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Testing the water: issuers gauge sterling HY bond demand following 10-year record low
7 months ago
Pure Gym, a UK-based fitness club, has become the second company in a week to test demand for sterling-denominated senior secured notes in the European high-yield market -
Credit pivots sharply as US returns to growth and ECB confirms record hiking cycle
1 year ago
After a wider start, credit markets reversed course Thursday having digested a strong US GDP reading and the European Central Bank lifting its base rate by 75bp – a move that confirms this as the region’s most aggressive ever hiking cycle -
US and Europe divide honours between HY and IG as market rally extends
1 year ago
A second straight day of improvement is adding to this week’s gathering rally, but while US high yield is outperforming European the reverse is true in investment grade -
Bain and CSAM each reset a late 2019 CLO with senior triple As yielding 135bp
2 years ago
Bain Capital Credit and Credit Suisse Asset Management each reset a CLO from late 2019 on Friday, with both deals placing their senior triple A tranches at 135 basis points over Sofr -
Heavy market rout takes credit back to November 2020 levels
2 years ago
High volatility is gripping financial markets at the end of a week that has been decisively bearish for credit spreads, as concerns about the end of central bank stimulus and warnings of a Russian invasion of Ukraine next month layer on pain for investors -
Beneath the triple C: 13 CLO loans take a dive but defaults subside to a ripple
3 years ago
22 corporate debt issuers were downgraded to triple C or below in November and December by Moody’s or S&P, out of which 13 can be found in CLO portfolios – hurting $4.55 billion of US CLO loans, €1.87 billion of European CLO portfolios and almost $80 million of middle market CLOs loans, according to CLO-i -
US private credit Q3 default rate halves to 4.2%: Proskauer
3 years ago
US private credit default rates fell in the third quarter to 4.2%, half of the 8.1% recorded in Q2, according to law firm Proskauer’ Private Credit Default Index -
US private credit defaults jump to 8.1% with smaller firms taking the brunt
3 years ago
US private credit defaults increased up to 8.1% at the end of the second quarter, up from 5.9% in Q1, according to the Proskauer Private Credit Default Index -
European investors eye 180bp pick-up on triple B CLOs traded in April
3 years ago
A b-wic consisting of mostly European triple B CLOs that traded in late April is on offer at 9.30am New York time tomorrow, according to market sources, as data shows spreads for the rating band averaging 546 basis points over Euribor as of 27 May -
Euro CLO league tables: You wait all month for a pricing and then three come along at once
3 years ago
Two CLO managers chose April to price their first CLOs of the year. Three European CLOs priced last month as the primary market opened following a coronavirus-enforced closure in mid-March -
Golub and Wells Fargo open 2020 CLO primary market
4 years ago
Golub Capital Partners has priced the first transaction in the CLO market this year -
Mid market CLO round-up: Owl Rock perches in the CLO space with debut deal
5 years ago
There was a flurry of activity in the middle market CLO space last week -
Loan trading round-up: CLO managers fall out of love with First Data
5 years ago
An analysis of loan trading among CLO managers in February shows that First Data is falling down the pecking order with managers selling $182 million of the company's loans -
Global CLO round-up: there's something for everyone as CLOs put on a good spread
5 years ago
This week, equity investors have something to be thankful for with triple A CLO spreads showing signs of tightening -
US CLO league tables: reissues gain acceptance with 18 deals in 2018
5 years ago
CLO investors have adapted to refinancings and resets over the last two years. Now its time to add reissues to the list of accepted 2.0 CLO innovations -
New York manager reworks second CLO in as many days via Natixis
6 years ago
The manager priced its second CLO transaction in as many days on Friday -
Alcentra prices US CLO triple As at 112bp following reset
6 years ago
The manager has priced its first CLO transaction of 2018 via MUFG -
Investcorp completes second US CLO refinancing of 2017
6 years ago
Investcorp Credit Management has priced its second US CLO refinancing of the year, according to market sources -
Kansas City-based manager secures sub-100bp print with CLO refi
6 years ago
A US CLO manager has refinanced a 2013 vintage CLO, securing a triple-A print of 97 basis points over Libor, according to market sources -
Manager cuts triple-A coupon by 40bp as 2014 CLO refi prices
7 years ago
Benefit Street Partners has priced its first CLO refinancing of the year, according to market sources -
New Jersey-based manager prices $412 million CLO refi, sources say
7 years ago
Seix Investment Advisors has priced a $412 million CLO refinancing, according to market sources -
Manager makes first foray into CLO primary with $490 million refi
7 years ago
Marble Point Credit Management has priced its first deal in the CLO primary market, refinancing one of its recent takeover deals -
Angelo Gordon completes first primary CLO deal in two years with refi
7 years ago
Angelo Gordon has priced its first deal in the primary CLO market for two years, after completing a refinancing of Northwoods XIV -
JP Morgan prices three CLOs in two days for $1.6 billion in issuance
7 years ago
JP Morgan’s CLO arranging unit has stayed busy in the aftermath of the US presidential election, pricing three transactions in the last two days -
JP Morgan completes CLO refinancing for Los Angeles-based manager
7 years ago
JP Morgan has completed a refinancing of a 2014 CLO for a Los Angeles based-manager, according to market sources
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