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Beneath the triple C: Winter is coming for CLOs as downgrades outstrip upgrades
1 year ago
Both US and European issuers have felt downward pressure from the rating agencies as we head towards the end of the year, with downgrades to triple C now firmly outpacing upgrades out of it. -
Beneath the triple C: ebbs and flows leave triple C levels at a temporary stasis
1 year ago
Following a rising tide of downgrades in May the loan market stabilised somewhat in June, with seven issuers held by CLOs downgraded to triple C and a counter-swell of five names upgraded to single B. -
Skew in focus for second day as single names move sharply against index
2 years ago
Credit indices are trading out of sync with their underlying constituents for a second day this week, with single names broadly widening despite investors seeking to maintain flattish macro positioning -
Credit rally extends as investors welcome hawkish but clearer Fed message
2 years ago
Credit markets have carried their rally over to another day, fuelled in part by what investors have interpreted as a hawkish but clear message from the US Federal Reserve on policy tightening -
Euro CLO single Bs widen to March 2020 levels as Partners resets
2 years ago
DMs on the Penta 3 reset were not disclosed but wider volatility in the market has led single B coupons on Penta 3’s deal to blow out to 983bp. But the CLO's senior tranche remained in line with guidance -
BNP Paribas AM cuts CLO tranche costs throughout structure with refi
2 years ago
=BNP Paribas Asset Management has refinanced a 2019 Euro CLO, arranged via its banking arm, with tightening across all tranches -
Ares prices tight on 2019 Euro CLO refi
2 years ago
2019 Euro CLOs continues to be the prime vintage for refinancing with Ares Management becoming the latest manager to rework a deal -
2019 CLO refis still on agenda as HPS reworks European deal
2 years ago
HPS Investment Partners has become the latest manager to partially refinance a 2019 European CLO, Aqueduct European CLO 2019-3 -
Euro CLO league tables: out with the old, in with the new as Jefferies leads way
2 years ago
Despite being a newcomer to the European CLO market this year, Jefferies has taken the market by storm and leads the way in overall European CLO issuance -
Euro CLO league tables: cramming a year's worth of work in two months
2 years ago
It is no surprise the European CLO market has been experiencing fatigue at times this year with the last two months of issuance alone almost equalling issuance figures for the whole of 2020: last year €22.78 billion worth of European CLOs priced, while in March and April 2021, managers brought €21.48 billion to market -
Euro CLO league tables: Refi return spurs European CLOs towards record volumes
3 years ago
A record shattering month as refi wave continues -
Global CLO league tables - February 2021 YTD
3 years ago
Global CLO league tables - February 2021 YTD -
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 -
BNP Paribas AM pairs again with Citi for 2018 European CLO refi
3 years ago
BNP Paribas Asset Management has refinanced four senior tranches of its 2018 vintage CLO -
European CLO spreads set to tighten as BlackRock markets refi
3 years ago
BlackRock is looking to partially refinance the senior-most tranches of a 2018 CLO -
Global 2020 CLO league tables
3 years ago
Global 2020 CLO league tables -
Global CLO league tables - November 2020 YTD
3 years ago
Global CLO league tables - November 2020 YTD -
Mid market CLO league tables: Golub becomes talf of the town
3 years ago
Golub Capital Partners became the first manager to price a CLO eligible as collateral under the US Federal Reserve’s term asset backed securities loan facility when it teamed up with Societe Generale to price Golub Capital Partners talf 2020-1 on 22 October -
Global CLO league tables - October 2020 YTD
3 years ago
Global CLO league tables - October 2020 YTD -
[update] Beneath the triple C: theme parks take portfolios on downward ride
3 years ago
Seven corporate debt issuers were downgraded to triple C or below in September by Moody’s or Standard and Poor’s – hurting $2.16 billion of US CLO loans and €1.16 billion of European CLO portfolio. The pace of CLO loan downgrades to triple C has slowed steadily since the peak in April -
Redding Ridge prints third European CLO since March sell-off
3 years ago
Redding Ridge Asset Management has priced its latest European CLO named RRE 5 -
OC health check: August reports slow torrent of fresh breaches to a trickle
3 years ago
198 CLOs reported an over-collateralisation (OC) breach in August, only three of which were completely new breaches. This is a slowdown from July, when 230 deals suffered some kind of OC breach, according to the latest reports from CLO-i -
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. -
OC health check: breaches start to take toll on July payment dates
3 years ago
37 CLOs reported an over-collateralisation test failure last week, but this was a falling percentage of those publishing trustee reports and none were fresh breaches -
OC health check: all quiet on the overcollateralisation front
3 years ago
Eight US broadly syndicated loan CLOs reported overcollateralisation test breaches last week during a quiet reporting period in which only 40 CLOs published a trustee report, according to CLO-i, but focus is turning to the swathe of CLO distributions coming due.
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