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Sculptor refinances four tranches of legacy OZLM IX
2 months ago
Sculptor completed a partial refi of OZLM IX on Friday, a legacy CLO dating back to 2014 -
HPS teams up with Bank of America to print its second middle market CLO
8 months ago
HPS Investment Partners has teamed up with Bank of America to print a middle market CLO named HLEND CLO 2023-1, its second entry into the private credit CLO space -
Nassau prints first reinvesting CLO in Europe in 40 days
9 months ago
Nassau Corporate Credit priced the first reinvesting CLO in Europe in 40 days on Wednesday -
Birch Grove passes $2 billion CLO volumes after fifth new issue
1 year ago
Birch Grove Capital priced a new CLO on Tuesday, bringing it's issuance volumes to $2.3 billion across five transactions since 2019 -
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. -
CSAM and CVC take different paths to benchmark 220bp US CLO triple A print
1 year ago
Credit Suisse Asset Management and CVC Credit Partners each came out with a new CLO on Tuesday with senior triple A notes yielding 220 basis points over Sofr, proving the benchmark triple A print for tier one CLO managers is unchanged since October -
Mid market CLO league tables: HIG returns to CLOs while Natixis gallops further ahead
1 year ago
Three managers priced a mid market CLO in October as volumes crossed $1 billion for the third straight month -
Global CLO league tables - October 2022 YTD
1 year ago
Global CLO league tables - October 2022 YTD -
Mid market CLO league tables: Golub gains ground on Blackstone with rare euro-tranche deal
1 year ago
Four managers - Blue Owl, Golub, Monroe and PennantPark - priced new issue mid market CLOs in September -
Global CLO league tables - September YTD
1 year ago
Global CLO league tables - September YTD -
Energy co joins Europe's choir of fallen angel candidates as spreads soar
1 year ago
The financial market sell-off is entering acceleration, with credit indices blowing to new psychological levels and a growing number of investment grade companies reaching high yield spreads -
Monroe closes first opportunistic private credit fund with 'over 75 investors'
1 year ago
Monroe Capital has won commitments from ‘over 75’ investors, closing its inaugural opportunistic credit fund, Monroe Capital Opportunistic Private Credit Fund I, at $286 million -
Investment grade hit hardest as tech earnings and rate hike undo market rally
2 years ago
Financial markets have reversed course following two days of improvement, with credit spreads hit by poor tech company earnings and a Bank of England rate hike -
Real estate panic brings turbulent changeover for credit indices
2 years ago
New credit derivative index series have emerged at much wider levels, after a turbulent market rout made roll day more challenging for participants -
LP round up: $3.2 billion flows to 21 managers as private credit illiquidity premium holds firm
3 years ago
Investors allocated at least $3.2 billion to credit managers in April - and direct lending funds were in favour with Churchill and Ares being awarded two mandates -
Blackstone and Invesco hold CLO triple A levels at 100bp
3 years ago
Invesco and Blackstone Credit each issued new CLOs in recent days with first pay notes locked in at 100 basis points over Libor -
Alcentra, BlackRock and CVC refi €1.5 billion of European CLO paper
3 years ago
Deutsche Bank arranged the transactions for BlackRock and CVC while Morgan Stanley arranged partial refinancings for three of Alcentra’s deals -
Draghi support keeps Italy in driving seat as markets slow
3 years ago
A cautious tone has re-entered the credit market ahead of the long US weekend, with spreads edging wider along with softening stocks and oil prices. But some Italian credits are bucking the trend -
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 -
Global 2020 CLO league tables
3 years ago
Global 2020 CLO league tables -
Onex prices sixth CLO primary market transaction of 2020
3 years ago
Onex Credit Partners returned to the CLO primary market on Thursday to print its sixth transaction of 2020 -
Global CLO league tables - November 2020 YTD
3 years ago
Global CLO league tables - November 2020 YTD -
European CLO double Bs jump wider amid October macro worries - but seniors stand firm
3 years ago
The fortunes of investment grade and high yielding European CLO tranches have gone in opposite directions in the last month. In a year where relative value has shifted several times, Creditflux analysis shows that new issue European CLO double Bs have blown out by 16.5% in October versus September, while triple A-rated notes have tightened 6.7% in that time -
Single name shorters get improved entry point after conviction test
3 years ago
Returning market optimism has taken credit spreads back to ultra-tight levels. But for bears, this posits a better entry level for short trades, and the recent blow-out may have given strong pointers where to target them -
Compression and curves in play amid second day of vaccine rally
3 years ago
Credit spreads are converging as they edge tighter again today, following their forceful improvement to pre-covid levels yesterday due to a successful covid-19 vaccine test
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