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AMCC resets 2020 vintage US BSL CLO
15 days ago
American Money Management Corporation on Tuesday reset AMMC CLO 23, a BSL CLO from 2020 -
Brightwood brings on a team of banks for latest MM CLO
1 month ago
Brightwood last week worked with three different investment banks to arrange the pricing of a hefty new USD 707.3m middle market CLO -
Palmer Square becomes second CLO manager to price six times in 2023
11 months ago
Palmer Square Capital Management has become the second CLO manager to print three deals in 2023, growing its yearly issuance volumes to $2.6 billion in the process -
Tikehau prints its fourth US CLO
11 months ago
Tikehau Capital priced its fourth US CLO on Monday, growing its US deals under management to $1.74 billion in the process -
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 -
KKR extends static CLO streak with second consecutive deal
1 year ago
KKR Credit has priced a second static CLO in a row, pairing with Goldman Sachs on the $435 million deal named KKR Static CLO II -
Wamco goes for novel call/reinvestment structure as it prices US CLO
1 year ago
Western Asset Management Company priced a CLO via Bank of America on Monday, growing its CLOs under management to $1.4 billion -
EU inflation prints frame challenge ahead as horror show first half ends
1 year ago
Financial markets are heading into the weekend with a rare stationary session, but the mood is more one of shellshock than considered positioning, after one of the worst first halves to a year on record -
Novicap names new CEO in leadership shuffle as it sets targets for credit division
1 year ago
Novicap, a fintech company offering working capital optimisation solutions to SMEs and mid-market corporates, has shuffled its leadership structure and set a €1 billion cumulative volume target for its credit division by the end of this year -
High yield and IG single names diverge even as buyside seeks macro neutrality
2 years ago
High yield and investment grade single names are moving in opposite directions at the start of the week, while indices reflect a push by investors to cut directional exposure to macro credit -
CLO spread widening extends with Ares printing triple As at 138bp
2 years ago
Ares Management priced a new CLO via Societe Generale on Thursday, with the triple A notes paying a coupon of 138 basis points over Sofr -
Sculptor chisels fixed rate tranches into CLO with reset
2 years ago
Sculptor has reset a US CLO it signed in 2017, cutting the size of the overall debt stack but adding fixed rate tranches -
US travel, energy and retail credits take big hit as variant rout extends
2 years ago
The widening trend in credit is extending as the weekend approaches, with US spreads picking up the baton from Europe's earlier surge -
China crackdown and Fed meeting rattle nerves
2 years ago
Credit spreads widened as financial markets began the week on a less certain footing amid panic stock selling in China and a retreat to treasuries ahead of the US Federal Reserve two-day monetary policy meeting -
Global CLO pricing lab: let’s all point at that 108bp print while spreads leak out
2 years ago
The tsunami of CLO paper coming to market is the biggest technical factor causing spreads to widen, according to sources -
Axa IM combines single As in European CLO refi
3 years ago
Deutsche Bank arranged the € 274.7 million transaction, which cuts cost of debt by 31.8 basis points -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: US lower mezz trades strong, but European piece softens
3 years ago
CLO investors have had no chance to catch their breath after a historic 2020 as US CLO secondary volume reached $3.3 billion and European secondary listings topped €1 billion in January -
IG and crossover indices converge while European CLO double Bs rally
3 years ago
iTraxx Crossover is again outperforming Main today with the investment grade index widening 0.11bp to 52.56bp while the crossover index is 2.42bp tighter to 296.99bp. Meanwhile bank research signals that junior CLO tranches could benefit as investors look at covid industries through a different lense -
Fracking servicer FTS files for chapter 11 protection
3 years ago
Fracking servicer FTS International filed for chapter 11 protection in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas Houston yesterday. The credit is not widely featured in CLOs with only nine managers holding $47.9 million of FTI’s term loans -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: US CLO triple As finally rally while European investors go ‘all in’
3 years ago
A huge supply of $731 million of US CLO triple A bonds pushed US CLO secondary volumes to just shy of $1.5 billion last week -
OC health check: CLOs pay $1.3 billion on senior tranches as payment dates come due
3 years ago
Senior debt holders received $1.3 billion of principal from CLOs that breached an overcollateralisation test in July, a month in which the majority of scheduled payment dates fell. Of those deals suffering an OC breach, 190 were due to make a payment to noteholders and 57% were within reinvestment. -
Kayne Anderson prices $293 million new CLO via JP Morgan
3 years ago
Kayne Anderson today completed its second new issue CLO of 2020 and its first amid the pandemic -
Beneath the triple C: downgrade rate slows as $8 billion of CLO loans tumble
3 years ago
May offered some respite to CLO portfolios as corporate downgrades to triple C were reduced heavily - affecting just $6.67 billion of US CLO paper and €1.09 billion of European CLO portfolios -
Onex scores tightest CLO debt execution following covid-19 outbreak
3 years ago
Onex Credit Partners today teamed up with Bank of America to price its first CLO since the coronarvirus outbreak, named OCP CLO 2020-18 -
Who’s got the moves US: oil and gas leads renaissance for US CLO managers
3 years ago
The US leveraged loan market has held steady over the last two weeks. After rising to just below 87 of par in mid-April, the S&P LSTA US Leveraged Loan index closed at 85.75 to start this week
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