marathon Asset Management, the first time the New York bank has been named on a primary CLO transaction -
Blackstone pre-markets European CLO via BofA
1 year ago
It follows just over two months after Blackstone priced its last European CLO, Edmondstown Park CLO -
PGIM goes short with new three-year reinvestment CLO
1 year ago
PGIM priced a new CLO on Friday, opting for a shorter-dated structure with a one-year call-lock and three-year reinvestment period -
Blackstone storms CLO market with 205bp triple A print
1 year ago
Blackstone Credit on Friday priced a new CLO named Storm King Park, scoring the tightest triple A print in the market at just 205 basis points -
US CLO manager completes new issue amid sale discussions
1 year ago
An established CLO manager has priced a print-and-sprint against the backdrop of sale discussions -
KKR prints its first static BSL CLO
1 year ago
KKR Credit begun a new series of static CLOs after teaming with JP Morgan on a deal named KKR Static CLO I -
Global CLO league tables - January 2022 YTD
2 years ago
Global CLO league tables - Jan YTD -
See what's next: Netflix gives whole market a chill
2 years ago
Financial markets look set to end the week once again on a bearish trajectory, with fears over consumer confidence and company earnings helping take credit spreads back to their widest levels since the start of December -
CLO pricing holds up against omicron as liquid credit takes a hammering
2 years ago
Being illiquid sometimes has its advantages, with the CLO market the picture of serenity as CDS swings imply volatility is afoot -
Global CLO trading lab: bank sells $834 million triple As in quarterly reallocation as hedge fund trades CLO equity
2 years ago
Thursday’s secondary CLO market was the busiest of 2021, with over $1 billion of US CLOs on offer. This featured an enormous b-wic worth $834.3 million, where sources have told Creditflux of the bank behind the aucton. While a large credit hedge fund is said to have sold out of control CLO equity -
Zais CLO reset prices wide of market, but strong portfolio boosts junior tranches
2 years ago
Zais Group has followed up its new issue CLO last month by resetting a 2020 CLO, sources say. Just like Zais CLO 17, the reset Zais 16 was arranged by Jefferies, and again priced substantially wide of market averages. However, the junior notes priced in line with, and at times tighter than, Zais 17 – perhaps reflecting the strong positioning of Zais 16’s portfolio. -
Coronavirus delta dilemma puts reflation trades into reverse
2 years ago
Concern over the covid-19 delta variant dented investor optimism in July and looks set to hold back credit spread improvement in August, as focus turns to rising cases in the US and Germany -
Zais prices wide of the market with reset of post-covid CLO
2 years ago
Zais Group on Thursday became the 30th manager to reset a post-covid CLO, teaming up with Jefferies to rework Zais CLO 15 from June 2020 and renewing the deal's reinvestment period for three years -
It's all relative: IG index drifts wide of 50bp as European CLO triple Bs outperform
2 years ago
US investment grade credit has been an underperformer in the last few weeks with CDX IG trading north of 50 basis points again. But European CLO triple Bs are looking strong while there is a stronger bid for two- to three-year paper in the US -
French food producer gets cold shoulder following bond issue
2 years ago
Picard, the French frozen foods producer, is one of the biggest movers in the European high yield market on Monday, after investors showed little warmth for its new bond issue in the secondary market -
Euro CLO triple As widen as market participants expect spreads to hit 100bp
2 years ago
European CLO triple As are leaking wider with CSAM and KKR resets the latest to demonstrate this - and some anticipate spreads could widen to 100bp, leading to a potential slowdown -
It's all relative: CLOs march tighter as macro traders open positive CDS skews
3 years ago
Credit default swaps are back near where they started the year after giving up their early-February gains amid a rise in government bonds. CDS curves steepened over the past month and macro hedging has left indices trading with positive skews. But CLOs paint a calmer picture in which spreads have inched tighter -
It's all relative: CLOs are lagging no more, as Carlyle deal drags market tighter
3 years ago
“CLOs are lagging” has been a much repeated refrain over the last nine months. But Carlyle Group has this week produced a US CLO that has dragged spreads to their tightest point in three years so that, rather than comparing CLOs to pre-covid levels, they should be assessed against early 2018 -
Bain refinances CLO six months post-reinvestment
3 years ago
Bain Capital has refinanced three tranches of a CLO that left its reinvestment period in August -
It's all relative: senior CLO tranches tighten 18% in Europe as CDS indices sit out rally
The corporate credit rally in January is notable because some assets tightened to levels not seen in over a decade (loans), others rallied albeit with a lag (CLOs) and the most liquid stream of credit (CDS indices) defied moves in other asset classes to widen
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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 -
CLO pipeline: 2020 absentees join new issue rush
3 years ago
The CLO pipeline is growing by the minute as managers prepare their first new issues of the year after varying lengths out of the market -
CLO pipeline: managers waste no time cracking open the new year
3 years ago
The US CLO primary market is itching to open shop in 2021 as four refinancings and two resets line up alongside seven managers marketing new deals -
2020 wrap: CLO funds bloom despite rocky ground
3 years ago
2020 was a busy year for CLO fundraising, with Creditflux recording at least 30 funds that launched over the 12 months to invest across the CLO capital structure
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