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Monthly new US CLO volumes highest since May as MJX prices new deal
8 months ago
US new CLO volumes for August surpassed $6 billion on Friday after MJX Asset Management priced its second deal of the year named Venture 48 -
US CLO pipeline: Spreads and tenors disperse as six managers eye new issues
1 year ago
Dispersion has come to the fore in the US CLO market with higher tier managers able to price their triple As in the 180-185 basis points range and others up around 200bps. But this week’s pipeline shows there is some divergence in the length of CLOs coming to the market too -
Nerves of steel needed for CLOs as Phoenix Services files for chapter 11
1 year ago
CLOs hold $341.54 million of steel service provider Phoenix Services Topco which filed for chapter 11 protection in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware yesterday -
We’ll get through this awkward patch
1 year ago
Wide liabilities have made pricing CLOs trickier in the past few months. But speakers at Creditflux’s CLO Symposium were optimistic that the arbitrage is OK — so long as you can place those triple As -
CLO managers in the mix for first US credit event auction since 2020
1 year ago
CDS contracts referencing Talen Energy Supply will be settled by credit event auction next month. And Talen's recovery levels will have relevance for a number of CLO managers that have held onto the company's debt - in some cases having bought more very recently -
Attack-minded CLO managers capitalise on bearish outlook
2 years ago
Some of the most aggressive CLO managers have benefited from loan market volatility in March after having tweaked their portfolios in the months beforehand -
US CLO league tables: Blackstone and Citi win new issues but CSAM and JP Morgan take overall issuance crown
2 years ago
The US CLO market had an extraordinary 2021 with almost $400 billion of overall issuance pricing as records were set for all forms of issuance -
Three control CLO equity blocks trade, including rare CIFC deal with ultra-low funding costs
2 years ago
Three US CLO anchor equity positions traded Tuesday courtesy of one b-wic at 9.30am New York time -
Record-breaking CSAM wins Creditflux Manager of the Year 2021
2 years ago
The Creditflux Manager Awards dinner was back with a bang last night as 250 attendees saw Credit Suisse Asset Management crowned Creditflux Manager of the Year for a record third time -
CLO pipeline: Carlyle unstoppable as PGIM looks to tighten double As
2 years ago
The CLO machine is refusing to slowdown, churning out deals as the US market is set to welcome a flurry of deals in the coming weeks – with 18 new issues, 14 resets and 10 refinancings in the marketing stage. -
MJX prints $407 million CLO refi
2 years ago
MJX Asset Management has priced a $407 million refinancing of the triple to single A notes of its 2019 CLO Venture 37 -
Beneath the triple C: CLOs benefit as upgrades make for lighter triple C buckets
3 years ago
For the first time since the sell off in March last year, downgrades to triple C have come to a near-standstill -
CLO pipeline: Deutsche Bank and Carlson hit comeback trail
3 years ago
The CLO market is preparing to be very active in the coming weeks, as the issuance slow-down is set to be in the rear view mirror -
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 -
CLO pipeline: managers prepare to end quarter with a bang
3 years ago
CLO issuance is showing no signs of slowing down as spreads continue to grind tighter and election day draws ever closer -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: Palmer Square sets highest cover as double B curve inverts
3 years ago
Palmer Square and MJX set the CLO secondary market trading range, but pickings in Europe were the slimmest they have been in almost five months -
US CLO league tables: refis return as Apollo and Citi maintain leads
3 years ago
US CLO monthly issuance rose above $8 billion in July for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc across the globe -
Refinancing of fixed CLOs gathers pace as Jefferies follows Natixis with triple MJX refi
3 years ago
Natixis has built on its drive to refinance CLOs' fixed rate tranches by arranging a $100 million transaction for Fortress Investment Group. And Jefferies has joined the fray, on Tuesday becoming the second bank to refinance CLOs amid the coronavirus pandemic as it repriced six tranches across three CLOs managed by MJX Asset Management -
OC health check: breaches start to take toll on July payment dates
3 years ago
37 CLOs reported an over-collateralisation test failure last week, but this was a falling percentage of those publishing trustee reports and none were fresh breaches -
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 -
OC health check: some CLOs cure failures, but quarter of US deals still in breach
3 years ago
117 deals failed over-collateralisation tests in the last week, although only 46 of these were deals reporting breaches for the first time, according to the latest reports available on CLO-i -
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 -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: control equity hits the market as secondary market picks up
4 years ago
The CLO secondary market in both Europe and the US brought healthy volumes last week. There was €174.9 million listed in the European CLO secondary market, while the US returned a with just over $600 million in CLO b-wics. -
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 -
US CLO round-up: dropping anchor (investors) brings CLO spreads tighter
4 years ago
Syndication was the theme of the week across the global CLO market last week as managers and arrangers presented deals which were sold to a more diverse group of investors than has been the case for most of this year.
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