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US CLO pipeline: issuers takes credit sell-off in their stride as supply picks up
1 year ago
Despite the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank in the last week, the CLO machine has continued to churn with just shy of $5 billion of US and mid market CLO issuance this week -
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. -
Quick! Avaya has ignited and $1 billion of CLO assets are at risk
1 year ago
Sparks are flying in the leveraged loan and high yield market after communications company Avaya Holdings slashed its forecasted earnings mere weeks after syndicating new debt. The rapid decline of Avaya's debt has left CLO managers little time to avoid the blaze -
Envision exchange leaves some lenders sick, but CSAM finds prevention is better than cure
1 year ago
Envision Healthcare’s distressed debt exchange has rocked the CLO market, with over $1.68 billion of the firm’s loans held by US CLOs. But some of the largest managers have avoided the name completely -
Creditflux announces finalists for European Direct Lending Awards
1 year ago
Creditflux announces finalists for European Direct Lending Awards -
Global CLO league tables - April 2022 YTD
1 year ago
Global CLO league tables - April YTD -
Ares buys mid-market portfolio from direct lender for $2.4 billion
2 years ago
As of 31 December, the portfolio is backed by 28 private equity sponsors and 46 borrowers, with an average $44 million investment size -
CLO managers price with short, medium and long reinvestments as pricing widens
2 years ago
Ares Management, Golub Capital Partners and Partners Group each priced a new CLO on Friday, with each manager taking a different approach to the various duration structures that have arisen amid the current market volatility -
Global CLO league tables - Nov 2021 YTD
2 years ago
Global CLO league tables - Nov 2021 YTD -
Credit Fundraising: Private credit and CLO captive equity feature strongly as closes mount up
2 years ago
Credit funds have made a fair start to the fourth quarter, although the $21 billion raised during October is down substantially on September’s impressive record for 2021 -
Ares, Hayfin and Octagon reset $1.4 billion of CLOs
2 years ago
$1.4 billion of US CLO resets priced on Thursday after Ares Management, Hayfin Capital Management and Octagon Credit Investors each reworked a legacy transaction -
Ares refis former Crestline Denali CLO debt via Natixis for third time
2 years ago
Ares Management has refinanced the senior-most tranches of a 2016 CLO it bought from Crestline Denali last year -
Global CLO league tables - Aug 2021 YTD
2 years ago
Global CLO league tables - Aug 2021 YTD -
Global CLO league tables - Jul 2021 YTD
2 years ago
Global CLO league tables - Jul 2021 YTD -
US CLO league tables: CSAM and JP Morgan refi run leaves rivals behind
2 years ago
Credit Suisse Asset Management and JP Morgan have been leading the US CLO manager and arranger league tables, respectively, since the start of the year. And the two CLO giants are showing no signs of letting up -
CLO pipeline: Birch Grove and Fort Washington dish out first 2021 deals as Carlyle goes for sevenths
2 years ago
CLO investors can feast on a range of deals in the new issue market over the next month. -
US CLO pricing lab: expensive legacy deals take priority as two-three year point on term curve tightens
2 years ago
The US CLO market may have gapped out in recent weeks, but expensive 2019 and covid-era CLO refis and resets are still in the money -
Refis price on top of new issues as four managers print US CLOs
3 years ago
Four US CLO refinancings priced yesterday, giving the impression that CLO pricing is fitful and the term curve flat -
CLO pipeline: busy year, so let's take time to reset
3 years ago
The US CLO market this year has been dominated by new issues and refinancings, but now is the time of the reset judging by this week’s pipeline -
European CLO repricings top €8 billion in 2021 as Ares and PGIM rework deals
3 years ago
Ares and PGIM printed two repricings of European CLOs on Wednesday, taking year-to-date volume to €8.29 billion -
OC health check: 41 CLOs heal their breaches
3 years ago
147 CLOs breached an over-collateralisation test in October, down from 183 in September. 41 CLOs that breached an OC test in September passed all OC tests in October, most of which had October payment dates -
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 -
CLO pipeline: three behemoths prepare for quick-turnaround new issues
3 years ago
CLO managers have printed at a frenetic pace since the start of the quarter with $3.36 billion of issuance across all CLO markets and pricing types -
Ares prices second tightest CLO post-covid with 180.5bp funding costs
3 years ago
Ares Management has priced its second US CLO amid the coronavirus pandemic, securing the second tightest funding costs for a three-year reinvestment deal since the March sell off -
OC health check: second European 2.0 CLO reports junior OC breach
3 years ago
33 deals reported overcollateralisation (OC) breaches last week in a relatively quiet reporting period. 314 deals are now reporting OC breaches as of the latest report, according to CLO-i.
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