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CSAM runs in with opportunistic US CLO
2 years ago
Credit Suisse Asset Management has crossed the finish line with a $600 million print and sprint US CLO -
"We again have to flag up information in CLO marketing pitches that can mislead investors"
2 years ago
Cash-on-cash returns, default records and leverage statistics don’t always give CLO investors the full picture -
CLO managers show respect to their elders
2 years ago
Alongside lucrative new issues, managers also make time for refinancing and resetting old deals. Our data shows that, in 2021, mid-sized firms were the most effective at this balancing act -
A fresh approach to loss distribution
2 years ago
Considering how cash balances change over time, loss distribution models can look very different to conventional thinking. So is your CLO’s pricing based on incorrect assumptions? -
Marathon sees value in Sofr CLO tranche over fixed-rate option
2 years ago
Marathon Asset Management stole a march on other CLO issuers by including a Sofr tranche as part of a new issue transaction on 10 November via Bank of America. Officials at the company say the Sofr tranche makes a compelling alternative to a fixed-rate tranche -
Investors fear CLOs running into overtime with WAL extensions
2 years ago
CLO investors have sharpened their focus on weighted average life (WAL) test and maturity extensions, with one US investor believing many are taking on more duration risk than they realise -
Insurance capital charges may force CLOs to do the splits
2 years ago
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) long-awaited capital charges rejig is now in place, and it could result in life insurers changing their habits and CLO issuers splitting tranches -
Golub prices another $1bn CLO in second-largest new deal of 2021
2 years ago
Golub Capital Partners has priced the second-largest new CLO of 2021 and its second $1 billion deal in as many months -
Carlyle refinances whole stack of 2019 CLO
2 years ago
Carlyle Group has teamed up with Bank of America to refinance the entire capital stack of Carlyle US CLO 2019-2 -
Fund performance: CLO funds deliver again, but third of all funds post losses
2 years ago
CLO funds took six of the top 10 spots in October in a continuation of the previous month’s strong performances. However, a consistent showing from Wasserstein in the US high yield category has claimed the top spot for the last two months -
Credit hedge funds (January 2022)
2 years ago
Credit hedge fund returns -
Ucits at a glance: Robus and Altana dip but stay at the top
2 years ago
In October, Ucits funds continued a slide that had begun the previous month with 60% of them in the red -
Credit funds at a glance (January 2022)
2 years ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
CLOs at a glance (January 2022)
2 years ago
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month -
CLOs prove resistant to omicron in boost for new issue market
2 years ago
The CLO market has withstood the impact of the omicron coronavirus variant with barely a dent on CLO liability pricing -
Infra CLO becomes first to opt for solely Sofr benchmark
2 years ago
The first CLO to dine completely on Sofr tranches wasn’t a run-of-the-mill deal. Instead it was an infrastructure-loan securitisation issued by Starwood Capital at $500 million, named STWD 2021-SIF2, according to market sources -
CLO funds shine amid the gloom with unmatched returns
2 years ago
Credit funds stumbled in October, with European high yield, emerging markets and long-short strategies the weakest performers, according to Creditflux data, as several funds in these categories suffered losses -
They said it: "The tone may have been too positive"
2 years ago
CLO market participants have been guilty of being overly bullish -
Points up front: Diverse? More like reverse
2 years ago
Diverse leadership structures at asset management firms are known to attract institutional investors. But we hear that one CLO manager has taken advantage of this by presenting itself as a diverse organisation -
Record US CLO volumes predicted as warehouses boom
2 years ago
CLO market forecasts for 2022 suggest another strong year for US primary market volumes -
Market ponders Sofr spread adjustment amid investor lag
2 years ago
The CLO market is waving goodbye to Libor as a benchmark rate and transitioning to alternatives for the first time in the history of the asset class. But there is no consensus as to what the Sofr spread adjustment should be, and some of the largest buyers are said to be slow to consider the impact of a benchmark transition -
Brace yourselves for increasing ESG basis in credit
2 years ago
One of the safest bets in credit for 2022 is that ESG focus will intensify, with market participants anticipating a surge of green bond issuance as well as widening spread dispersion between climate leaders and underperformers -
"In 2022, being slow will not be such a bad thing"
2 years ago
St David losing its place as the UK’s smallest city would be a travesty. Replacing Libor might be worse -
CVC shakes up structure with Apidos CLO reset
2 years ago
CVC has reworked the capital stack of a US CLO it signed last year, with a reset that shaves pricing but also shifts the size of tranches -
Voya cuts CLO costs across stack with 2019 reset
2 years ago
Voya has reset a US CLO it printed in 2019, slightly increasing the size of the deal and shaving the price of every debt tranche in the capital structure
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