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Investors flock to CLOs as interest rates stay high
2 months ago
A surge in demand from global investors combined with flat net supply has winnowed down yields in the USD 1.3tn CLO market. And the outlook is for another step down for spreads despite last month’s record issuance. -
Japanese banks and insurers appreciate stability of CLOs and increase investment
2 months ago
Big banks. Regional banks. Life insurers. From one end of the country to the other, Japan is seeing a resurgence of interest in the global CLO market. -
Norinchukin Bank signals potential increase in CLO allocation, according to research
2 months ago
Japan’s Norinchukin Bank has seemingly signalled it could increase its allocations toward CLOs, according to a research report by Deutsche Bank. -
New and old Japanese buyers look to booming CLO market
3 months ago
Japanese investors are ramping up investing in the USD 1.3tr CLO market with new investors looking to enter the space as well as traditional buyers increasing allocations -
Sona prices CLO number two
4 months ago
Sona Asset Management wrapped up a hectic week when it priced its second new European CLO this afternoon -
Banks support triple As as insurers and asset managers step awa
8 months ago
While attention is focused on what the proposed risk-weighted asset (RWA) implementation of Basel 3 will mean for US banks, European banks have already become the dominate buyers of CLO triple A paper. -
Polls close tomorrow for the Creditflux CLO Census 2023
10 months ago
With two days of voting left the seventh instalment of Creditflux’s CLO Census is already the biggest ever with 397 participants -
Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling partners affirm merger
10 months ago
The partnership will help both firms expand internationally while changing the legal landscape -
Securities regulators call for improvement in practices in CLO market
11 months ago
IOSCO, an international policy forum for securities regulators, has called for improvement in practices in both the leveraged loan and CLO markets. -
New infrastructure CLO prices with support from two DFIs
11 months ago
Bayfront Infrastructure Management priced a new APAC infrastructure CLO yesterday, drawing support from a number of government-funded investment programs -
Big banks see small changes in CLO holdings — but that may change in third quarter
1 year ago
The major bank buyers of CLO triple A notes saw limited change in their holdings during the second quarter, according to their latest financial statements -
Barings strikes strategic partnership agreement with Lakemore to support CLO issuance
1 year ago
Barings has entered into a strategic partnership with Lakemore Partners to support the growth of the manager's CLO platform -
Japanese investors and ETFs bid up CLO triple As as US banks cool off
1 year ago
CLOs saw healthy demand from Japan in the first three months of the year, with Japan Post Bank and Norinchukin each increasing investments in the asset class. Japan Post’s CLO holdings stood at JPY2.3 trillion ($17.51 billion) as of 31 March, an increase of $550 million in the quarter and up 32.7% on the year prior. Nochu added $110 million to JPY6.4 trillion ($48.2 billion), or 13% of the bank’s investment portfolio. -
CLO market turns international as new investors land
1 year ago
The global CLO market attracted new investors over the first quarter of 2023, according to market sources, while others have moved across the capital stack or into different regions than those to which they have been accustomed -
Creditflux CLO Census entries near 300 with just two days left to vote
1 year ago
The sixth instalment of Creditflux’s CLO Census is officially the biggest ever with 295 market participants taking part in the CLO industry’s most comprehensive survey -
Impact investor earns $146 million from US body for second CLO
2 years ago
An impact investment firm owned by M&G is poised to launch its second CLO, according to filings seen by Creditflux -
JP Morgan holds place as CLO market's largest noteholder
2 years ago
JP Morgan remained the world's largest CLO noteholder at the end of the first quarter, with $59.69 billion invested in the asset class as of 31 March - an increase of $1.11 billion from year-end -
Nochu returns to CLO new issues after two-year break
2 years ago
Norinchukin Bank made its long-awaited return to the CLO primary market last month, investing in US CLO triple A notes once more -
Nochu again: Japanese bank makes tentative return to CLO primary investing
2 years ago
Norinchukin, the world’s largest holder of CLO notes, made a tentative return to primary investing last month -
Israeli fund looks beyond carry to discounted CLO double Bs
3 years ago
A CLO fund set up in Israel a year ago is looking to unlock value in double B-rated tranches and is finding opportunities in the primary market where junior CLO tranches are regularly pricing at a discount -
Goldman prints infrastructure debt-backed CLO for London and Seoul-based firms
3 years ago
Goldman Sachs has issued a $233.3 million CLO designed to finance infrastructure projects. The deal, named Sequoia Infrastructure Funding I, names London-based Sequoia Investment Management Company as investment advisor and Seoul-headquarterd Shinhan Alternative Investment Management as collateral manager -
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 -
CLO and loan trading head moves to development finance job
3 years ago
Mediobanca's loan and CLO trading head has moved to CDC Group, a development finance business owned by the UK government -
Big US banks pull back from CLO primary market to preserve cash
4 years ago
CLO triple As have tightened substantially in recent weeks to tights of 155 basis points in the primary market - but sources say the big US banks that typcially invest in these bonds are not buying -
Manager Awards 2020 winners set to be unveiled
4 years ago
The long wait to find out the winners at the Creditflux Manager Awards 2020 is almost over, with the results to be announced live online today on a broadcast at 5pm London / 12pm New York
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