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CLO round-up: blinded by the tights
8 months ago
Secondary CLO spreads continued to grind tighter this week and, at last, the primary market began to follow in both the US and Europe -
Blackstone pre-markets European CLO via BofA
1 year ago
It follows just over two months after Blackstone priced its last European CLO, Edmondstown Park CLO -
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. -
Fortress goes for longer tenor as CLO spreads widen
1 year ago
Fortress Investment Group has priced a new US CLO with a four-year reinvestment period and pricing at the wider end of recent issues -
Allstate prices US CLO with tight coupons as triple As hit 205bp
1 year ago
Allstate Investment Management has priced its second CLO of the year at what appears to be a much tighter level than other five-year US deals -
Euro CLO league tables: PGIM and Jefferies lead as Euribor caps come back in fashion
2 years ago
April was the quietest month of the year in the European CLO market with only €2 billion pricing across four new issues and one reset -
Euro CLO league tables: Jefferies takes huge lead as managers bunch up
2 years ago
The increased volatility and geopolitical risk brought about by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine meant European CLO issuance dropped off in March after a strong February -
CLO prices drop under weight of massive secondary volumes while CDS rallies
2 years ago
CLO spreads have underperformed versus liquid credit instruments in the past week after a massive $2.3 billion of paper hit the secondary US CLO market. But that could create opportunities for investors. -
US CLO league tables: BofA takes a big leap ahead
2 years ago
It has been a slow start to the year for the US CLO market, which has so far welcomed $33.42 billion worth of issuance – the second lowest in the last five years. But Bank of America is taking big strides -
Steele Creek fashions first new CLO in nearly three years
2 years ago
Steele Creek Investment Management staged a longawaited CLO comeback on Monday by printing its first new issue since July 2019 -
PGIM expands all debt classes with Euro CLO reset
2 years ago
PGIM has reset a European CLO it signed late last year, greatly increasing the size of the deal in the process -
Global CLO trading lab: Equity supply spikes as investors go long
2 years ago
CLO equity returned to the secondary market in a big way last week, after a month of very little visibility, with $118.3 million of US CLO and €44.9 million of European CLO subordinated notes on sale -
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 -
PineBridge prints $460 million refi of 2013 CLO
2 years ago
PineBridge Investments priced a $459.2 million CLO refi via Royal Bank of Canada on Wednesday -
KKR, Oak Hill and Madison print combined $1.3 billion CLO resets
2 years ago
KKR Credit, Oak Hill Advisors and Madison Capital each priced a CLO reset on Wednesday, with the three deals amounting to $1.27 billion -
US CLO spreads tighten sharply as Blackstone prints record fifth new issue of 2021
2 years ago
Blackstone Credit became the first CLO manager to issue five new US CLOs this year on Monday, securing the lowest funding costs in over a month in the process -
BlueMountain Fuji refis European CLO with triple As at 65bp
3 years ago
The Assured Guaranty subsidiary has refinanced four tranches of BlueMountain Fuji Euro CLO II via JP Morgan -
Beneath the triple C: 13 CLO loans take a dive but defaults subside to a ripple
3 years ago
22 corporate debt issuers were downgraded to triple C or below in November and December by Moody’s or S&P, out of which 13 can be found in CLO portfolios – hurting $4.55 billion of US CLO loans, €1.87 billion of European CLO portfolios and almost $80 million of middle market CLOs loans, according to CLO-i -
Indices retrace wider as contested election scenario looms
3 years ago
Credit is moving wider this morning as a contested US presidential election looms. This comes as incumbent Donald Trump threatened to go to the US Supreme Court in the early hours of this morning, citing election fraud and calling to stop votes being counted -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: CLO mezz tranches widen amid macro concerns
3 years ago
Last week was busy for the primary European CLO market but not for secondary, with €1.35 billion of new issue European CLOs priced across four transactions but just €190 million of European CLO paper listed in b-wics -
Europe leads opening rally, with Asian boost to autos, banks and commodity traders
3 years ago
A bullish tone in Asia around the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic has carried over into the rest of the credit market at the start of the week, taking European spreads tighter and pointing to a solid opening for the US after its long weekend -
US pension's joint venture with Barings set to produce first CLO
3 years ago
Jocassee Partners, a joint venture established between Barings' business development company and South Carolina Retirement Systems, is marketing a CLO -
Beneath the triple C: April showers send buckets overboard
3 years ago
Downgrade waves rocked the CLO market in April as Moody's and Standard & Poor's downgraded 135 corporate borrowers to triple C or below, from ratings above that level. The downgrades put CLOs in rough waters as $41.6 billion of such loans are prevalent in US CLOs while €5.64 are moored in European CLO portfolios – affecting 5.92% of the US market and 4.37% of the European market -
KKR scores tight pricing with Europe's third CLO of the pandemic era
4 years ago
KKR Financial Advisors has priced Europe's third CLO since the covid-19 pandemic and scored the tightest debt execution yet down the capital structure -
Moody's joins Fitch and S&P in CLO negative watch camp as it acts on 976 tranches globally
4 years ago
Moody’s has put tranches from 358 US CLOs and 39 European CLOs on review for downgrade, in an announcement that places 976 tranches (859 in the US 117 in Europe) at risk of losing their original rating
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