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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 -
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 -
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 -
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. -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
CLO pipeline: down but not out, as deals find new ways to limp forward
4 years ago
Deepening credit instability has taken a toll on CLO appetite, but there is still life in the primary market -
CLO market celebrates Valentine's Day by romancing with resets
4 years ago
Refinancings have been the talk of the month in the CLO market, but this Valentines day saw managers turn their minds to resets -
Few CLOs charred by Murray bankruptcy
4 years ago
25 CLO managers hold $389.6 million exposure to the debt of coal company Murray Energy Holdings, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the Southern District of Ohio on Tuesday, according to the latest trustee reports from CLO-i -
Ares joins exclusive group of managers to price six new CLOs in 2019
4 years ago
Ares Management yesterday completed its sixth new issue CLO of the year, joining the exclusive list of managers to have achieved this number of new money deals -
Ultra Resources loan downgrade unlikely to burn CLOs
4 years ago
The downgrade of Ultra Resources to triple C is not expected to have a material impact on CLO portfolios, accordng to market sources. Loan investors took the matter in their stride as the issuer's term loan Bs are being quoted today at 68.4/70.2 - up from 68.2/70.25 from Thursday, according to IHS Markit -
CLO pipeline: managers look to avoid a repeat of 2018 with new issue flutter
4 years ago
US and European CLO managers are preparing to up the ante in September, but they will have to defy a trend set a year ago -
CLO managers cash in their chips as Caesars trade pays off
4 years ago
Caesars Entertainment was the most sold issuer in June with $158.8 million of its term loan sold out of CLOs. -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: 71% of equity positions trade as supply picks up
4 years ago
The European and US secondary CLO market took a step back this week as the primary CLO generated $7.8 billion of deal flow globally -
Ares refinances single tranche of 2016 CLO
4 years ago
Ares Management returned to the CLO primary market on Friday to price its seventh transaction of 2019 -
Ares and Barings lead the way as triple A spreads regain lost ground
4 years ago
CLO triple A spreads in Europe have reached their tightest point in months, with two deals issuing their first pay notes at 108 basis points over Euribor -
US CLO b-wic round-up: secondary volumes reach new heights with equity lagging
4 years ago
The US CLO secondary space saw almost $1.8 billion of paper listed last week according to CLO-i, a record amount for this year. Equity, however, did not draw much interest -
Global b-wic round-up: Short-dated CLO paper hits the market
4 years ago
Last week brought over $800 million of b-wics listed in the US CLO secondary market for the first time this month, with around 10% being paper that had a reinvestment period that ended in 2019.
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