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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. -
Soft mood music abruptly dashed as Fed and BoE rile markets
1 year ago
The credit market’s strong run of improvement has come to an end this week, with the US Federal Reserve and Bank of England delivering a reality check to hopes of a more dovish path forward on interest rates -
Ares targets today for European CLO pricing
1 year ago
Ares Management is targeting today to price its new issue European CLO, Ares European CLO XVI -
US-led sell off shifts index roll technicals with key rates decisions looming
1 year ago
Further deterioration in global economic outlook is causing credit spreads to move back to the midpoint or wide end of their recent range, after a week of reversal from the previously more optimistic September trading run -
Jefferies builds on strong January as it markets Cairn European CLO
2 years ago
Jefferies is marketing its fourth European CLO of the year, this time pairing with Cairn Investments on a new issue -
Financials move first as bearish trading resumes ahead of Fed meeting
2 years ago
The bearish tone in financial markets has spilled over into another week with cautious positioning ahead of the US Federal Reserve meeting, weakness in tech stocks, financial credits underperforming and growing trepidation about the possibility of Russian intervention in Ukraine -
Credit Fundraising: mega funds contribute to record-breaking month as volume hits $39bn
2 years ago
The sheer size of the funds raised in November more than compensated for a drop in the number of funds raised as fundraising volume in credit reached $38.9 billion. This beat September by $2.4 billion to make it the most productive month of credit fundraising in 2021 -
Anchorage partially refis Euro CLO with less than year left of reinvestment
2 years ago
Anchorage Capital has opted to partially refinance its debut European CLO, which ends reinvestment in July next year -
Redding Ridge tops Euro CLO new issue tables with fourth new issue in four months
2 years ago
BNP Paribas served as lead arranger on the manager’s latest €507.55 million deal - cementing Redding Ridge's top spot for highest European CLO new issue volumes in 2021 -
OC health check: first senior breach in middle market pushes CLO tally to 13
3 years ago
41 CLOs have breached an overcollateralisation test in the last week, according to the latest trustee reports on CLO-i, taking the overall total to 182 -
Fair Oaks suspends dividends from listed CLO fund citing covid-19 uncertainty
4 years ago
Fair Oaks Capital has suspended dividends on its listed CLO fund “in light of the ongoing uncertainty in economies and markets caused by covid-19 pandemic”, according to an update to investors in the $315 million fund -
Credit traders' kickstand: this is not a drill
4 years ago
Freefall in financial markets has brought one of the credit market’s most volatile sessions on record, as coronavirus cases globally near 100,000 and the WHO has warned governments are not doing nearly enough. iTraxx Crossover one-day volatility is up with the 2008 global financial crisis and 2011 European sovereign crisis -
Credit traders’ kickstand: a year comes undone in a week as world faces coronavirus moment of truth
4 years ago
As the coronavirus outbreak reaches a 'decisive point', according to the World Health Organisation, one of most volatile weeks in recent memory has hauled credit spreads from their post-financial crisis tights to much wider levels last seen in the first half of 2019 and, in the case of emerging markets, more than a year ago. -
Licence and registration: loan spreads get speeding ticket as CLOs play catch-up
4 years ago
The sharp rally in corporate credit means that CLO spreads are going to have to rapidly follow suit with investors informing Creditflux that US CLO triple As should be pricing at 105-107 basis points to make deal economics work. -
CLO managers suffer puncture with $85 million of Jack Cooper debt
4 years ago
CLO managers hold $85.8 million of exposure to auto hauler Jack Cooper Ventures, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to the latest trustee reports from CLO-i -
Och-Ziff pairs with Credit Suisse on new €412 million European CLO
5 years ago
Och Ziff has priced a €412 million CLO via Credit Suisse, its second new issue European deal of the year and its 12th transaction overall in 2018, according to market sources -
Los Angeles pension fund mandates $35 million to real estate debt fund
6 years ago
A Los Angeles pension fund has mandated $35 million to Almanac Realty Investments for its eighth real estate debt fund, Creditflux understands -
Morgan Stanley secures record mezz prints as it prices two CLO refis
7 years ago
Morgan Stanley’s US CLO arranging team has completed two CLO refinancings in quick succession, securing single-A, triple-B and double-B tights in the process -
GSO secures new 2.0 era triple-A tight with latest European CLO
7 years ago
Senior European CLO spreads edged tighter earlier today as GSO Capital Partners priced its first deal of the year. -
CLO volumes close in on $40 billion after Octagon prices
10 years ago
Octagon Credit Investors this week priced a $517.5 million CLO via Bank of America, according to market sources -
Credit market snapshot: credit opens week by moving tighter
11 years ago
Hopes of debt deals over Greece and US fiscal cliff drive credit tighter -
Credit market snapshot: credit continues to slide wider
11 years ago
US 'fiscal cliff' fears, allied with renewed worries over Greek debt, drive credit wider -
Credit market snapshot: credit edges wider on Greek concerns
11 years ago
EU/IMF spat over two-year extension to Greek austerity deadline -
All your CDS models are wrong
11 years ago
It is a common belief that it is simple to extract implied default probabilities from CDS spreads. But, argues Robert Jarrow, the conventional methods are drastically flawed -
Re-thinking recovery
12 years ago
Loss-given-default presents an even bigger modelling challenge than default probability. A re-sampling casts light on the best approach
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