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Global CLO pricing lab: let’s all point at that 108bp print while spreads leak out
2 years ago
The tsunami of CLO paper coming to market is the biggest technical factor causing spreads to widen, according to sources -
Bain passes €1 billion mark for Euro CLO 2021 volume with new issue
2 years ago
-Bain Capital Credit has taken its 2021 European CLO volume to over €1 billion in pricing its latest new issue, Bain Capital Euro CLO 2021-1 -
CLO pipeline: queue gets longer as Blackstone goes again and Sancus makes first move
2 years ago
The queue to price for US CLO managers is only getting larger with 18 new issue CLOs in the pipeline, according to market sources, along with 18 repricings and two new issue European CLOs and two mid market CLO resets -
LP round up: $3.2 billion flows to 21 managers as private credit illiquidity premium holds firm
2 years ago
Investors allocated at least $3.2 billion to credit managers in April - and direct lending funds were in favour with Churchill and Ares being awarded two mandates -
CLO pipeline: go long! new issues and resets push refis aside
3 years ago
The CLO market is ready to go beyond refinancings - after this year's opening blitz of those deals - into the longer tenored territory of resets and new issues -
Bain saves 19.2bp on European CLO funding costs with partial refi
3 years ago
Bain Capital has partially refinanced the three most senior tranches of its European CLO, Bain Capital Euro CLO 2018-2 -
CLO double Bs hit 2021 wides as Bain injects equity into 2014 European reset
3 years ago
CLO double B reset levels tightened in February but have since widened to 710bp -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: record level of CLO paper stalls rally
3 years ago
Record levels of primary and secondary CLO supply has left investors spoilt for choice and led to the CLO rally stalling -
Bain and Pantheon form $320 million private credit JV to invest in Europe and Australia
3 years ago
Bain Capital Specialty Finance, a publicly traded business development managed by Bain, has formed a joint venture with Pantheon’s private credit business to invest across Europe and Australia -
Bain preps follow-up to 2015 global direct lending fund
3 years ago
Bain Capital has launched its latest direct lending strategy, Bain Capital Global Direct Lending 2021 -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: US lower mezz trades strong, but European piece softens
3 years ago
CLO investors have had no chance to catch their breath after a historic 2020 as US CLO secondary volume reached $3.3 billion and European secondary listings topped €1 billion in January -
LP round up: Arcmont, Ares and Sixth Street win European direct lending mandates
3 years ago
Investors have allocated around $2 billion to credit funds in recent weeks, according to board documentation seen by Creditflux. Among those to recieve allocations include ADM, Arcmont, Ares, Audax, Bain, Centerbridge, Clearlake, Goldman Sachs merchant banking, Invesco, Monarch, Oaktree, Raven, Sixth Street and Sound Mark -
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 -
Bain prints first European CLO of 2020 via Goldman
3 years ago
Bain Capital has priced its first European CLO of the year, via Goldman Sachs -
CLO pipeline: New issuance pause ends as managers look to gain from rallying spreads
3 years ago
It is two and a half weeks since the last US CLO new issue priced, but that is set to change and Bridgepoint’s debut European transaction on Friday brought an end to Europe’s own two-and-a-half-week primary break -
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 -
Primary European CLO market shows signs of life as Bain enters
3 years ago
Bain is pairing with Goldman Sachs for the €304.4 million transaction named Bain Capital Euro CLO 2020-1 -
CLO pipeline: fixed income giants plan debut 2.0s with Morgan Stanley
3 years ago
Two large fixed income managers are pre-marketing debut 2.0 CLOs -
Bain prepares credit dislocation strategy
3 years ago
Bain Capital Credit looks set to raise a fund dedicated to opportunities arising from credit dislocation, just four months after collecting $3.2 billion for its latest distressed debt and special situations vehicle -
CLO pipeline: managers prepare to end quarter with a bang
3 years ago
CLO issuance is showing no signs of slowing down as spreads continue to grind tighter and election day draws ever closer -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: dealers get involved amid rally, but dispersion persists
3 years ago
The CLO secondary markets returned to form last week with $716.2 million of US CLO bonds and a further €306.5 million of European CLO paper listed. Although for both markets over half of the total volume listed came from Thursday’s scheduled b-wics -
Points up front: Junior infrastructure debt or Julie for short
3 years ago
The most popular names of 2020 are Julia or Julie. No, we’re not talking about baby names, we’re referring to credit portfolios -
Bain buys former Italian bank to strengthen NPL platform
3 years ago
Bain Capital Credit says it has bought an entity known as Hypo Alpe Adria from the Austrian government to strengthen its Italian non-performing loan business -
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 -
Fitch takes action on eight European CLO tranches
3 years ago
Fitch Ratings has revised to negative the outlook on six sub-investment grade tranches from three European CLOs, placed one triple B rated tranche on negative rating watch and downgraded its double B-rated tranche
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