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Brightwood returns to CLO market for first time this year
8 months ago
Brightwood Capital has priced a new middle market CLO, Brightwood Capital MM CLO 2023-1, arranged by GreensLedge with RBC as co-placement agent -
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. -
European CLO managers trade loans to avoid (par) burn
1 year ago
Between March and July, European CLO managers traded €21 billion of assets within CLOs that were still in their reinvestment period as opportunities arose amid a weaker macro environment and Russia’s war with Ukraine -
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. -
Blackstone keeps up momentum with benchmark US CLO print
2 years ago
Blackstone Credit on Friday priced its first new CLO of the year, producing the largest and tightest 2022 transaction to date -
CSAM and KKR make structural changes to 2019 CLOs with refis
2 years ago
Managers priced more than $1.1 billion of CLO refinancings on Tuesday as Credit Suisse Asset Management and KKR turned legacy deals from 2019 into Sofr-based transactions -
Nassau resets post-reinvestment CLO from 2020
2 years ago
Nassau Corporate Credit has reset a 2020 CLO that has exited its reinvestment period -
Managers make rare capital structure rejigs with 2020 CLO refis
2 years ago
Two CLO managers have refinanced 2020 CLOs while taking the rare step of altering the deals' capital structures -
JP Morgan raises 2021 US CLO forecast to record $135 billion
2 years ago
JP Morgan's research desk has raised its US CLO new issue forecast for 2021 to $135 billion -
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 -
Regulators call on CLO managers and investors to understand conflicts of interests
2 years ago
The International Organisation of Securities Commissions has issued four questionnaires for bank lenders, CLO investors, CLO managers and leveraged loan sponsors to understand risks in leveraged loans and CLOs -
It’s all relative: the Cornetto trilogy of CLO triple Bs
3 years ago
CLO arrangers have let their imaginations run wild when assembling triple-B rated notes – not because these have been tricky to shift, but because there is appetite for triple B CLOs that don't taste vanilla. The result is fat, split and overlapping triple Bs -
Spire slashes 70bp off CLO funding costs as it upsizes 2020 deal in reset
3 years ago
The London-based manager worked with Bank of America to reset the deal late Friday, upsizing the CLO to €447.7million from €425 million at issuance -
Rockford Tower and Oak Hill reset $1.1 billion of CLOs
3 years ago
$1.12 billion fresh CLO reset paper hit the market on Thursday as Rockford Tower Capital Management and Oak Hill Advisers each reworked transactions -
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 -
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. -
Cerberus takes lead in mid market CLO volume post-covid
3 years ago
Cerberus Business Finance has become the middle market CLO manager with the highest new issue volumes post-covid by printing its second new issue deal since April -
[update] Beneath the triple C: theme parks take portfolios on downward ride
3 years ago
Seven corporate debt issuers were downgraded to triple C or below in September by Moody’s or Standard and Poor’s – hurting $2.16 billion of US CLO loans and €1.16 billion of European CLO portfolio. The pace of CLO loan downgrades to triple C has slowed steadily since the peak in April -
Zais becomes sixth CLO manager to reprice a fixed-rate tranche
3 years ago
Zais Group has joined the exclusive list of CLO managers to reprice fixed-rate debt -
Global CLO round-up: fresh start for five year deals as market reopens
3 years ago
The CLO market is still producing deals at a good pace, with $2.6 billion of global issuance last week. Four new issue deals priced in the US with Intermediate Capital Group and NYL Investors pricing their first transactions of the year while CVC Credit Partners made it two and Barings three in 2020 -
Barings prices second US CLO in a month
3 years ago
Barings has stepped up the pace of its US CLO issuance, pricing its second 2020 new issue yesterday less than one month after pricing its first -
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
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