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Fair Oaks, PineBridge and Sculptor rework €1 billion in Euro CLO resets
3 years ago
Fair Oaks Capital, PineBridge Investments and Sculptor Capital Management all took to the European CLO reset market on Wednesday, in transactions that amounted to over €1 billion -
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 -
Ares brings CLO's leverage down to less than five turns in $1 billion-plus reset
3 years ago
Ares Management has upsized its second largest CLO in a reset, bringing the deal to a par value of $1.19 billion - the seventh biggest CLO backed by broadly syndicated loans in the market -
Beneath the triple C: resurfacing credits surpass divers as tide turns for CLOs
3 years ago
Upgrades above triple C overtook downgrades to that rating or below in February. Moody's or Standard & Poor's cut six corporate debt issuers to triple C or below in February, out of which just four can be found in CLO portfolios -
US CLO league tables: CLOs put on extra weight in February
3 years ago
Deal sizes increase as demand soars -
2021 US new issue CLO volume reach $8.6bn after ICG prices
3 years ago
Intermediate Capital Group teamed up with Barclays on Friday to price a $407.5 million CLO named ICG US CLO 2021-1. The deal brings new issue volume in the US market for January to $8.57 billion -
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 -
AMMC, Marble Point and Partners Group each price US CLO refis
3 years ago
Three CLO managers have priced CLO refinancing transactions, with the three deals combining to a total of $1.03 billion. It brings the total volume of US refi paper in 2021 to $4.94 billion since the new year - just $180.9 million short of total post-covid refis in 2020 -
CLO pipeline: 2020 absentees join new issue rush
3 years ago
The CLO pipeline is growing by the minute as managers prepare their first new issues of the year after varying lengths out of the market -
CSAM prices benchmark three-year CLO in largest deal for almost two years
3 years ago
Credit Suisse Asset Management has priced the largest US new issue in almost two years, with the Madison Park Funding XLVIII CLO coming on Friday at roughly $850 million -
Beneath the triple C: 13 CLO loans take a dive but defaults subside to a ripple
3 years ago
22 corporate debt issuers were downgraded to triple C or below in November and December by Moody’s or S&P, out of which 13 can be found in CLO portfolios – hurting $4.55 billion of US CLO loans, €1.87 billion of European CLO portfolios and almost $80 million of middle market CLOs loans, according to CLO-i -
CLO pipeline: managers waste no time cracking open the new year
3 years ago
The US CLO primary market is itching to open shop in 2021 as four refinancings and two resets line up alongside seven managers marketing new deals -
Sound Point completes two CLO transactions in a day
3 years ago
Sound Point Capital Management has completed two US CLO primary market transactions in the space of a single day, teaming with Barclays to print its latest new issue offering and later with Goldman Sachs to refinance the triple A notes of a CLO post-reinvestment period -
Vaccine boosts credit as PE firms open up to bridge loans
3 years ago
The leveraged loan and CLO markets ended 2020 on a long-awaited high after multiple vaccines for covid-19 were rubber-stamped by regulators -
FS KKR resets 2019 CLO with single As the only tranche to tighten
3 years ago
FS Investments and KKR's business development company, FS KKR Capital Corp, has reset its sole CLO from 2019 -
CLO pipeline: 15 managers make a final push
3 years ago
15 US CLO managers are in the near term pipeline with just a few days before primary markets close for the holiday season. Among these, nine are aiming to price a new deal while the rest include a reissue, a reset and four refinancings. -
Candriam and NYL buy stake in European direct lender
3 years ago
Candriam and its affiliate New York Life Investments Alternatives have bought a minority equity stake in a pan-European private debt firm -
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 -
Beneath the triple C: cinemas get clipped but default picture improves
3 years ago
14 corporate debt issuers were downgraded to triple C or below in October by Moody’s or Standard & Poor’s – hurting $3.15 billion of US CLO loans, €761.73 million of European CLO portfolios and $37.95 million of middle market CLOs loans, according to CLO-i. Cinema chains were among those to suffer last month -
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. -
US CLO round-up: New Mountain gives a peek at better times
3 years ago
CLO primary issuance has produced healthy volume over the last few weeks with new issue paper totalling $7.9 billion since 21 September. -
NYL markets five-year CLO with spreads poised to move tighter than Q4
3 years ago
NYL Investors is marketing a five-year reinvestment US CLO with price guidance indicating CLO spreads are tighter than they were during the sell off in the fourth quarter of 2019. However, IG and HY credit are on different paths -
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 -
Ares prices second tightest CLO post-covid with 180.5bp funding costs
3 years ago
Ares Management has priced its second US CLO amid the coronavirus pandemic, securing the second tightest funding costs for a three-year reinvestment deal since the March sell off -
CLO triple As tighten to 138bp as Bain prices new issue
3 years ago
Bain Capital Credit has priced its third new CLO of 2020 with a record-breaking 138 basis points triple A spread
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