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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. -
OC health check: slowing of downgrades offers some reprieve for CLOs stuck in breach
3 years ago
89 deals reported overcollateralisation breaches last week, but only seven of these deals were breaching any OC test for the first time, according to the latest reports available on CLO-i -
Beneath the triple C: downgrade rate slows as $8 billion of CLO loans tumble
3 years ago
May offered some respite to CLO portfolios as corporate downgrades to triple C were reduced heavily - affecting just $6.67 billion of US CLO paper and €1.09 billion of European CLO portfolios -
Global CLO b-wic round up: dealer bid strengthens secondary CLO market across the board
4 years ago
The US CLO secondary market had over $1 billion listed in b-wics last week, the first time at this level in three weeks according to CLO-i. A further €270 million went on sale in the European CLO secondary market, as the dealer bid returned to assist in continued tightening across the capital stack -
Market sell-off gathers pace as oil rout spills over into credit
4 years ago
Credit spreads are pushing wider across the board today, along with slumping stocks, after a crash in oil prices took WTI futures below zero for the first time -
Global direct lending fundraising plummets in Q1
4 years ago
Global direct lending fundraising figures plummeted in the first quarter as coronavirus-related volatility kicked in. Managers raised just $9.4 billion raised across 11 funds compared to $18.6 billion across 15 in Q1 2019, according to Creditflux's fund database -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: that's another fine mezz you've gotten me into
4 years ago
European CLO investors are tripping over themselves to buy mezzanine paper in the secondary CLO market -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: control stake trades as junior notes come to the fore
4 years ago
The European and US CLO secondary markets produced high volumes of junior and subordinated notes last week. Over 30% of listings were rated as equity, single B or double B. -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: US and European double B trading patterns diverge
4 years ago
48% of the CLO secondary market was made up of triple A bonds; $255.6 million of US CLOs and €108.55 million of European CLOs. But there were differences in how CLO double Bs are trading in those markets. -
Global b-wic round-up: Short-dated CLO paper hits the market
5 years ago
Last week brought over $800 million of b-wics listed in the US CLO secondary market for the first time this month, with around 10% being paper that had a reinvestment period that ended in 2019. -
Global b-wic round-up: secondary flows drop to $599 million in the US
5 years ago
Secondary CLO trading took a back-seat last week, with European market participants away Monday and the US focused on 10 primary market pricings -
Credit drives strong returns for five of the largest asset managers in the business
5 years ago
Carlyle is close to hitting its ambitious fundraising target; direct lending has been kind to Ares; and Och-Ziff has decided to shed its US CLO risk retention stakes after exiting its financing agreements -
Hayfin prices first US CLO after Kingsland acquisition
6 years ago
The asset manager has priced a $606.25 million new issue US CLO via Citi, according to market sources -
Alcentra creeps closer to $300 million target with third structured credit fund
6 years ago
London-headquartered Alcentra, the alternative fixed income specialist for BNY Mellon Investment Management, appears to have raised more than $214 million for its third Clareant structured credit opportunities fund -
KKR's private credit fund fund targets Hong Kong and now South Korea
6 years ago
KKR has raised $301.1 million for its KKR Private Credit Opportunities Partners II (EEA) LP fund, which appears to be targeting Asia-based investors -
CLO round-up: it's a good time to be a debut manager
6 years ago
New managers are taking advantage of welcoming debt investors by speedily raising CLOs. Our analysis shows that 2017 is the perhaps the best time to price a debut CLO since 2013
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