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Ares pulls in at least €6 billion for European direct lending
3 years ago
Ares Management is well on track for raising its largest European direct lending fund -
Creditflux awards supplement shows how 2018 CLOs have outperformed
3 years ago
Creditflux is unveiling its CLO Manager Awards supplement today, shedding light on how CLO statistics are varying across vintages. The report finds that 2018 CLOs have been among the best performing of the last decade, capitalising on low financing costs to produce the highest equity distributions -
Ares adds to European direct lending team
3 years ago
Ares Management has hired a London-based vice president to its European direct lending team -
LP round up: managers keep fundraising hopes high as GSO targets $7.5 billion for mezz offering
3 years ago
Institutional investors allocated $1.6 billion into credit this week, according to documents seen by Creditflux -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: spreads widen in short week to end manic June
3 years ago
A shortened week brought an end to a manic month of secondary CLO activity. $343.5 million of US CLO and €309 million of European CLO paper was on sale last week, dropping $1.05 billion and €170 million from the previous week -
Trading places: it can pay to bet on the little guy
3 years ago
It’s assumed investors know how good a CLO manager is by the rate at which they trade their way through a crisis. But this time fi ve small, nimble managers are outperforming the market -
Loan slump brings managers closer
3 years ago
A 19% slide in new US loan volumes last year has left CLO managers with fewer options in the primary market, and portfolio overlap between US managers has increased to 35.3% on average -
Loan slump brings managers closer
A 19% slide in new US loan volumes last year has left CLO managers with fewer options in the primary market, and portfolio overlap between US managers has increased to 35.3% on average -
Four managers join forces on gigantic £1.9 billion unitranche
3 years ago
The supersized transaction to Ardonagh Group, led by Ares, is the largest ever unitranche facility -
Ares 2016 US CLO suffers downgrades to three tranches
3 years ago
Moody’s has downgraded three debt ranches from Ares XL CLO, a 2016 US CLO which is passing its par value tests -
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. -
Ares fined $1 million by SEC over 'misuse of non-public information'
3 years ago
Ares Management has been fined $1 million by the US Securities and Exchange Commission in a settlement surrounding compliance failure relating to a portfolio company -
Ares appoints Garrison managing director as partner in ABL team
3 years ago
Ares has hired a managing director from Garrison Investment Group to join its asset backed lending group as partner -
Fitch takes action on 29 European CLO tranches
3 years ago
Fitch Ratings took action on 29 European CLO tranches yesterday, placing the majority of these on rating watch negative -
Ares sets CLO triple A benchmark with senior notes at 170bp
3 years ago
Ares Management has priced a new three-year reinvestment US CLO at the tight end of price guidance, setting new benchmark levels in the process -
$350 million of CLO collateral drips into default as oil companies file for Chapter 11
3 years ago
CLOs hold $353 million worth of debt of two oil and gas companies - Ultra Petroleum and Gavilan Resources - which have become the latest casulties of the precipituous decline in oil prices. The pair filed for chapter 11 protection in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas on Thursday and Saturday, respectively -
Louisiana pension commits $150 million to mezzanine and credit opportunities funds
3 years ago
Teachers Retirement System of Louisiana has awarded $150 million to two credit funds managed by Ares Management and Audax Group at its 7 May board meeting, a spokesperson for the pension has confirmed -
CLO pipeline: Apollo targets fourth deal as managers line up to break 2020 ducks
3 years ago
Six CLO managers, five in the US and Fair Oaks Capital in Europe, are showcasing their first new issues of the year in preparation for pricing later this month. And Apollo Global Management is marketing its fourth new issue CLO (third US new issue CLO) in the last month and a half -
Three-year US CLOs set to tighten as large managers market deals
3 years ago
US CLO triple A spreads are tightening sharply this week with market sources indicating that benchmark levels for three-year reinvestment deals have gone into the 180s -
Ares raises $3 billion special situations fund ahead of huge European direct lending launch
3 years ago
Ares Management has witnessed “accelerated fundraising” for its special situations fund, which it has closed at around $3 billion, according to the firm’s earnings calls. The firm also launched its fifth European direct lending fund this week, which Ares expects could be “the largest private comingled fund in its history” -
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 -
Fitch places five BDCs on negative outlook
4 years ago
Fitch Ratings has changed the outlooks of five business development companies from stable to negative folllowing a review of its rated BDCs -
Virginia pension allocates $850 million to credit in Q1
4 years ago
Virginia Retirement System has allocated $850 million to three credit strategies in the first quarter of the year, according to an update at its 15 April investment committee meeting -
Secondary CLO debt trades well but Trace suggests CLO equity trading at 12 cents
4 years ago
A variety of CLO paper was in for the bid yesterday with US secondary CLO volumes reaching $281 million, and European volumes hitting €74 million -
Ares takes different approach to primary CLOs as it plans three-year US deal
4 years ago
The primary market for CLOs since the coronavirus escalated into a pandemic last month is evolving briskly with Ares Management planning a new US CLO with a three-year reinvestment period
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