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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 -
Cineworld buys ticket for DIP facility with chapter 11 filing
1 year ago
Cineworld filed for Chapter 11 in the US Bankruptcy Court For The Southern District Of Texas on Wednesday, less than a month after the UK-based cinema operator announced Chapter 11 was among the options it was considering to “achieve its restructuring objectives” -
European CLO triple As widen to 140bp with long-awaited Permira deal
1 year ago
European CLO triple As have widened out to 140 basis points over Euribor, as Permira Credit breaks the two-week CLO market silence by pricing its long-awaited new issue deal, Providus CLO VII -
Past returns: Silvermine CLOs splash the cash
1 year ago
In Creditflux 10 years ago, we reported that three Silvermine Capital CLOs, which had built up $646.5 million of cash, had started buying loans again -
Arb work pays off
2 years ago
With day-one arbitrage alone delivering projected CLO cash-on-cash returns of 20-25%, 2021 may have been the best year ever for equity investors — at least until CLO spreads began to widen -
Apex prints short-dated US CLO with triple A loan tranche
2 years ago
Apex Credit’s latest US CLO includes a triple A loan tranche -
AMMC lowers 2020 CLO funding costs by 48bp with refi
2 years ago
American Money Management Corporation refinanced its late 2020 CLO AMMC 23 on Wednesday, lowering the deal's funding costs by 47.99 basis points in the process -
Frosty times for UK retailer as credit hits new wides
2 years ago
Frozen food retailer Iceland is heading into the riskiest reaches of the iTraxx Crossover spread dispersion, where few other constituents tread -
Cross Ocean targets up to $1 billion for European special situations fund
2 years ago
Cross Ocean Partners is seeking up to $1 billion for its latest European special situations fund -
CSOs and index tranches reach sticking point as correlation gets rich
3 years ago
Credit correlation trading looks to have reached a point of inflexion, as the previous bull run at the lower end of index capital stacks has given way to caution over how much further spread compression can go. At the same time, bespoke tranche business is gaining interest but equity remains stickier to sell at the market's ultra-low spread and volatility levels -
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 -
Single names make big gains as indices dither
3 years ago
Single name CDS in the US and Europe have strongly outperformed from the start of the week, rallying sharply and across most of the credit universe despite direcctionless trading for indices -
Global CLO league tables - February 2021 YTD
3 years ago
Global CLO league tables - February 2021 YTD -
Barclays pulls levers as CVC resets and GoldenTree CLO surpasses Spire leverage
3 years ago
Barclays added to its arranging volume on Friday as GoldenTree Asset Management priced the market's highest levered European CLO -
Cairn becomes first manager to refi European CLO double Bs since 2019
3 years ago
Cairn Capital has partially refinanced the five most senior tranches of its 2014 vintage deal, Cairn IV -
Sharp reversal for banks, travel and commodity firms as EU shuts borders
3 years ago
About a month's worth of improvement in high yield credit spreads - and nearly two months in investment grade - has been wiped out today, with European countries banning flights from the UK and Brexit talks missing a key deadline -
Beneath the triple C: downgrades hold steady as Travelport loses its luggage
3 years ago
For the second month in a row downgrades to triple C steadied, with just under $9 billion of CLO loans falling to this rating across 34 corporate borrowers -
Fed expands scope of Main Street lending programme
3 years ago
The Federal Reserve Board has expanded the scope of its Main Street Lending Programme to allow more small and medium-sized businesses to participate -
Golub BDC originates $271 million in bumper Q4
4 years ago
Golub Capital BDC disclosed last week that it had originated $271.1 million in middle-market investment for the quarter ending 31 December 2019 -
Rude awakening for credit as US airstrike sends global shockwaves
4 years ago
It only took a day for the positive mood greeting financial markets in 2020 to turn nervous, with credit and equities faltering in early trading today after the US killed a top Iranian military official -
Njord closes second European special situations fund at €271 million
4 years ago
Njord Partners has closed its second special situations fund, Njord Partners Special Situations Fund II, at €271 million -
Spire becomes first manager to refinance 2017 European CLO
4 years ago
Spire Partners yesterday became the first European CLO manager to refinance a 2017 vintage transaction, according to market sources -
Arrowmark prices 4.5-year reset with unusual triple A and double B structure
4 years ago
Arrowmark Colorado Holdings yesterday reset its CLO named Elevation 2013-1, with the first-pay tranche issued in a combo of the triple A and double As in loan format -
Controlling equity stake in 2018 CLO fails to trade in secondary market
4 years ago
Over 90% of an equity tranche from a 2018 Sound Point Capital Management CLO was available on b-wic yesterday but failed to trade -
Global b-wic round-up: secondary flows drop to $599 million in the US
5 years ago
Secondary CLO trading took a back-seat last week, with European market participants away Monday and the US focused on 10 primary market pricings
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