AlbaCore expands with senior research hires
London-based AlbaCore Capital Group announced the expansion of its investment team last week, with the addition of a new Head of Research

Hayfin appoints new US CLO head
Hayfin Capital Management has announced it has recruited Peter Swanson to head its High-Yield and Syndicated Loans team in New York

First captive CBO equity fund launches
Shenkman Capital broke new ground last week with the launch of the Shenkman CBO Opportunity Fund I

Sterling-denominated leveraged debt faces greater challenges than euro, says Fitch
UK loans and bonds are facing greater challenges than issuers from other European geographies including bigger operational and capital market challenges, according to new research from Fitch Ratings

CLO PM tipped to join CVC in trading/capital markets role
The hire is understood to reflect the fast growth of CVC's CLO and performing credit business in Europe

Structured credit pair among 61 to earn promotion at Carlyle
Carlyle has promoted two members of its US CLO team among 61 new partners and managing directors 

Fitch raises European default rate assumptions with loans in tougher spot than bonds
Analysts at Fitch Ratings have raised their base-case leveraged loan default rate for end-2023 in Europe to 4.5% from 3.5%, and their severe-case rate to 6%

Private equity firms are becoming CLO converts: TwentyFour
Private equity firms have increasingly bought CLO and other securitised debt tranches in recent weeks instead of their usual preference for physical assets - a trade TwentyFour believes "makes perfect sense"

CBOs return as Anchorage second deal takes year's tally to three
Anchorage Capital on Wednesday priced the third US CBO of the year, with outflows from the high yield market having prompted CLO and bond-flex CLO managers to step in to try to take advantage of deeply discounted bond prices

CLO spreads are not pricing in recession: JP Morgan
CLOs are priced fairly for a growth slowdown but not a recession, according to JP Morgan credit strategists, who warn spreads are at risk if US growth contracts

CLO managers added to their pool of analysts last year: Fitch
CLO asset managers staffed up last year as primary issuance volume soared, with Fitch Ratings finding the average analyst team size increased from 16 to 17

Onex points to "variety of personal and market" reasons as it addresses CLO exodus
Onex Credit Partners has responded to questions about the stream of professionals that have left in the last few months

CLO top stack offers best value versus corp debt after junior tranche rally: Barclays
Having lagged in the recent market recovery, CLO triple A paper looks attractive versus corporate investment grade and the CDX IG credit derivatives index

Beneath the triple C: CLOs take first knock since covid scrapes
CLO managers have been hit by a number of loan downgrades to triple C for the first time since the wave of pandemic-related cuts trickled to a halt in early 2021. Companies indirectly linked to the health sector suffered most in May 

Defaults should keep low despite looming recession, says TwentyFour
Corporate default rates should remain low even as the chance of a recession looms larger, according to a new report from TwentyFour Asset Management

Convertibles specialist moves into CLO management with Apollo support
Convertible bonds specialist Advent Capital Management is moving into US CLO management with support from Apollo Global Management  

European CLO managers aim for bigger bond bucket fix
European CLO managers are eyeing larger fixed rate bond allocations amid dislocation and lower loan supply. This has, in turn, led to an increase in fixed rate tranches

Rockford Tower turns to CBOs in first deal of year
Rockford Tower Capital Management made the transition from regular-way CLOs into bond-heavy deals by pricing its debut transaction on Thursday

CLO primary pause ends as Fortress prints first deal of 2022
Fortress Investment Group has priced the first CLO primary market transaction of 2022

Elfa launches ESG exclusion checklist to streamline process for CLO managers
The European Leveraged Finance Association has launched an environmental, social and governance exclusion checklist, which it says is designed to “streamline the negative screening and exclusion” for CLO managers

Long duration high yield will overcome short-term rates carnage, says BofA
Bonds with inflation-protected real yield, longer duration, and especially those in the utilities sector are among the most compelling trades amid a phase of ‘policy paranoia’, according to Bank of America credit strategists

Angelo Gordon inserts loan tranche as it prints second-largest CBO ever
Angelo Gordon has issued the second-largest bond-heavy CLO in the market, teaming up with JP Morgan to print the $847.7 million deal named AG CC Funding II

Debt investors agree to nine-month call lock in Anchorage CBO refi
Anchorage Capital Group refinanced the mezzanine debt of its 2019 bond-heavy CLO named Anchorage Credit Funding 9 on Friday

CLO refi and reset volumes surge with $2.3 billion priced on Friday
CLO refi and reset volumes surged on Friday with $2.3 billion priced across the US market, according to market sources. Brigade Capital Management, MidOcean Credit Partners and New Mountain Capital reset regular-way CLOs, Blackstone Credit scored a regular CLO refi, Sculptor Capital Management refinanced a bond-heavy CLO, and Ivy Hill Asset Management reset a middle market CLO

Romark returns with second bond-flex CLO
Romark Credit Advisors has issued its second bond-heavy CLO following its debut in the asset class last year