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CLO rankings: manager AUM, advisory firm and trustees Q1 2023
1 year ago
Two acquisitions close to shake up the top and Dechert takes early lead over Milbank in manager counsel rankings -
Beneath the triple C: Stormy October hits CLOs with rising tide of downgrades
1 year ago
After a slight respite in the pace of downgrades over the summer for CLOs, October brought renewed momentum as macro-economic pressures - primarily high interest rate burdens for corporate borrowers and supply side inflation - became the recurring rationale -
Bruises start to swell, despite BoE pulling its punch
1 year ago
Market mood is growing uglier as the week progresses, with global investors increasingly looking for safety as the impact of central bank interventions combines with escalating fear over Russia’s campaign against Ukraine -
Beneath the triple C: CLOs take first knock since covid scrapes
1 year ago
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 -
Creditflux announces finalists for European Direct Lending Awards
2 years ago
Creditflux announces finalists for European Direct Lending Awards -
Troubled high yield credits go against flow as market rallies
2 years ago
Credit markets are beginning February with a more buoyant mood, but idiosyncratic volatility is keeping investors on their toes with several European high yield single name credits making big moves -
CLO pipeline: Five out, five in as market digests new issuance wave
3 years ago
Five new issue US CLOs priced from last week’s pipeline, but five more have replaced them in this week's edition of our pipeline report -
CLO pipeline: new issue becomes name of game with 14 managers preparing to price
3 years ago
Only $3.2 billion of CLO paper priced globally across all forms of pricings this past week. But the market looks to set to explode back into life with 14 US CLO new issues in the pipeline -
It's all relative: CLOs march tighter as macro traders open positive CDS skews
3 years ago
Credit default swaps are back near where they started the year after giving up their early-February gains amid a rise in government bonds. CDS curves steepened over the past month and macro hedging has left indices trading with positive skews. But CLOs paint a calmer picture in which spreads have inched tighter -
Hayfin targets market tights with €403.8 million Euro CLO and fourth-time Goldman pairing
3 years ago
Goldman Sachs won the mandate to arrange Hayfin's first new issue Euro CLO of 2021, Hayfin Emerald CLO VI -
Alcentra, BlackRock and CVC refi €1.5 billion of European CLO paper
3 years ago
Deutsche Bank arranged the transactions for BlackRock and CVC while Morgan Stanley arranged partial refinancings for three of Alcentra’s deals -
Commerzbank prices CLO as it replaces Tikehau-bound official
3 years ago
Deutsche Bank arranged the €360.5 million deal for Commerzbank -
CLO pipeline: snow business like the CLO business
3 years ago
CLO issuers are putting aside the cold snap and are warming up with a flurry of deals. -
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 -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: Junior tranches rally amid heavy supply, including portfolio liquidation
3 years ago
The US CLO secondary market rally is showing no signs of slowing down after a week of over $1 billion worth of bonds was listed and well absorbed, according to market sources. The European market also had a roust week with over €300 million of paper up for grabs, although the market stayed generally flat with some tightening in double and single Bs -
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 -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: Secondary markets rally despite ‘worst liquidity seen all year’
3 years ago
An adjournment in the US for Veterans Day last week still left plenty of time for the CLO secondary market to rally, thanks to Pfizer's covid-19 vaccine breakthrough and a firmer indication of the US presidential election results -
Single name shorters get improved entry point after conviction test
3 years ago
Returning market optimism has taken credit spreads back to ultra-tight levels. But for bears, this posits a better entry level for short trades, and the recent blow-out may have given strong pointers where to target them -
Mid market CLO league tables: Golub becomes talf of the town
3 years ago
Golub Capital Partners became the first manager to price a CLO eligible as collateral under the US Federal Reserve’s term asset backed securities loan facility when it teamed up with Societe Generale to price Golub Capital Partners talf 2020-1 on 22 October -
High yield shorts and basis trades abound as borrowers race to issue
3 years ago
Discrepancies between high yield bonds and CDS could be a rich mine of activity in the coming months, say investors, with volatility set to rise while defaults and late cycle signals avail trading opportunities -
Global CLO league tables - August 2020 YTD
3 years ago
Global CLO league tables - August 2020 YTD -
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. -
CLO pipeline: AGL aims high as it prepares fifth new issue of 2020
3 years ago
US CLO managers are sensing opportunities in the CLO market either via new issue CLOs or by refinancing the fixed-rate tranches in their legacy deals -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: US triple Bs edge wider but 2020 bonds trade at a premium
3 years ago
The furious rally that the secondary CLO markets have gone through over the last two weeks was brought a halt by the Federal Reserve’s reminder on Wednesday night that all is still not well with the economy -
Balbec holds $1.2 billion final close on fourth insolvency credit fund
3 years ago
Balbec Capital has held a $1.2 billion final close its fourth non-performing loan fund, InSolve Global Credit Fund IV
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