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European CLO triple As slide over 30bp in a month
2 years ago
Partners Group has priced Penta CLO 11 today, sources say with the triple A notes pricing at 125bp. This confirms that senior CLO notes are now in the 120-125bp range, having been 30bp tighter just a month ago -
PGIM prints European CLO with triple As at 120bp
2 years ago
PGIM priced its latest European CLO, Dryden 91 Euro CLO 2021, today via Citi with triple As at 120bp -
European CLO triple As set to hit 120bp with PGIM pricing today
2 years ago
PGIM is poised to price a European CLO today with sources indicating that the deal – Dryden 91 – is due to issue senior notes at 120 basis points. This is set to be the new benchmark, but it is almost 30bp wide of levels in mid-February -
Global CLO trading lab: Payments season prompts equity to surge but short-dated bonds trade low
2 years ago
Over the last two weeks, $2.8 billion of US CLOs and €640 million of European CLO paper have appeared on b-wics, with equity making up 33% and 40% of the respective markets -
Ironshield prepares for ‘choppier’ kind of dislocation
2 years ago
Distressed debt investors are casting an eye over Europe as a cocktail of inflationary pressures, supply chain shortages and geopolitical risks weigh on corporate credit -
KKR and PGIM among bidders to buy Alcentra: Bloomberg
2 years ago
BNY Mellon is set to offload its credit investment unit Alcentra, according to a report by Bloomberg citing people familiar with the matter -
Gapstow expects strategic deals as credit manager M&A volume slumps to $120 billion
2 years ago
M&A volume involving credit asset managers dropped last year with total target value assets under management slumping to $120 billion from $149 billion in 2020 (and $254 billion in 2019), according to Gapstow Capital Partners -
It's All Relative: CQS, Capital Four and Tikehau look for CLO breakthrough as debutant premiums drop
2 years ago
The number of US CLO issuers in 2021 could be about to reach 106 with Capital Four, CQS and Tikehau looking to price debut deals, with price talk set at ambitious levels -
Tantrum time: investors brace for Fed to taper bond buying
2 years ago
The US Federal Reserve’s likely decision to curb its $120 billion-a-month bond purchase programme is looming as Creditflux goes to press -
Credit rallies on Fed and BofE rates signals, but starting gun fires on tapering
2 years ago
Credit and equity markets have responded well to the US Federal Reserve unveiling much anticipated plans to begin tapering asset purchases, while vouching it will stay patient on hiking interest rates. The Bank of England followed this on Thursday by holding its rates at 0.1% -
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 -
Oxford Funds wins new Creditflux award for best private closed-end CLO fund
2 years ago
Creditflux is happy to announce an additional winner following the 2021 Creditflux Awards Ceremony -
Record-breaking CSAM wins Creditflux Manager of the Year 2021
2 years ago
The Creditflux Manager Awards dinner was back with a bang last night as 250 attendees saw Credit Suisse Asset Management crowned Creditflux Manager of the Year for a record third time -
Eurazeo closes €1.5 billion European direct lending fund and readies next one
2 years ago
Eurazeo has closed its fifth European direct lending fund, Idinvest Private Debt V, at €1.5 billion -
Euro CLO managers price €1bn as triple As surpass 100bp and capped tranches gain popularity
2 years ago
CBAM, Hayfin Capital Management and GoldenTree Asset Management have all taken to the European CLO primary market, adding €1 billion to 2021 volume -
CarVal exceeds target with $3.6 billion distressed credit fund
2 years ago
CarVal will invest in distressed credit including acquiring loan portfolios, investing in corporate securities, structured credit and hard assets -
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 -
Global CLO pricing lab: investors get over fatigue and embrace reset roll over
3 years ago
The demand for CLOs is showing no signs of slowing down after the market had experienced some fatigue at the end of the first quarter and into the second. In the last two weeks, there have been 47 CLO transactions across all forms of pricing in the three markets; led by 18 US CLO new issues -
Points up front: The flattest term curve - work anniversary rewards
3 years ago
If you think CLO term curves are flat with a handful of basis points between three and five-year triple A CLOs, then you haven’t seen anything yet -
Blackstone Euro CLO seniors come at wide end of guidance but mezz beats expectations
3 years ago
GreensLedge and Natwest Markets have made their comeback to European CLO arranging -
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 -
Ninety One hires ex-Oak Hill duo for new European credit opportunities platform
3 years ago
Ninety One Asset Management, formerly known as Investec Asset Management, has hired two ex-Oak Hill officials to build the firm's European credit opportunities platform -
Beneath the triple C: CLOs benefit as upgrades make for lighter triple C buckets
3 years ago
For the first time since the sell off in March last year, downgrades to triple C have come to a near-standstill -
LP round-up: $2.6 billion flows into 26 credit managers
3 years ago
A stuck ship in the Suez Canal may have prevented others from getting through one of the world's busiest waterways in March, but allocations to credit funds were much more free flowing as investors poured over $2.6 billion into the hands of credit managers -
European CLO spreads set to tighten as BlackRock markets refi
3 years ago
BlackRock is looking to partially refinance the senior-most tranches of a 2018 CLO
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