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Marathon goes the distance to bring new US BSL CLO
1 month ago
Marathon Asset Management yesterday followed up last month’s 2019-vintage US refi with a new US BSL CLO, Bryant Park Funding 2024-3 -
Elmwood makes fourth US CLO reset the biggest of the year
2 months ago
Elmwood Asset Management reset Elmwood CLO VIII in a massive pricing that's the largest reset of the year, and the fourth reset by Elmwood in 2024 -
CLO portfolios may need check-up as healthcare sector continues to deteriorate
2 months ago
Reimbursement challenges and high labour costs are expected to continue to drive restructuring activity among healthcare companies this year following a busy 2023. -
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 -
UK credit spreads rally for Rishi
1 year ago
UK credit spreads have rallied sharply on Monday with the victory of Rishi Sunak in the contest to become the country’s third prime minister of the year -
Fortress goes for longer tenor as CLO spreads widen
1 year ago
Fortress Investment Group has priced a new US CLO with a four-year reinvestment period and pricing at the wider end of recent issues -
Surge in hedging sends credit spreads to year's wides
1 year ago
A busy and bearish week is ending with credit spreads surging beyond their previous widest levels of the year, with Italian elections this weekend adding to caution in Europe after a string of central bank policy decisions reshaped the global economic outlook and the UK government scrambled to address rising energy costs -
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. -
ECB acts on inflation but gas and other worries grow worse
1 year ago
If European Central Bank officials breathed a sigh of relief when their first hike in 11 years did not immediately rattle markets — or even dared believe a more hawkish signal helped confidence — the reprieve was short-lived -
Italian rout gathers pace as credit relationships warp well beyond historical norms
1 year ago
Renewed selling pressure on Thursday has taken credit spreads back towards the year’s wides, with financial borrowers underperforming as Chinese covid cases, US inflation and a drought in Italy all weigh on sentiment -
Retailers, travel cos and Italian banks lead charge as market rally accelerates
1 year ago
Retail companies have been resurgent on Thursday as the credit market’s relief rally gathered pace, with Europe seeking to catch up with the US following its strong surge -
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 -
Birch Grove takes second whack at new CLO market
2 years ago
Birch Grove Capital has priced its first new CLO of the year, and its second ever, via Goldman Sachs -
"Spacs… what better buyer than someone with a short fuse who needs to get their capital working"
2 years ago
Since the beginning of 2020, more than $191 billion has been raised in spac (special purpose acquisition company) IPOs. This money has such a short fuse — get a deal done in 24 months or management loses the IPO costs it covered — and there has been so much of it, that it has had an impact on the markets -
PGIM and Sculptor add to CLO reset wave
2 years ago
PGIM and Sculptor Capital Management have thrown their hats into the CLO reset ring -
Trimaran refis CLO in largest AMR auction to date
2 years ago
Trimaran Advisors has refinanced its Catamaran CLO 2014-1 via an applicable margin reset (AMR) auction -
Morgan Stanley flies the banner for Brigade and Maranon new CLOs
3 years ago
Morgan Stanley printed two new CLOs this week after scoring mandates from Brigade Capital Management and Maranon Capital -
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 -
Brigade prints $415 million CLO with single B tranche
3 years ago
Brigade Capital Management priced a new $415 million CLO on Monday named Battalion CLO 17 -
TCW CLO tranches digitally refinanced for second time
3 years ago
TCW CLO 2019-1 AMR was digitally refinanced for the second time today following the third successfully cleared applicable margin reset auction -
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 -
AMMC and Marathon refinance CLOs due to leave reinvestment in April
3 years ago
Another $800 million of CLO refi paper has been absorbed by the market after American Money Management Corporation and Marathon Asset Management cut financing costs for CLOs set to leave reinvestment in April
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