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European resets return as Carlyle reworks 2022 vintage deal
26 days ago
This week’s latest European CLO reset from Carlyle Group maintained the market’s trend so far this year for sub-150bps pricing levels -
European CLO market stirs as first refi of the year prices
2 months ago
BNP Paribas injected some life into the sluggish European CLO market on Monday with the first European refi of the year -
Banks predict steady year ahead
4 months ago
It’s the season for predictions and the CLO market is no exception, with all the banks having their say. We’ve rounded up their forecasts for new issuance and resets in the US and Europe -
European CLO triple As join the sub-170bp club as Redding Ridge deal prints
8 months ago
Redding Ridge printed the largest (and tightest) European CLO this year in a €499.35 million transactions priced by BNP Paribas -
Treble top: CSAM wins best manager again
10 months ago
Returning to the Landmark Hotel in London, the 2023 Creditflux manager awards looked back at a year that saw the CLO market in flux. After the stability of 2021, the markets hit a rocky patch and US CLO triple As ranged from 110-290 basis points. -
Euro CLO triple As could drop to 195bp as GoldenTree markets
1 year ago
Do you remember, the 195bp prints in September? -
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. -
LP round up: 27 managers find the top corner with investor wins
1 year ago
Credit fund managers like to take it one fund at a time and give it 110% for their 90-minute investor fund pitches - and it's working as $3.8 billion was allocated during November and early December. The gaffer would be proud. -
CVC and PGIM add to European CLO new issue surge
1 year ago
CVC and PGIM joined Ares, Neuberger and Oaktree in pricing new issues last week -
Making the grade: CLO managers move into IG bonds
1 year ago
CLO managers have been using the incredible volatility in credit markets this year to add an unfamiliar asset to their portfolios – investment grade bonds -
Quarterly rankings: Carlyle climbs to top of pack with CBAM boost
1 year ago
Carlyle Group has cemented itself as the largest manager globally, following its acquisition of fellow CLO manager CBAM -
Beneath the triple C: ebbs and flows leave triple C levels at a temporary stasis
1 year ago
Following a rising tide of downgrades in May the loan market stabilised somewhat in June, with seven issuers held by CLOs downgraded to triple C and a counter-swell of five names upgraded to single B. -
CSAM does the CLO awards double
1 year ago
Winning the Creditflux Manager of the Year award is a feat in itself. Winning it back-to-back in such different markets is an outstanding achievement — and CSAM can take great pride in it -
Euro CLO league tables: PGIM and Jefferies lead as Euribor caps come back in fashion
2 years ago
April was the quietest month of the year in the European CLO market with only €2 billion pricing across four new issues and one reset -
PGIM opts for two-year reinvestment on Euro CLO with triple As at 110bp
2 years ago
BNP Paribas arranged the €401.3 million deal, which features a shorter than traditional reinvestment and non-call period -
Arb work pays off
2 years ago
With day-one arbitrage alone delivering projected CLO cash-on-cash returns of 20-25%, 2021 may have been the best year ever for equity investors — at least until CLO spreads began to widen -
Investcorp triple As hit 110bp in first Euro CLO of year
2 years ago
Jefferies arranged the €451.9 million deal, named Harvest XXVIII, which Investcorp upsized from €400 million -
LP round up: Fidelity wins big, Pacific retains loan mandate, pensions eye distressed
2 years ago
The month also included one CLO fund commitment, one high yield manager search, one finalised US loans mandate and one $400 million multi-sector fixed income managed account mandate -
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 -
Euro CLO league tables: Jefferies nips ahead of Barclays as overall leader
2 years ago
The European CLO market has added laurels to a record-breaking year with one of the highest issuance months for new paper. -
Global CLO trading lab: bank sells $834 million triple As in quarterly reallocation as hedge fund trades CLO equity
2 years ago
Thursday’s secondary CLO market was the busiest of 2021, with over $1 billion of US CLOs on offer. This featured an enormous b-wic worth $834.3 million, where sources have told Creditflux of the bank behind the aucton. While a large credit hedge fund is said to have sold out of control CLO equity -
Credit Rendezvous: Credit spins full circle
2 years ago
The third quarter was massive in terms of volumes with CLOs, high yield, leverage loans and private equity registering record issuance. But credit spreads were up and down as inflation fears, crackdowns in China and rising coronavirus cases became catalysts for risk-off sentiment in July and September -
Global CLO trading lab: Seasoned equity prices lag as debt spreads level out
2 years ago
The CLO secondary market took a back seat to the surging primary market in August and September with secondary US CLO volume accounting for just 3.7% and 4.2% of the total US CLO market (primary and secondary volumes). But opportunities are there in CLO equity tranches -
CLO pipeline: GoldenTree makes good home for single Bs in swarm of activity
2 years ago
Wider CLO spreads are not deterring US CLO managers or equity investors, as 14 new issues, 10 resets and seven refinancings enter the pipeline -
CLO triple As drip wider in Europe as CVC prices refi in line with recent new issues
2 years ago
European CLO refinancing triple As have widened with CVC’s Cordatus Loan Fund XIV the latest to price.
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