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Beneath the triple C: Winter is coming for CLOs as downgrades outstrip upgrades
1 year ago
Both US and European issuers have felt downward pressure from the rating agencies as we head towards the end of the year, with downgrades to triple C now firmly outpacing upgrades out of it. -
Beneath the triple C: Stormy October hits CLOs with rising tide of downgrades
1 year ago
After a slight respite in the pace of downgrades over the summer for CLOs, October brought renewed momentum as macro-economic pressures - primarily high interest rate burdens for corporate borrowers and supply side inflation - became the recurring rationale -
CLOs keep eyes glued to screen as Cineworld previews possible chapter 11
1 year ago
Cineworld, the UK-based cinema giant, has announced that a chapter 11 restructuring is among the options it is considering, in response to recent media speculation about a possible default -
Ucits at a glance: 2022 opens shakily but with a familiar lead
2 years ago
Ucits funds moved slowly into 2022 as 59% made negative returns in January -
Ucits at a glance: Robus and Altana dip but stay at the top
2 years ago
In October, Ucits funds continued a slide that had begun the previous month with 60% of them in the red -
Fund performance: Dominant CLO funds look to end the year with 20%-plus gains
2 years ago
Once again the Creditflux hedge fund top 10 is dominated by CLO funds, with seven funds among the best performers in September. -
CIFC pulls CLO market tighter with seventh US deal of year
2 years ago
CIFC Asset Management teamed up with Nomura on Monday to price the tightest new CLO in over two weeks -
US CLO pipeline: newcomers look to follow Beach Point's lead by pricing before year-end
2 years ago
Beach Point Capital Management became the latest debut issuer in the US CLO market on Friday, and Sycamore Tree Capital Partners and Putnam Investments are set to join it -
US CLO pipeline: 33 new issues enter market with historic CLO records on the verge of shattering
2 years ago
The US CLO market is running as hot as it has all year with a whopping 33 managers marketing new issues CLOs, according to market sources -
US CLO pricing lab: expensive legacy deals take priority as two-three year point on term curve tightens
2 years ago
The US CLO market may have gapped out in recent weeks, but expensive 2019 and covid-era CLO refis and resets are still in the money -
Fund performance: Déjà vu as April leaders dominate
2 years ago
CLO funds stayed in the top flight for another month as they took over the top 10 credit hedge fund return table in May, when 87% of all funds listed made positive returns -
Global CLO league tables - May 2021 YTD
2 years ago
Global CLO league tables - May 2021 YTD -
US CLO league tables: CIFC makes big leap but CSAM and JP Morgan retain leads
2 years ago
There has been no change atop the US CLO league tables, but Credit Suisse Asset Management’s and JP Morgan’s leads are dwindling -
CLO pipeline: US adds deals at frenetic pace as Europe catches breath after record start
3 years ago
US CLO investors have numerous deals to consider with 13 new issues and 15 repricings being prepared to flood the market in the coming days -
Credit funds at a glance: several funds post double digit November returns
3 years ago
November was a strong month for credit hedge funds listed by Creditflux, with latest returns demonstrating the effect of the vaccine/US election rally on fund perfomance -
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. -
CLO pipeline: managers large, small and new ready to price in post-Labour Day surge
3 years ago
US managers are preparing a wave of new issue CLOs in the coming days, as the usual post-Labour Day pricing surge comes to fruition even in this most unusual of years -
Beneath the triple C: downgrade rate slows as $8 billion of CLO loans tumble
3 years ago
May offered some respite to CLO portfolios as corporate downgrades to triple C were reduced heavily - affecting just $6.67 billion of US CLO paper and €1.09 billion of European CLO portfolios -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: $8 billion of US CLOs listed in record-breaking March
4 years ago
Last week brought an end to the busiest month in both the US and European CLO secondary markets since at least 2014. $7.7 billion of US CLO paper was on sale in March with a further €1.8 billion of European CLO bonds available, bringing the total listed in Q1 to $13.9 billion and €3.6 billion -
Beneath the triple C: mighty CLO buckets from Akorns grow
4 years ago
Rating agencies went on a downgrading spree in February, with Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s cutting 20 corporate names to triple C or below – affecting $2.78 billion of paper in US CLOs and €316.6 million in European CLOs. -
CIFC pushes European CLO spreads to new tights
4 years ago
CIFC Asset Management’s second CLO in the European market, CIFC European Funding CLO II, has set a new benchmark for the year as triple A spreads move tighter to 90bp with a cost of debt of 165.6bp. -
CLO pipeline: new business and manager returns add ray of light as arbitrage clouds the picture
4 years ago
The near-term CLO pipeline is shrinking amid familiar cries that the equity arbitrage is challenging. Adding to constraint fundamentals, the usual summer torpor is also approaching. -
CIFC prices its fifth new CLO this year
5 years ago
CIFC Asset Management priced its fifth new issue CLO of 2018 today, bringing its total new issue volumes for this year up to $3.81 billion -
CIFC prices its eighth CLO transaction of the year
5 years ago
CIFC Asset Management priced its eighth CLO transaction of the year yesterday, teaming up with Bank of America Merrill Lynch to reset CIFC Funding 2013-IV -
CIFC reissues 2014 CLO and plans reset of 2013 deal
5 years ago
CIFC priced a CLO reissue late on Friday and is keeping up the momentum with plans for a reset of a 2013-vintage deal.
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