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Barings and Barclays bring 2018 refi
25 days ago
The end of last week saw Barings pricing its first deal since January – a USD 375m refinancing of a 2018-vintage CLO -
European CLO primary spreads still have a long way to go
3 months ago
Are European CLO spreads in the primary market cheap or expensive? Our latest research shows that while US managers can celebrate AAAs reaching the 150s, in Europe spreads still have a long way to go to reach historical norms. -
Direct lending sets up on high street seeking retail and wealthy investors
7 months ago
Private credit managers, historically reliant on institutional investors, are increasingly turning to retail investors for fundraising. The dramatic growth in private credit as a whole has been well documented. But in the past few years there’s been a massive pickup by retail and private wealth. -
Bank of America prices three CLOs in a day
8 months ago
The bank managed to make the triple with a new CLO for Octagon, a reset of a 2022 vintage deal for Voya, and a highly unusual partial refi of a static CLO for Marathon -
Empower grows its CLO volumes to $1.5 billion after third new issue
9 months ago
Empower Capital Management grew its volume of CLOs under management to $1.5 billion on Monday after pricing its third new issue since the launch of the platform -
US CLO pipeline: issuers takes credit sell-off in their stride as supply picks up
1 year ago
Despite the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank in the last week, the CLO machine has continued to churn with just shy of $5 billion of US and mid market CLO issuance this week -
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 -
US CLO pipeline: five-year triple As solidify at 220bp
1 year ago
US CLO spreads are showing signs of widening as the benchmark triple A levels shift by 10 basis points. Senior triple As are aiming for a 220bp benchmark as LCM Asset Management and Neuberger Berman market five-year deals -
US CLO pipeline: issuance expected to slow as blockages emerge
1 year ago
Only three new deals have been added this week to the list of forthcoming CLOs. The pipeline is suffering from some blockage after only four US CLOs priced last week -
Alcentra structured credit portfolio manager steps up as primary PM for two funds
1 year ago
Alcentra has promoted the official, with Hiram Hamilton and Suhail Shaikh no longer the primary portfolio managers of BNY Mellon Alcentra Global Multi-Strategy Credit Fund and Hamilton no longer primary portfolio manager of BNY Mellon Alcentra Global Credit Income 2024 Target Term Fund -
LCM prints second new CLO amid sale discussions
1 year ago
LCM Asset Management has priced a new $446.7 million CLO via Deutsche Bank named LCM CLO 39, the firm's second new issue amid discussions regarding the sale of the manager platform -
Forthcoming new issue from LCM points to further CLO spread tightening
1 year ago
LCM Asset Management is marketing a new CLO via Deutsche Bank, with price talk indicating liability spreads could be poised for further tightening -
US CLO pipeline: like a (Center)bridge over troubled water
1 year ago
A large asset manager is marketing its first US CLO at a time of volatility in the underlying loan market. Whereas other funds build walls, CLOs build bridges -
PGIM scores new CLO with five-year reinvestment period
1 year ago
PGIM priced a new $494.3 million CLO on Thursday via Citi named Dryden 104 CLO -
Bain and Carlyle print five-year reinvestment CLOs with senior triple As at 210bp
1 year ago
Bain Capital Credit and Carlyle Group each issued a new five-year reinvestment CLO on Thursday, with each deal's senior triple A tranche paying a coupon of 210 basis points over Sofr -
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 -
CLO pipeline: large managers defy loan drought to keep market moving
1 year ago
US CLO senior spreads may have blown out to 180-190 basis points over Sofr for five-year deals, and even wider for short-dated new issues, but that will not stop the market from soldiering on -
LCM looks to CLO print and sprint amid platform sale discussions
1 year ago
LCM Asset Management is marketing a new CLO, despite Creditflux reporting the platform is in discussions for a sale -
US CLO manager valued at $278 million goes up for sale
1 year ago
One of the most consistent US CLO issuers for two decades is on the market -
French co rattles investors on micro level as Russia overclouds macro
2 years ago
After a cautious opening, investors in the European credit market have resumed hedging as western leaders continue to talk up the prospect of Russia invading Ukraine and the Kremlin has dismissed hopes of a Biden-Putin summit as premature -
Sound Point resets 2019 US CLO for three years
2 years ago
Sound Point Capital Management priced a short reset of its 2019 CLO named Sound Point XXV, renewing the deal's reinvestment period for three years -
CLO pipeline: deals come in two by two hurrah! hurrah!
2 years ago
It is raining CLOs in February and some issuers are preparing for the deluge by printing deals at the double -
CLO pipeline: US manager base poised to hit 119 and Europe 57
2 years ago
The CLO market is open to newcomers as both the US and European are set to welcome first time CLO issuers – BlueBay Asset Management in the US and Acer Tree Investment Management in Europe -
CLO pipeline: biggest managers come to market as Rockford Tower sets sight on CBO
2 years ago
The Sofr-era of CLOs is well and truly upon us judging by the pipeline, with 14 US CLO managers marketing their first Sofr CLOs. and six European CLO managers are locked in a race to bring the first new issue of 2022 -
Broad sell-off as market moves to price five or more Fed hikes
2 years ago
Financial market sentiment has taken another dive in the wake of the US Federal Reserve meeting on Wednesday, with many taking Fed chairman Jerome Powell’s comment that “this cycle is different from the previous one” to mean a steeper tightening than previously thought
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