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Three-month term Sofr spikes ahead of rate hikes to bridge gap to Libor
2 years ago
Three-month term Sofr rates have shot up in the last few days with sources saying March interest rate hikes are being fully priced in. Three-month Sofr hit 17.11 basis points on Friday having been at 14.52bp on Tuesday and just 9.11bp at the start of the year. -
Dam breaks as first fully Sofr-CLOs shed light on price discovery
2 years ago
AB, Palmer Square Capital Management and New York Life Investment Management on Friday became the first CLO managers of deals with a full capital stack linked to Libor replacement rate Sofr, shedding light on the price discovery process after weeks of speculation -
Credit awash with volatility in first week but investors load up
2 years ago
It has been a volatile opening week to the year for credit, but one in which investors have allocated bullishly to credit funds -
US CLO league tables: Blackstone and Citi win new issues but CSAM and JP Morgan take overall issuance crown
2 years ago
The US CLO market had an extraordinary 2021 with almost $400 billion of overall issuance pricing as records were set for all forms of issuance -
Global 2021 CLO league tables
2 years ago
Global 2021 CLO league tables -
Banks and loans to benefit in 2022 as safe havens dwindle
2 years ago
Safe havens and sector pitfalls are among some of the top considerations for portfolio managers this year, as a consensus forms that credit could suffer versus other asset classes -
Marathon sees value in Sofr CLO tranche over fixed-rate option
2 years ago
Marathon Asset Management stole a march on other CLO issuers by including a Sofr tranche as part of a new issue transaction on 10 November via Bank of America. Officials at the company say the Sofr tranche makes a compelling alternative to a fixed-rate tranche -
Carlyle refinances whole stack of 2019 CLO
2 years ago
Carlyle Group has teamed up with Bank of America to refinance the entire capital stack of Carlyle US CLO 2019-2 -
Brace yourselves for increasing ESG basis in credit
2 years ago
One of the safest bets in credit for 2022 is that ESG focus will intensify, with market participants anticipating a surge of green bond issuance as well as widening spread dispersion between climate leaders and underperformers -
BlackRock and Irradiant refinance legacy CLOs
2 years ago
BlackRock and Irradiant Partners each refinanced a legacy CLO on Thursday -
Global CLO league tables - Nov 2021 YTD
2 years ago
Global CLO league tables - Nov 2021 YTD -
Euro bonds set to outperform US despite big fund outflows: BofA
2 years ago
The November credit crash has left Euro investment grade bonds wider than those in the US, a rare occurrence that sets the scene for a January rally, say Bank of America credit strategists -
Blackstone uses CLOs as financing tool in new suite of deals
2 years ago
Blackstone Credit has added three non-traditional US CLOs to its collection this year -
Cairn CLO becomes 30th 2020 Euro CLO to be reset
2 years ago
Bank of America arranged the €373 million transaction for Cairn, which cuts the CLO’s cost of debt by over 40 basis points -
CIFC pairs with Bank of America for $460 million CLO reset
2 years ago
CIFC Asset Management teamed up with Bank of America on Tuesday to reset its legacy CLO, CIFC Funding 2019-V -
Brigade bolsters 2019 US CLO with refi
2 years ago
Brigade Capital Management has refinanced debt tranches of a US CLO it signed in 2019, tightening the capital stack -
Past form points to bleak picture for IG fund flows as new covid variant emerges: BofA
2 years ago
With a new covid-19 variant for investors to worry about, faltering high grade fund flows face additional headwinds versus high yield and government bonds -
Irradiant three-year CLO reveals not much gRadiant in pricing curve
2 years ago
Irradiant Partners has priced its second new issue CLO of the month and third under the new Rad branding -
Oak Hill issues tight double Bs in largest CLO in years
2 years ago
Oak Hill Advisors priced its largest CLO in over two years on Friday and the fourth largest in its history as a CLO issuer -
Bain circles CLO market tights with new issue triple As at Libor plus 114bp
2 years ago
Bain Capital Credit priced its latest new US CLO on Tuesday with the triple A notes yielding just 114 basis points over Libor -
CLO managers refi $1.7 billion across four deals
2 years ago
Four CLO managers refinanced legacy deals on Tuesday, for a total $1.7 billion -
Slow and sustainable trades will win race in '22: BofA
2 years ago
A year on from the US presidential election and unveiling of covid-19 vaccines, the credit compression looks challenged. But 'laggards' and sectors with strong capex growth still hold promise -
Sofr/Libor CLO basis rises to 20bp as Marathon prints double As with alternative benchmark
2 years ago
Bank of America has inked the second Sofr CLO tranche as part of a $429.6 million new issue deal for Marathon Asset Management -
Triple A trio emerges again as Golub prints third new US CLO of the year
2 years ago
Golub Capital priced its third broadly syndicated US CLO new issue of the year yesterday via Bank of America, with the CLO's triple As split into three -
US CLO league tables: Palmer Square stands tall in land of the CLO giants
2 years ago
The US CLO market has extended its run of incessant issuance with October having added $39.98 billion of CLO paper to the year’s tally, making it the second most productive month this year for overall and new issue volumes
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