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CLO rankings: manager AUM, advisory firm and trustees Q1 2023
1 year ago
Two acquisitions close to shake up the top and Dechert takes early lead over Milbank in manager counsel rankings -
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. -
CLO rankings: manager AUM, advisory firm and trustees Q4 2022
1 year ago
As 2022 draws to a close manager consolidation through mergers and acquisitions have been balanced out by new market entrants to leave roughly the same number of managers that entered the year, at least for now. -
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 -
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. -
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 -
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: Man GLG resurfaces from six-year absence as deals exiting call-lock fill pipeline
2 years ago
CLO spreads have leaked out in recent weeks but deal economics are still favourable, encouraging managers to come back to the primary market for the first time this year -
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 -
CLO pipeline: queue gets longer as Blackstone goes again and Sancus makes first move
3 years ago
The queue to price for US CLO managers is only getting larger with 18 new issue CLOs in the pipeline, according to market sources, along with 18 repricings and two new issue European CLOs and two mid market CLO resets -
CLO pipeline: and breathe... issuance splurge clears the backlog
3 years ago
Over 20 deals remain in the CLO pipeline, despite a glut of issuance last week in which 38 transactions priced, totalling $18.1 billion -
CLO pipeline: go long! new issues and resets push refis aside
3 years ago
The CLO market is ready to go beyond refinancings - after this year's opening blitz of those deals - into the longer tenored territory of resets and new issues -
Global CLO trading lab: secondary volumes inflate and easily get absorbed
3 years ago
Weekly secondary CLO volume has been lower across the capital structure in recent weeks as 2021’s refinancing wave left investors with plenty of choice -
CLO pipeline: Deutsche Bank and Carlson hit comeback trail
3 years ago
The CLO market is preparing to be very active in the coming weeks, as the issuance slow-down is set to be in the rear view mirror -
CLO pipeline: European new issues set to resume but managers seek pricing stability
3 years ago
The CLO pipeline is heavy with reworked deals - and anticipation - as 14 US CLO and one European CLO refinancings feature, along with nine US CLO and six European CLO resets -
CLO pipeline: expensive 2019 CLOs in vogue with 32bp savings potential
3 years ago
The CLO pipeline is dominated by refinancings and resets, with new issuance taking a backseat -
CLO pipeline: Carlyle eyes fourth new issue in two months but refis and resets dominate
3 years ago
Manager focus has shifted to reworking vintage CLOs to lower funding costs in a much tighter market, with the new issue US market having slowed -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: record level of CLO paper stalls rally
3 years ago
Record levels of primary and secondary CLO supply has left investors spoilt for choice and led to the CLO rally stalling -
CLO pipeline: busy year, so let's take time to reset
3 years ago
The US CLO market this year has been dominated by new issues and refinancings, but now is the time of the reset judging by this week’s pipeline -
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 -
CLO pipeline: all bases expand as more absentees join bonanza
3 years ago
The US CLO market is bubbling with issuance as 17 new issues and 15 repricings appear in the pipeline. Europe is set to welcome two new issues and nine repricings while Golub Capital looks to bring its first 2021 deal to the middle market -
CLO pipeline: snow business like the CLO business
3 years ago
CLO issuers are putting aside the cold snap and are warming up with a flurry of deals. -
CLO pipeline: OFS to make comeback as 2020 absentees eye new issues
3 years ago
As liability spreads tighten day by day, the CLO pipeline is filling fast. 2020 absentees are joining the parade as four US managers and three European managers aim to return to the new issue market after taking a break of 12 months or longer -
OC health check: CLOs end 2020 with fragile recovery
3 years ago
Only 109 CLOs breached an overcollateralisation test in December, falling from 121 in November. This in turn was down from the 147 CLOs that breached an OC test in October, but 33 cured their breaches in November and a further 11 cured all OC test failures in December
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