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Position cutting tames market rally and strategists warn on primary impact
1 year ago
Caution is the watchword across financial markets on Tuesday, with the strong recent run giving way to hedging and position cutting ahead of a much-anticipated US inflation reading on Wednesday -
S&P revises US CLO stress tests to include recession-based scenarios
1 year ago
Standard and Poor’s has published revised stress test scenarios on the US broadly syndicated loan CLO market in light of increasingly negative market sentiment -
LP round up: private credit takes big slice of inflows as 10% portfolio share projected for 2026
1 year ago
Institutional investors revealed nearly $4 billion allocations to credit funds in July, with recipients including Angelo Gordon, Apollo, Ares, BlackRock, Brookfield, CarVal, Comvest, Deerpath, KKR, Schroders and Sixth Street -
US CLO triple C buckets will increase by up to 0.7% in August: BofA
1 year ago
US CLO triple-C baskets are expected to fill up by as much as 0.7% in August trustee reports, according to strategists at Bank of America, with the pace of triple C downgrades picking up in July to reverse an 18-month trend of stable or declining triple C concentrations -
Russian Federation auction list features eight bonds
1 year ago
The lengthening endeavour to organise a Russian Federation credit event auction has taken another step forward, with the publication of a preliminary list of deliverable obligations -
Strong rally takes indices back below key levels
1 year ago
A big rally has greeted the start of the new week, in large part fuelled by easing recession concerns following Friday's encouraging US jobs number - but seeminly ignoring signs of further deterioration in the outlook for peripheral Europe -
Carlyle names co-founder as interim CEO as Lee steps down
1 year ago
Carlyle Group’s chief executive officer Kewsong Lee has stepped down from this role and the board of directors, effective immediately -
BlackRock prints first MM CLO in over a month
1 year ago
BlackRock broke the middle market CLO silence on Thursday by pricing its latest deal, named BlackRock Maroon Bells CLO XI -
Triple A investors come out in force to support new CLO manager Centerbridge
1 year ago
Centerbridge has broken through in US CLO management with a four-year reinvestment deal on Friday through Morgan Stanley. The firm is understood to have recieved strong support for its senior CLO debt -
Mid market CLO league tables: deal drought keeps leader board tight
1 year ago
July was the quietest month for middle market CLOs in the last 12 months. Blackstone Credit’s BCRED MML CLO 2022-2 was the sole deal to price, which added $498.11 million to the year’s tally -
US CLO league tables: Citi closes in on BofA’s lead
1 year ago
Despite market slowdown, US CLOs continue to produce steady monthly volumes over the $10 billion mark. July brought an influx of $11.99 billion to the US market from 28 new issue deals -
Global CLO league tables - July 2022 YTD
1 year ago
Global CLO league tables - July YTD -
Short duration CLOs are putting reset risk in the post: Barclays
1 year ago
The CLO market’s recent trend of shorter duration issuance could be setting up a problem for managers down the line that will impact their equity returns, Barclays has warned -
Apollo invests $1 billion in IG CLOs, launches secondary solutions platform and cuts BDC fees
1 year ago
In its earnings call, Apollo highlighted the resilience of the CLO asset class, strong deployment in direct lending, upcoming reduction in management fees for its publicly traded BDC and the launch of a new secondaries and sponsor solutions platforn, seeded by Abu Dhabi Investment Authority -
"The equity IRRs of enhanced CLOs are nearly all in the bottom decile of the market"
High triple C CLOs sound like a good idea on paper. But in practice, they have not fared well1 year ago -
"Extreme volatility can push BSL yields close to mid market levels, although that trade never lasts"
1 year ago
The two segments of the loan market are on different paths as mid-market volumes rise -
Irradiant splits US CLO triple A tranches with two non-call periods
1 year ago
Irradiant Partners issued its first US CLO of the year today via Goldman Sachs with a longer non-call periods for one of the triple A tranches -
Schroders beats five to win structured credit mandate as pension terminates Franklin Templeton
1 year ago
Schroders has beat out five other credit managers to win up to $108 million for a securitised credit mandate from a US pension. It comes after investment consultant RVK recommended to terminate the pension’s investment in Franklin Templeton due to “underwhelming performance and decreasing assets” -
ECB acts on inflation but gas and other worries grow worse
1 year ago
If European Central Bank officials breathed a sigh of relief when their first hike in 11 years did not immediately rattle markets — or even dared believe a more hawkish signal helped confidence — the reprieve was short-lived -
Convertibles head for recovery after six months stuck in gridlock
1 year ago
Having suffered their worst first half on record, convertible bonds are due better performance if only on mean reversion -
German firm takes big hit even as most of Europe gains ground
1 year ago
Adler was an outlier in Thursday trading as it bucked overall market improvement following the collapse of a deal to sell shares in a subsidiary. But the Bank of England soon took the shine off credit sentiment in any case -
Triple A CLOs discounted by 0.5 cents as spreads widen
1 year ago
Selling triple A CLOs in primary at a 0.5 cent discount has emerged as one way for managers to get new transactions over the line amid a tough outlook for issuers -
Lenders fume over Avaya ebitda miss weeks after issuing loans
1 year ago
Avaya’s lenders are considering legal options after the company slashed its ebitda projections just a few weeks after issuing a $350 million term loan paying Sofr plus 1,000 basis points -
HPS launches sixth direct lending fund
1 year ago
The firm's previous fund in the series closed in September with over $15 billion of investable capital -
UBS says modelling suggests upcoming recession won’t bite
1 year ago
Likely global recession scenarios look mild according to strategists at UBS, who have run four models.
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