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OC health check: CLOs wake up when September ends
3 years ago
September showed a slight but clear improvement in CLOs’ over-collateralisation test results as 182 CLOs breached an OC test during the reporting period, compared to 198 in August. -
Octagon cements itself as most prolific refinancer of fixed-rate CLOs
3 years ago
Octagon Credit Investors teamed up with Goldman Sachs on Friday to refianance the $10 million double A-rated fixed tranche of its 2017 CLO Octagon Investment Partners 32 -
Octagon reaches milestone with CLO number 50
3 years ago
Octagon Credit Investors reached a milestone yesterday as it priced the 50th deal in its series of CLOs -
CLO pipeline: primary tightening opens door for CLO managers to print new issues
3 years ago
The CLO primary market is hitting a fast pace as it enters the last quarter of 2020. Last week brought a surge of new issuance as 11 US, two European and one mid market CLO manager priced their latest transactions -
Octagon steams ahead with fourth fixed CLO tranche refi since August
3 years ago
Octagon Credit Investors has become the first CLO manager to complete four fixed-rate CLO tranche refinancing or repricing transactions this year, after teaming up with Citi to refinance the double A-rated fixed notes of Octagon Investment Partners 31 -
Octagon prices first single A-only fixed rate CLO refi
3 years ago
Octagon Credit Investors has priced its third fixed-note CLO refinancing amid the coronavirus pandemic, becoming the first manager to complete a single A-only refi in the process -
Octagon scores one of CLO market's biggest coupon cuts with repricing
3 years ago
Octagon Credit Investors has joined the trend of managers looking to reprice CLO tranches. The manager teamed up with Bank of America to reprice the fixed rate debt of Octagon Investment Partners 27 in a $22.5 million transaction -
Fortress and Octagon add to 2018 fixed-rate CLO refi trend
3 years ago
Another two CLOs refinanced their fixed rate debt tranches on Thursday, bringing the total refi activity in the last two months to 15 transactions -
Octagon prices CLO with lowest funding costs since covid-19 outbreak
3 years ago
Octagon Credit Investors priced the tightest three-year CLO since the coronavirus-triggered sell-off on Wednesday, with the firm's latest transaction, named Octagon Investment Partners 48, printing at a weighted funding cost of just 200.01 basis points over Libor -
CLO pipeline: AGL aims high as it prepares fifth new issue of 2020
3 years ago
US CLO managers are sensing opportunities in the CLO market either via new issue CLOs or by refinancing the fixed-rate tranches in their legacy deals -
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 -
Octagon becomes third manager to exceed $500 million with CLO amid covid
3 years ago
Octagon Credit Investors has become only the third manager to price a new issue CLO larger than $500 million following the outbreak of covid-19 -
CLO pipeline: manager prepares crowning return as primary market gets busy
3 years ago
CLO secondary prices have rallied hard in recent weeks, providing impetus for the new issue deal pipeline to fill up quickly. But one surprise is that Western Asset Management has chosen this moment to return to the primary CLO market, after several years' absence -
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. -
Rapid CLO M&A activity on the horizon as fee deferrals pick up
3 years ago
A flurry of M&A deals could soon sweep the CLO market as management fee deferrals become an increasing pressure point for small CLO managers -
Octagon prices $496.85 million new CLO as market stabalises
3 years ago
Octagon Credit Investors today priced the second largest CLO of the pandemic era via Wells Fargo -
First Creditflux web panel discusses outlook for CLOs amid covid crisis
3 years ago
Panellists at the first ever Creditflux webinar conference on CLOs struck a balanced view on the outlook for their market, highlighting crucial differences between the crisis resulting from the coronavirus pandemic and the global financial crisis of 2008 -
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 -
US CLO issuers get pricing signals as triple As trade in secondary at 375bp
4 years ago
Would-be US CLO issuers were given an indication of pricing levels yesterday after a CLO that turns static in July hit the secondary market -
We’ve survived before, we can do so again
4 years ago
$7.8 billion of CLO collateral, split evenly between the US and Europe, is in the loans that have fallen fastest in the past month. But short term CLO pain will bring opportunities for building par -
US CLO double Bs struggle as 2020 deal drops 40 cents in three months
4 years ago
A gap is emerging between single A US CLO tranches and junior CLO debt after $33 million of single As changed hands yesterday via a b-wic with prices between 82 and 87 cents. But a 2020 CLO shows how fast and sharp the decline has been for junior CLO paper -
Senior portfolio manager leaves Octagon ahead of move to rival CLO issuer
4 years ago
A CLO portfolio manager has left Octagon Credit Investors with market sources indicating that she is heading to a rival CLO issuer in New York -
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 -
The Last Tranche with Octagon’s Lam: 2017 CLO refis and ‘no man’s land’ in loans
4 years ago
Spreads, investors and manager consolidation take focus in February's edition of The Last Tranche
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