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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. -
Mid market CLO league tables: Golub makes it six straight while Natixis blows away the competition
1 year ago
In a trying year, issuance of mid market CLOs dropped a considerable amount. Total volumes dropped from $43.6 billion in 2021 to $20.8 billion in 2022, a 52% decrease year-on-year -
Sound Point prints its first new CLO in 11 months
1 year ago
Sound Point Capital Management returned to the CLO primary market on Monday to print its first new CLO in 11 months -
CSAM and CVC take different paths to benchmark 220bp US CLO triple A print
1 year ago
Credit Suisse Asset Management and CVC Credit Partners each came out with a new CLO on Tuesday with senior triple A notes yielding 220 basis points over Sofr, proving the benchmark triple A print for tier one CLO managers is unchanged since October -
Credit Suisse rallies hard as rest of market suffers
1 year ago
After a tough week for Credit Suisse, the bank’s credit spreads have ended Friday’s session on a notably better tone than most others in the European market -
German firm takes big hit even as most of Europe gains ground
1 year ago
Adler was an outlier in Thursday trading as it bucked overall market improvement following the collapse of a deal to sell shares in a subsidiary. But the Bank of England soon took the shine off credit sentiment in any case -
Global CLO league tables - January 2022 YTD
2 years ago
Global CLO league tables - Jan YTD -
Brigade reworks 2019 CLO in line with another recent reset
2 years ago
Brigade Capital Management has reset its second CLO in the space of a few weeks with near identical prints -
JP Morgan arranges $1.5 billion of CLO resets for three managers
2 years ago
JP Morgan has arranged a cumulative $1.5 billion of CLO resets by printing deals for Allstate Investment Management Company, Pretium Partners and Orix Advisers -
Credit Fundraising: Blue Owl and WhiteHorse gain from improving animal spirits
2 years ago
Fundraising perked up in July as managers raised $14.9 billion for credit funds - the third highest monthly amount this year -
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 -
Global CLO pricing lab: let’s all point at that 108bp print while spreads leak out
2 years ago
The tsunami of CLO paper coming to market is the biggest technical factor causing spreads to widen, according to sources -
Oaktree and Guggenheim price near identical European CLO resets
2 years ago
Oaktree and Guggenheim became the latest managers to reset European CLOs, adding a further €698.3 million to 2021 volume -
CLO triple As leak wider but mezz comes in as Carlyle, PGIM and KKR price Euro new issues
3 years ago
CLO heavyweights Carlyle, KKR and PGIM all took to the primary market on Friday pricing a total of €1.22 billion issuance -
European CLO triple As set to reach 80bp as Jefferies aims for big impact on first deal
3 years ago
Jefferies is close to arranging its first new CLO in Europe having launched Permira Debt Managers’ latest deal, Providus CLO V -
It's all relative: CLO spreads explore record tights as credit indices hit impasse
3 years ago
CLO spreads are grinding to ever tighter levels, despite a flattish week for credit in which corporate credit indices have ended up more or less unchanged -
It's all relative: CLOs are lagging no more, as Carlyle deal drags market tighter
3 years ago
“CLOs are lagging” has been a much repeated refrain over the last nine months. But Carlyle Group has this week produced a US CLO that has dragged spreads to their tightest point in three years so that, rather than comparing CLOs to pre-covid levels, they should be assessed against early 2018 -
Elmwood breaks own record with largest new issue CLO in almost two years
3 years ago
Elmwood Asset Management has teamed up with JP Morgan to print the largest US CLO since April 2019. The deal, named Elmwood CLO VIII, priced at $913.5 million -
It's all relative: Euro CLO mezz rallies to follow month-long IG/HY compression
3 years ago
European credit suffered this week with Brexit talks between the UK and the EU dragging on and both sides conceding that a trade deal is unlikely to be reached by Sunday’s deadline. But European CLO tranches have held up reasonably well with mezzanine spreads tightening by almost 13% in December -
Europe leads corporate credit rally, but US outperforms in CLOs
3 years ago
iTraxx Crossover has been the CDS market's outperformer this week, tightening over 30 basis points, or 11.4%, to trade at 235bp today. But in the CLO market, US deals have come out on top thanks to a BlackRock CLO that priced its double Bs at some of the tightest levels this year -
Correction: JP Morgan shifts bulk of CLO portfolio to held to maturity
3 years ago
JP Morgan has shifted two thirds of its CLO portfolio to the 'held to maturity' part of its balance sheet, posting $31.15 billion worth of CLO holdings on 30 September of which $20.95 billion were held to maturity -
Double B CLOs on downgrade watch up for grabs as market eyes tightening
3 years ago
CLO double B spread averages tightened 24.44 basis points on Wednesday, ending a 22-day widening streak. On Thursday, a b-wic of seven CLO double Bs goes live at 11am New York time and should clarify if spreads will tighten further -
BNP Paribas AM collects €576.5 million for second European debt fund
3 years ago
BNP Paribas Asset Management has held a final close on its second European debt fund, BNP Paribas Euro SME Debt Fund II, which provides senior debt to small and medium-sized companies primarily in France, Italy and Belgium -
CLO liquidity drops again as below IG tranches hit the market
4 years ago
US CLO liquidity has been weak of late, but it took another step lower yesterday, according to market sources -
Euro CLO league tables: May’s refinancings fall just shy of €1 billion
4 years ago
European CLO monthly issuance has stayed roughly level since February what has differed recently though is the volumes of all forms of refinancings.
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