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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. -
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: US CLOs take a dip in the triple C as Europe watches from the sun lounger
1 year ago
The US CLO market bore the brunt of downgrades to triple C in July and August, with a total of $6.22 billion of paper affected. European CLOs enjoyed a more relaxing summer holiday, with only 1 name representing €33.88 million worth of bonds downgraded to triple C. -
CSAM refis European CLO with two-year triple As at 82bp
2 years ago
The CLO’s triple As priced at 82 basis points over Euribor, down from 95bp, in line the deal’s most recent guidance but wider than the 77-79bp original guidance -
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 -
CVC reopens European CLO market with 2019 refi and extends issuance lead
2 years ago
CVC has undertaken a refinancing that follows no CLO issuance in the week before the European bank holiday weekend -
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 -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: 2020 deals trade at premium
3 years ago
As the primary CLO market continues to grind tighter, the secondary market is holding steady, but last year's vintages are trading well as they near the end of their call-locks -
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 -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: junior tranches trade above par as US volumes reach $45bn
3 years ago
A busy week of over $1.4 billion of US CLO secondary bonds and €290 million of European CLO paper gave light to CLO spreads across the capital structure continuing their push towards pre-covid levels -
OC health check: 41 CLOs heal their breaches
3 years ago
147 CLOs breached an over-collateralisation test in October, down from 183 in September. 41 CLOs that breached an OC test in September passed all OC tests in October, most of which had October payment dates -
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. -
OC health check: August reports slow torrent of fresh breaches to a trickle
3 years ago
198 CLOs reported an over-collateralisation (OC) breach in August, only three of which were completely new breaches. This is a slowdown from July, when 230 deals suffered some kind of OC breach, according to the latest reports from CLO-i -
OC health check: CLOs pay $1.3 billion on senior tranches as payment dates come due
3 years ago
Senior debt holders received $1.3 billion of principal from CLOs that breached an overcollateralisation test in July, a month in which the majority of scheduled payment dates fell. Of those deals suffering an OC breach, 190 were due to make a payment to noteholders and 57% were within reinvestment. -
OC health check: breaches start to take toll on July payment dates
3 years ago
37 CLOs reported an over-collateralisation test failure last week, but this was a falling percentage of those publishing trustee reports and none were fresh breaches -
OC health check: CLOs heal up with no new breaches among US BSL deals
3 years ago
53 CLOs reported an over-collateralisation (OC) test breach last week, but only two CLOs breached an OC test for the first time, neither of which were US broadly syndicated loan CLOs -
OC health check: CLO managers drop their breaches
3 years ago
114 CLOs reported overcollateralisation breaches last week, but only three deals reported breaches for the first time -
OC health check: slowing of downgrades offers some reprieve for CLOs stuck in breach
3 years ago
89 deals reported overcollateralisation breaches last week, but only seven of these deals were breaching any OC test for the first time, according to the latest reports available on CLO-i -
OC health check: some CLOs cure failures, but quarter of US deals still in breach
4 years ago
117 deals failed over-collateralisation tests in the last week, although only 46 of these were deals reporting breaches for the first time, according to the latest reports available on CLO-i -
Rapid CLO M&A activity on the horizon as fee deferrals pick up
4 years ago
A flurry of M&A deals could soon sweep the CLO market as management fee deferrals become an increasing pressure point for small CLO managers -
OC health check: another two CLOs fail senior OC tests
4 years ago
Two senior overcollateralisation test failures number among 26 deals joining the list this week of CLOs breaching their OC tests in April, according to the latest trustee reports on CLO-i. -
Liquidity ends at double Bs as European CLO single Bs struggle in secondary
4 years ago
European CLO single Bs are struggling to clear in the secondary market with sources indicating these positions are valued at about 30 cents -
Global CLO round-up: welcome back, give us a (refi) wave
4 years ago
Tighter corporate credit spreads means new issue volumes are down, but it makes a decent entry point for new CLO managers to price deals and also makes refinancing CLOs imperative
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