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Ares brings CLO's leverage down to less than five turns in $1 billion-plus reset
3 years ago
Ares Management has upsized its second largest CLO in a reset, bringing the deal to a par value of $1.19 billion - the seventh biggest CLO backed by broadly syndicated loans in the market -
Ares shaves 20bp off triple As with European CLO partial refi
3 years ago
Ares Management has refinanced the triple A notes on its 2014 vintage European CLO, Ares European CLO VII -
Ares affiliate re-emerges in mid market with first primary CLO for three years
3 years ago
Ivy Hill Asset Management, the direct lending affiliate of Ares Management, has priced its first CLO primary market transaction in almost three years, completing a $499.3 million new issue backed by loans to middle market companies -
Allstate CLO takes on ESG guidelines following reset
3 years ago
Fair Oaks Capital has laid claim to the first instance of converting a US CLO into an ESG-compliant transaction courtesy of a reset following the reworking of Aimco 2017-A this week -
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 -
Ares joins group of tight US issuers with sixth tightest 2021 CLO
3 years ago
Ares Management became the eighth CLO manager of the year to issue a five-year deal with funding costs below 150bp on Tuesday by teaming up with Natixis on its latest issue named Ares LIX -
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 -
Ares, Brigade and Redding Ridge issue CLO resets totalling $1.61 billion
3 years ago
$1.61 billion in CLO resets issued on Wednesday as new deals emerged from Ares Management, Brigade Capital Management and Redding Ridge Asset Management -
Ares/Crestline CLO overlap jumps to 60% following Ares takeover, Fitch says
3 years ago
CLO acquirers have been busy converting purchased portfolios to their house-style, according to research by Fitch -
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 -
Ares rides vaccine rally to price tightest three-year US CLO
3 years ago
CLO primary spreads have tightened dramatically after Ares Management priced its first US new issue post-election, with weighted funding costs of just 167.38 basis points over Libor -
CLO pipeline: New issuance pause ends as managers look to gain from rallying spreads
3 years ago
It is two and a half weeks since the last US CLO new issue priced, but that is set to change and Bridgepoint’s debut European transaction on Friday brought an end to Europe’s own two-and-a-half-week primary break -
Six European CLO managers switch to Ireland after Dutch tax hike
3 years ago
European CLO managers have been rapidly shifting their Netherlands-domiciled SPVs to Irish DAC vehicles, according to sources, including PGIM, Barings and Cairn -
Ares prices third new US CLO since April
3 years ago
Ares Management printed its third US CLO post-covid yesterday, bringing its new issue volume amid the pandemic to $1.39 billion -
Former Ares partners put ESG and tech at centre of new CLO business
3 years ago
Three former Ares Management partners have established a CLO business with plans to launch a first US CLO early next year -
Euro CLO round-up: fluctuating spreads give mixed signals
3 years ago
Last week was one of the European CLO market’s busiest since the coronavirus crisis began, as four managers brought new deals to market – adding €1.35 billion -
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 -
Price talk emerges for Ares European CLO
3 years ago
Price talk for Ares' latest Eurpopean CLO has emerged with triple As guided around Euribor plus 110 basis points, in line with deals priced by Barings, CVC and Redding Ridge -
Four US CLO refis highlight diverging manager strategies
3 years ago
Four US CLO managers - Ares Management, GSO Capital Partners, Marathon Asset Management and Voya Alternative Asset Management - have each refinanced fixed-rate CLO tranches, with the four deals totalling $69 million in paper. But new strategies are beginning to emerge -
Ares markets first European CLO of 2020
3 years ago
Ares Management is set to price its first European CLO of 2020 later this month, after an 11-month hiatus from the market -
CLOs hold €250 million of defaulted French events organiser Comexposium
3 years ago
CLOs hold €246.1 million of French events organiser Comexposium, which entered safeguard protection in the Commercial Court of Nanterre on Wednesday -
Fracking servicer FTS files for chapter 11 protection
3 years ago
Fracking servicer FTS International filed for chapter 11 protection in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas Houston yesterday. The credit is not widely featured in CLOs with only nine managers holding $47.9 million of FTI’s term loans -
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
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