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CVC shakes up structure with Apidos CLO reset
2 years ago
CVC has reworked the capital stack of a US CLO it signed last year, with a reset that shaves pricing but also shifts the size of tranches -
Voya cuts CLO costs across stack with 2019 reset
2 years ago
Voya has reset a US CLO it printed in 2019, slightly increasing the size of the deal and shaving the price of every debt tranche in the capital structure -
CLO extremes will do well in '22 but mezz needs caution: BNP Paribas
2 years ago
The extreme parts of CLOs' capital structures will offer best value in 2022, but investors should be cautious on mezzanine tranches and consider hedges, say BNP Paribas strategists -
Sculptor chisels fixed rate tranches into CLO with reset
2 years ago
Sculptor has reset a US CLO it signed in 2017, cutting the size of the overall debt stack but adding fixed rate tranches -
Muzinich adds UK and Ireland institutional sales head
2 years ago
Muzinich & Co has hired a head institutional sales for the UK and Ireland -
AlbaCore raises CLO head to partner in raft of promotions
2 years ago
AlbaCore Capital Group has promoted its top CLO specialist to partner and portfolio manager -
Goldman hires veteran CLO structurer to boost US business
2 years ago
Goldman Sachs has hired a well known CLO structurer to its operations in New York -
CLO lower cap stack will outperform with $175bn new issuance in 2022: JP Morgan
2 years ago
Equity and lower rated tranche investors will do best as $175 billion of global new CLO issuance arrives in 2022, predict JP Morgan strategists in their annual outlook, taking market size to $1.2 trillion -
Brigade bolsters 2019 US CLO with refi
2 years ago
Brigade Capital Management has refinanced debt tranches of a US CLO it signed in 2019, tightening the capital stack -
Ex-Citi structured products co-head launches crypto investment firm
2 years ago
Citi's former structured products trading co-head has launched a venture investment firm for crypto companies, digital assets and blockchain protocols with an inaugural $1.5 billion multi-strategy venture -
Loans will be winners in bearish year for credit: BNP Paribas
2 years ago
Floating rate loans are best positioned for a year of widening credit spreads, but high yield bonds will outperform investment grade and EM credit is set for losses, says BNP Paribas in its 2022 outlook -
Anchorage closes in on US CLO top 10 with bond-flex issue
2 years ago
The contest between managers for US CLO new issuance league table standing this year has tightened, with Anchorage Capital bringing a bond-flex deal that moves it closer to 10th placed Neuberger Berman -
CLO issuance set for big slump as managers relax on Sofr: JP Morgan
2 years ago
CLO new issue supply will likely decline sharply from this month to next, with the rush to complete deals ahead of the transition to Sofr base rates having added to November's historical heavy weighting over December, say JP Morgan structured credit strategists -
Fidelity rocks personal records with tightly priced US CLO
2 years ago
Fidelity has signed its biggest ever new US CLO and priced triple As at the tighter end of the marke -
Morgan Stanley EV resets post-Assurant CLO with tighter stack
2 years ago
Morgan Stanley Eaton Vance CLO Manager has completed a $416 million CLO reset, its second in under a month -
CLO resets drive equity returns to highest in five years: JP Morgan
2 years ago
Equity investors in US CLOs are earning, on average, the biggest returns of the past five years, finds JP Morgan – with deals reset this year having done most to raise the numbers -
Sofr transition timing puts CLO debt and equity at odds, says BNP Paribas
2 years ago
CLO investors look to have tough conversations ahead on the structure implications of the transition from Libor to Sofr, with BNP Paribas strategists noting CLO debt will benefit from an early move while equity tranches would do better to wait -
BlackRock upsizes mid-market CLO and tightens pricing with reset
2 years ago
BlackRock has reset a 2017 mid-market US CLO called TCP Whitney, upsizing the deal in the process and tightening much of the capital stack -
The Last Tranche with Antares' Seth Painter: we could start to see syndicated middle market CLO equity
2 years ago
In this episode of the Last Tranche, Antares Capital's Seth Painter tells Creditflux's Hugh Minch about the performance of private credit and middle market CLOs through the covid-19 crisis and recovery -
Credit Rendezvous: And breathe...
2 years ago
The unanimous verdict is that credit spreads will be moving wider – they have to. But the difficulty credit fund managers face is predicting when the next sell-off comes and how sharp it will be. In the Q3 instalment of Creditflux’s Credit Rendezvous, the over-riding message from portfolio managers is that there’s little point in taking on too much risk. The report features the views of prominent credit figures including Paul Horvath (Orchard), Himani Trivedi (Nuveen), Ronnie Jaber (Onex), Graham Rainbow (Alcentra) and Michelle Russell-Dowe (Schroders). The report looks at 14 segments of the market including CLOs, direct lending, leveraged loans, distressed debt and credit derivatives. -
No labels mean CLO triple As refuse to budge as mezz rallies
2 years ago
Senior European CLO spreads are stuck in the mid 80s as mezzanine tranches rally, with market participants bemoaning the lack of depth in the triple A investor base relative to ABS products -
MidOcean employs rare tranche structure with 2016 US CLO reset
3 years ago
MidOcean Credit Fund Management has reset a 2016 vintage US CLO via Jefferies, upping the deal size slightly and shaving its funding costs in an unusual reconfiguration of tranches -
Managers brave covid-hit sectors to drum up returns
3 years ago
Price dislocations among companies operating in industries affected by covid-19 mean they may offer some of the best opportunities for CLO managers and CSO investors — and sources say that neglecting these sectors could hurt performance -
Fed gets $723.1 million of talf requests in second round of funding
3 years ago
Small businesses and CMBS dominated the second round of term asset backed loan funding, as the New York Federal Reserve received $723.1 million worth of requests from issuers to tap into the financial rescue loans -
Credit Rendezvous: record fiscal stimulus provides pick-me-up
3 years ago
Credit markets had a mini bounce-back in the second quarter as central banks poured cash into the economy. But there is great uncertainty about the effects of a second wave of coronavirus. As part of our quarterly report on credit - the Credit Rendezvous - Creditflux spoke to experts across 12 segments of the credit market
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