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Beneath the triple C: Life could be better, but it’s just a letter, under the CCC
1 year ago
Many market participants were eagerly looking forward to a break in December after a gruelling year, but the rating agencies were in no mood to oblige. -
Bears carry market into weekend as Germany adds to recessionary swirl
1 year ago
Germay posting its biggest ever rise in producer prices has not helped the market mood, at the end of a week in which investors have already had to reckon with the hawkish insistence of the US Federal Reserve, spiralling European gas prices and a 10.1% UK inflation print -
China concerns fuel sell-off, but technical trading drives Euro-US relative value shift
1 year ago
Another lurch wider for spreads is reopening some of the recently healed divide between European and US credit performance, even though US-China relations are among investors’ biggest growing concerns -
Bain and Carlyle print five-year reinvestment CLOs with senior triple As at 210bp
1 year ago
Bain Capital Credit and Carlyle Group each issued a new five-year reinvestment CLO on Thursday, with each deal's senior triple A tranche paying a coupon of 210 basis points over Sofr -
Market jitters mount as US delivers May CPI
1 year ago
Credit spreads have moved sharply wider for the fourth day straight as investors digested the European Central Bank’s hawkish turn and watched with trepidation for the US to reveal its May consumer price index numbers -
Russia returns to default pricing as railway co awaits credit event vote
2 years ago
Russian credit spreads are once again under intense pressure and sanctions-related credit events are back under the spotlight as the country's state-owned railway company faces the scrutiny of the Emea Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee -
CLO lower cap stack will outperform with $175bn new issuance in 2022: JP Morgan
2 years ago
Equity and lower rated tranche investors will do best as $175 billion of global new CLO issuance arrives in 2022, predict JP Morgan strategists in their annual outlook, taking market size to $1.2 trillion -
CLO refi and reset volumes surge with $2.3 billion priced on Friday
2 years ago
CLO refi and reset volumes surged on Friday with $2.3 billion priced across the US market, according to market sources. Brigade Capital Management, MidOcean Credit Partners and New Mountain Capital reset regular-way CLOs, Blackstone Credit scored a regular CLO refi, Sculptor Capital Management refinanced a bond-heavy CLO, and Ivy Hill Asset Management reset a middle market CLO -
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 -
Hayfin pairs with Jefferies on first new US CLO of year
2 years ago
Hayfin Capital Management returned to the CLO primary market on Friday with its first US new issue deal of 2021 -
Carlyle and KKR greet US holiday with $830m of CLO refis
2 years ago
Carlyle Group and KKR each refinanced CLOs with the two deals totalling $830.3 million, according to market sources -
Golub near-doubles size of CLO that left reinvestment last year with late reset
2 years ago
Golub Capital Partners teamed up with GreensLedge on Friday to reset a middle market CLO, Golub 33(M)-R2, almost doubling the size of the transaction -
CBAM joins ranks of post-covid CLO resetters
2 years ago
CBAM has joined the ranks of post-covid CLO resetters, pairing with Bank of America to rework CBAM CLO 2020-12 -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: CLO lower mezz spreads tighten back after volatile two weeks
3 years ago
Secondary CLO spreads in the US and European markets have recovered after moving wider over the last two weeks -
Fed expands scope of Main Street lending programme
3 years ago
The Federal Reserve Board has expanded the scope of its Main Street Lending Programme to allow more small and medium-sized businesses to participate -
Credit pickers need luck to avoid OC trap
3 years ago
We know what you’re thinking: is my CLO failing its OC test? The truth is, in all this volatility, it can be hard to keep track, unless your deal has high quality liquid loans
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Global CLO b-wic round-up: $8 billion of US CLOs listed in record-breaking March
4 years ago
Last week brought an end to the busiest month in both the US and European CLO secondary markets since at least 2014. $7.7 billion of US CLO paper was on sale in March with a further €1.8 billion of European CLO bonds available, bringing the total listed in Q1 to $13.9 billion and €3.6 billion -
Marathon issues CLO with limitation on B3 loans
4 years ago
Marathon Asset Management’s new $405 million US CLO has a 25% cap on loans rated B3 and below, says a source close to the deal -
GSO completes 12th CLO transaction of 2019 as junior spreads edge wider
4 years ago
It has been, by the firm's own standards, a slow year for the largest CLO manager globally, but nevertheless GSO Capital Partners has completed 12 transactions in 2019 -
Anchorage prices triple As at 92bp in European CLO
4 years ago
Anchorage Capital Group has teamed up with Barclays once again in Europe to issue its latest CLO, known as Anchorage Capital Europe CLO 3 -
Invesco prices largest new CLO in three years
4 years ago
Invesco returned to the CLO primary market yesterday to issue its largest new money transaction in three years, according to market sources -
MacKay Shields prices first ever euro CLO
4 years ago
The European CLO market welcomed another new manager on Friday as MacKay Shields issued its first ever deal via JP Morgan -
Investcorp resets and upsizes 2017 European CLO
4 years ago
Investcorp Credit Management has reset and upsized its 2017 CLO named Harvest CLO XVII, according to market sources -
Oaktree prices its largest active CLO via Wells Fargo
4 years ago
Oaktree Capital Management yesterday priced its fourth CLO of 2019 and its third with a deal size over $700 million -
Five Arrows matches Europe's tightest CLO spread with latest new issue
4 years ago
Five Arrows yesterday returned to the European CLO market with its first transaction of the year, matching Axa Investment Managers for the tightest new issue print
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