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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. -
US CLO pipeline: PPM returns to playing field after 14-month absence
1 year ago
Five fresh deals have made their way on to the pipeline this week, including PPM Loan Management company preparing to end its 14-month drought -
UK nerves rattle Europe/US relative value trades, as Hunt seeks to reassure investors
1 year ago
A palpable mood of trepidation on Thursday around the UK’s autumn budget has brought widening of credit spreads, with European indices giving back gains they have made in recent sessions versus their US counterparts -
US CLO pipeline: Capital Four and GoldenTree structures emerge as pipeline builds
1 year ago
Four more US CLO managers are marketing new issue CLOs to join three holdovers in the pipeline this week -
US CLO pipeline: five-year triple As solidify at 220bp
1 year ago
US CLO spreads are showing signs of widening as the benchmark triple A levels shift by 10 basis points. Senior triple As are aiming for a 220bp benchmark as LCM Asset Management and Neuberger Berman market five-year deals -
US CLO pipeline: issuance expected to slow as blockages emerge
1 year ago
Only three new deals have been added this week to the list of forthcoming CLOs. The pipeline is suffering from some blockage after only four US CLOs priced last week -
US CLO pipeline: MidOcean and Seix look to end three-year drought as others rock and reload
1 year ago
14 US CLO managers are in various stages of marketing their latest offerings, with a wide scope of names for investors to choose from -
Golub inserts euro-denominated tranche into US CLO
1 year ago
Golub Capital Partners has taken the highly unusual decision to include a euro-denominated tranche as part of a new US CLO, which the firm priced on Wednesday -
US CLO pipeline: new faces appear amid tightening price guidance
1 year ago
After many months, the US CLO pipeline is bursting with new life as two debutants market their inaugural deals – Empower’s Empower 2022-1 and Muzinich’s 1988 CLO 1 -
US CLO pipeline: Dispersion comes to fore, while Capital Four goes static
1 year ago
The CLO market is heating up once again after the summer lull and pricing has tightened, with at least three US CLO managers looking to match or even best Palmer Square Capital Management’s triple A print of 200 basis points -
US CLO pipeline: What takes your fancy? Three years, four years or the full five, we’ve got it all
1 year ago
If you’re looking to invest in a reinvesting CLO, then you have your choice of length as the US CLO pipeline begins to fill with five more forthcomings join four holdovers -
Global CLO league tables - July 2022 YTD
1 year ago
Global CLO league tables - July YTD -
CLO pipeline: large managers defy loan drought to keep market moving
1 year ago
US CLO senior spreads may have blown out to 180-190 basis points over Sofr for five-year deals, and even wider for short-dated new issues, but that will not stop the market from soldiering on -
Blackstone revives Stratus brand as it prices opportunistic US CLO
1 year ago
Blackstone Credit is once again capitalising on dislocation in the credit market having priced a $393.6 million new US CLO on Monday under its Stratus brand. The CLO is understood to follow a print and sprint method, and analysis of the profile suggests that the deal could benefit from $20 million of upside if assets rally to par -
Weekly new CLO volume hits $2.3 billion with Trinitas US deal
1 year ago
Trinitas Capital Management, the CLO manager arm of Whitestar Asset Management, has become the sixth manager to price a new US CLO this week, bringing weekly supply to $2.3 billion -
CSAM prints US CLO with triple As paying 153bp
1 year ago
Credit Suisse Asset Management has priced a new CLO with senior triple A notes yielding 153 basis points over Sofr -
Octagon prices its largest CLO with high-rated mezz
1 year ago
Octagon Credit Investors on Friday priced its largest ever CLO, and the largest broadly syndicated loan-backed CLO in the market this year -
Flurry of US CLOs print as Barclays boosts CLO issuance with Brigade and Bain deals
2 years ago
Barclays has brought over $906 million of issuance to the market, printing deals for Bain Capital Credit and Creditflux’s newly crowned US CLO manager of the year Brigade Capital Management -
Loan dip brings longest CLO primary pause since January
2 years ago
CLO primary business has been put on pause as the market grapples with a selloff in loans, meaning no new transactions have been issued so far this week -
First Eagle follows affiliate Napier Park by pricing US CLO
2 years ago
First Eagle Investment Management on Friday priced its first US CLO since November 2021, teaming up with Citi on the $403.39 million Wind River 2022-1 -
CLO pipeline: US manager base poised to hit 119 and Europe 57
2 years ago
The CLO market is open to newcomers as both the US and European are set to welcome first time CLO issuers – BlueBay Asset Management in the US and Acer Tree Investment Management in Europe -
Allstate and Apex refinance late 2020 CLOs
2 years ago
Allstate Investment Management Company and Apex Credit Partners has each refinanced a late 2020 CLO -
CLO pipeline: biggest managers come to market as Rockford Tower sets sight on CBO
2 years ago
The Sofr-era of CLOs is well and truly upon us judging by the pipeline, with 14 US CLO managers marketing their first Sofr CLOs. and six European CLO managers are locked in a race to bring the first new issue of 2022 -
US CLO pipeline: Carlyle and Blackstone aim for CLO-a-month 2021 as BlackRock goes for baker's quadruple
2 years ago
The Thanksgiving holiday has not dampened the US CLO market’s appetite as a flurry of deals are set to price in the next couple of weeks. That includes 18 new deals, 11 resets and seven refinancings in the US -
Angelo Gordon keeps hold of mezz tranches with mid market CLO
2 years ago
Angelo Gordon has moved into middle market CLOs by printing its first deal backed by loans to middle market companies. The firm retained all junior and mezzanine liabilities in a deal that appears not to carry a public rating
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