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Fitch raises European default rate assumptions with loans in tougher spot than bonds
1 year ago
Analysts at Fitch Ratings have raised their base-case leveraged loan default rate for end-2023 in Europe to 4.5% from 3.5%, and their severe-case rate to 6% -
Beneath the triple C: CLOs take first knock since covid scrapes
1 year ago
CLO managers have been hit by a number of loan downgrades to triple C for the first time since the wave of pandemic-related cuts trickled to a halt in early 2021. Companies indirectly linked to the health sector suffered most in May -
European CLO managers aim for bigger bond bucket fix
2 years ago
European CLO managers are eyeing larger fixed rate bond allocations amid dislocation and lower loan supply. This has, in turn, led to an increase in fixed rate tranches -
Rockford Tower turns to CBOs in first deal of year
2 years ago
Rockford Tower Capital Management made the transition from regular-way CLOs into bond-heavy deals by pricing its debut transaction on Thursday -
CLO primary pause ends as Fortress prints first deal of 2022
2 years ago
Fortress Investment Group has priced the first CLO primary market transaction of 2022 -
Angelo Gordon inserts loan tranche as it prints second-largest CBO ever
2 years ago
Angelo Gordon has issued the second-largest bond-heavy CLO in the market, teaming up with JP Morgan to print the $847.7 million deal named AG CC Funding II -
Debt investors agree to nine-month call lock in Anchorage CBO refi
2 years ago
Anchorage Capital Group refinanced the mezzanine debt of its 2019 bond-heavy CLO named Anchorage Credit Funding 9 on Friday -
CLO refi and reset volumes surge with $2.3 billion priced on Friday
2 years ago
CLO refi and reset volumes surged on Friday with $2.3 billion priced across the US market, according to market sources. Brigade Capital Management, MidOcean Credit Partners and New Mountain Capital reset regular-way CLOs, Blackstone Credit scored a regular CLO refi, Sculptor Capital Management refinanced a bond-heavy CLO, and Ivy Hill Asset Management reset a middle market CLO -
Romark returns with second bond-flex CLO
2 years ago
Romark Credit Advisors has issued its second bond-heavy CLO following its debut in the asset class last year -
CLOs stand to win from US capital cost refinement, says BofA
2 years ago
A move by US insurance regulators to refine the capital charge framework for structured products will make CLOs more attractive versus corporate bonds, according to Bank of America strategists -
Anchorage prints 2021's third bond-flex CLO
3 years ago
Anchorage Capital Group has priced its latest bond-heavy CLO offering named Anchorage Credit Funding 13, teaming up with GreensLedge to print the $458.8 million deal -
Beneath the triple C: 13 CLO loans take a dive but defaults subside to a ripple
3 years ago
22 corporate debt issuers were downgraded to triple C or below in November and December by Moody’s or S&P, out of which 13 can be found in CLO portfolios – hurting $4.55 billion of US CLO loans, €1.87 billion of European CLO portfolios and almost $80 million of middle market CLOs loans, according to CLO-i -
It's all relative: Euro CLO mezz rallies to follow month-long IG/HY compression
3 years ago
European credit suffered this week with Brexit talks between the UK and the EU dragging on and both sides conceding that a trade deal is unlikely to be reached by Sunday’s deadline. But European CLO tranches have held up reasonably well with mezzanine spreads tightening by almost 13% in December -
Europe leads corporate credit rally, but US outperforms in CLOs
3 years ago
iTraxx Crossover has been the CDS market's outperformer this week, tightening over 30 basis points, or 11.4%, to trade at 235bp today. But in the CLO market, US deals have come out on top thanks to a BlackRock CLO that priced its double Bs at some of the tightest levels this year -
European CLO double Bs jump wider amid October macro worries - but seniors stand firm
3 years ago
The fortunes of investment grade and high yielding European CLO tranches have gone in opposite directions in the last month. In a year where relative value has shifted several times, Creditflux analysis shows that new issue European CLO double Bs have blown out by 16.5% in October versus September, while triple A-rated notes have tightened 6.7% in that time -
Brigade refis bond-flex CLO and junior notes follow order while seniors stand out
3 years ago
Brigade Capital Management has completed a partial refinanced of a bond-flex US CLO and in the process redressed one imbalance in terms of running coupons, while opening up another. -
Brigade prices rare refinancing of bond-flex CLO from 2018
3 years ago
Brigade Capital Management has partially refinanced a debut bond-heavy CLO from 2018 known as Brigade Debt Funding I, marking just the fourth such transaction of 2020 -
Senior bond-flex CLO tranches are 'cheapest bonds within securitised products': BofA
3 years ago
Triple A-rated notes of bond-flex CLOs are 'one of the cheapest bonds within securitised products', according to a new research paper by Bank of America -
Five year structures back in vogue as Diameter prices bond flex CLO
3 years ago
Diameter Capital Partners has priced the third five-year CLO structure amid the coronavirus pandemic, after teaming with GreensLedge to issue its latest CBO named Diameter Credit Funding III, -
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 -
Onex hires Jaber as it launches CLO investment business
3 years ago
Onex Credit Partners has hired Ronnie Jaber to start a CLO investment business in New Jersey, according to an announcement today -
If history repeats itself, the best CLO play could be to hold equities
4 years ago
After a futile scramble for liquidity, LyondellBasel filed for bankruptcy in the early morning hours of 6 January 2009. Bad luck for CLO managers that were holding the loan? Not at all -
Beneath the triple C: $31.6 billion of CLO credits feel downgrade pain
4 years ago
March madness took a toll on CLOs as Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s downgraded 4.25% of the portfolios in the US and 1.84% in Europe to triple C or below in just one month (some of these were already triple C rated, only to fall further). -
European CLO managers with big bond buckets do best, finds Bank of America
4 years ago
European CLO managers that trade in the secondary market and hold a higher percentage of fixed rate assets are likely to outperform their peers, Bank of America finds in latest research -
Anchorage lands first bond-flex CLO after Volcker u-turn
4 years ago
Anchorage Capital Group has priced its first new issue bond-flex CLO of 2020
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