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European CLO triple As go tighter still as KKR prints at 83bp
3 years ago
Triple A spreads ground tighter in January with KKR’s latest European CLO -
January European CLO volume shoots to €2.9 billion as Five Arrows refis 2017 deal
3 years ago
It has been a busy start to the year for European CLO investors, despite new issues having been slow to get going. Five Arrows is the latest manager to take advantage by refinancing a 2017 vintage CLO - Contego CLO I -
HPS refis European CLO triple As at 64bp with six months of reinvestment left
3 years ago
HPS Investment Partners has refinanced its inaugural European CLO, Aqueduct European CLO 2017-1 -
Goldman markets refinancing of HPS's debut European CLO
3 years ago
Goldman Sachs is marketing a refinancing of HPS Investment Partners’ debut European CLO -
[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 -
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 -
78-item b-wic hits market as European CLO spreads dislocate
3 years ago
A mammoth 78 item European CLO b-wic totalling €130.7 million is on sale today at 9am New York time (2pm UK time) and is rumoured to come from an investor liquidating its portfolio -
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 -
Beneath the triple C: slowest downgrade pace puts market in recovery mode
3 years ago
The CLO market recovery is starting to benefit from borrower downgrades falling to their slowest rate since the coronavirus crisis began in March -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: US CLO triple As finally rally while European investors go ‘all in’
3 years ago
A huge supply of $731 million of US CLO triple A bonds pushed US CLO secondary volumes to just shy of $1.5 billion last week -
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. -
Beneath the triple C: CLOs get their sneakers on as retailers run into bankruptcy
3 years ago
July added further relief to CLO portfolios with the slowest rate of downgrades to triple C since March. US CLO portfolios faced downgrades of $2.18 billion to triple C while European portfolios faced just €59.13 million of such downgrades -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: secondary CLOs rally but dispersion persists
3 years ago
The US CLO secondary market rallied, and spreads compressed last week, but there are still several outliers -
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 -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: double Bs lead the way as rally endures and drags equity with it
3 years ago
The CLO secondary market continued its hard rally last week as prices rose across the whole asset class with double B rated CLO bonds leading the charge tighter -
OC health check: eight CLOs report second month of test failures
3 years ago
20 CLOs reported overcollateralisation test failures last week, of which 12 were new breaches while eight were deals were failing for a second reporting period in a row -
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. -
Who's got the moves Europe: TV producer's loans rally most as recovery begins
4 years ago
The S&P/LSTA European Leverage Loan Index ended the week at 82.98 on 3 April – recovering 4.06 points from 78.92 on 24 March which was the lowest point for the index since the 2008 financial crisis. -
CLO warehouses trigger draw stops as loan market tanks
4 years ago
CLO warehouses are being put on ice due to ‘draw stop’ triggers, which have come into play as loan prices plunge. -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: sellers flock to secondary market as trade rate hits 71%
4 years ago
The broader market sell-off reached CLOs last week, with investors lining up to list their positions in the CLO secondary market -
Global CLO league tables - February 2020 YTD
4 years ago
Global CLO league tables - February 2020 YTD -
CLO pipeline: make some noise for repricings
4 years ago
CLOs may be a bit late to the spread-tightening party, but a hoard of CLO repricings is aiming to make up for it by sheer volume -
CLO pipeline: a refi of nine cuts time (and margins)
4 years ago
Nine US CLO managers are preparing to refinance one of their CLOs to lower financing costs -
CLO pipeline: Medalist ascends podium as new issues pace themselves
4 years ago
CLO managers are biding their time before re-entering the primary CLO market, but this week Investcorp Credit Management, KKR and Medalist Partners are marketing new issue US CLOs -
Ratio of CLO managers adding risk falls to lowest level since 2009, JP Morgan finds
4 years ago
The proportion of CLO managers looking to add risk has fallen to its lowest level since 2009, according to a market survey carried out by JP Morgan’s research desk
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