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Pimco promotes global lev fin and CLO head to managing director
1 year ago
Pimco's leveraged finance head is one of five senior officials promoted to managing director -
Widening asset/liability gulf will hurt CLOs: Barclays
1 year ago
A mismatch between CLO asset / liability rate risk is increasing in the US as more leveraged loan issuers opt for one-month pay frequency, Barclays credit strategists have found -
Manager selection stakes are heightening as CLO pain points intensify: Barclays
1 year ago
CLOs’ slump in market value and piling of distressed assets have made differentiation between managers much more acute on key metrics, regionally and by vintage, according to Barclays credit strategists -
Beneath the triple C: CLOs benefit as upgrades make for lighter triple C buckets
3 years ago
For the first time since the sell off in March last year, downgrades to triple C have come to a near-standstill -
CLO 2021 outlook: back to the 'old' normal with volumes, spreads and structures to revert to pre-covid levels
3 years ago
Predictions went out the window this year because, well, who in December 2019 could have foreseen a pandemic devastating lives and wrecking financial markets? But the emergence of vaccines to combat the threat of the coronavirus has spurred a rally in credit over the last month. And CLO researchers expect a resurgence in 2021 with US new issue CLO volumes predicted to hit the $80-110 billion range, according to reports analysed by Creditflux. -
[update] Beneath the triple C: theme parks take portfolios on downward ride
3 years ago
Seven corporate debt issuers were downgraded to triple C or below in September by Moody’s or Standard and Poor’s – hurting $2.16 billion of US CLO loans and €1.16 billion of European CLO portfolio. The pace of CLO loan downgrades to triple C has slowed steadily since the peak in April -
Beneath the triple C: CLOs get their sneakers on as retailers run into bankruptcy
3 years ago
July added further relief to CLO portfolios with the slowest rate of downgrades to triple C since March. US CLO portfolios faced downgrades of $2.18 billion to triple C while European portfolios faced just €59.13 million of such downgrades -
Beneath the triple C: downgrade rate slows as $8 billion of CLO loans tumble
4 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 -
Beneath the triple C: April showers send buckets overboard
4 years ago
Downgrade waves rocked the CLO market in April as Moody's and Standard & Poor's downgraded 135 corporate borrowers to triple C or below, from ratings above that level. The downgrades put CLOs in rough waters as $41.6 billion of such loans are prevalent in US CLOs while €5.64 are moored in European CLO portfolios – affecting 5.92% of the US market and 4.37% of the European market -
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). -
Fitch puts European and US CLO notes on negative watch after coronavirus stress test
4 years ago
Fitch Ratings has placed six notes from one European CLO, one US static CLO and one US middle market CLO on negative watch, following coronavirus-related stress tests placed last week -
Beneath the triple C: mighty CLO buckets from Akorns grow
4 years ago
Rating agencies went on a downgrading spree in February, with Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s cutting 20 corporate names to triple C or below – affecting $2.78 billion of paper in US CLOs and €316.6 million in European CLOs. -
Fed cut triggers Libor floors on third of US loans
4 years ago
Roughly a third of US loans effectively became fixed rate investments this week as Libor edged below 1% for the first time since January 2017 -
Licence and registration: loan spreads get speeding ticket as CLOs play catch-up
4 years ago
The sharp rally in corporate credit means that CLO spreads are going to have to rapidly follow suit with investors informing Creditflux that US CLO triple As should be pricing at 105-107 basis points to make deal economics work. -
CLOs wrestle back control of the European loan market
4 years ago
The share of European loans bought by CLOs is now larger than those acquired by loan managed accounts and hedge funds, according to a research paper by Barclays. -
Loan trading round-up: CLO managers fall out of love with First Data
5 years ago
An analysis of loan trading among CLO managers in February shows that First Data is falling down the pecking order with managers selling $182 million of the company's loans -
CLOs are not like CDOs, says Barclays, but warns of loan quality impact
5 years ago
CLOs are far removed from the kinds of structured products that contributed to the 2008/09 global financial crisis, Barclays has argued in a wide-ranging research piece this week -
Deutsche Bank refinances CLO backed with trade finance assets
5 years ago
Deutsche Bank has brought a $3.5 billion CLO backed by trade finance that includes a first-loss piece issued at par -
LSTA asks for return of CLO bond buckets as part of Volcker reform
5 years ago
The Loan Syndication and Trading Association is advocating the return of high yield bond baskets within US CLO portfolios in what could be another sign of the shackles being loosened on CLO regulation in the US -
DFG's Goss: we may use (risk retention) capital to move into Europe (video)
6 years ago
DFG managing director Roberta Goss speaks to Creditflux's Hugh Minch after her panel at the Creditflux Symposium and Manager Awards 2018 in London -
US firms to continue CLO charge in Europe despite risk retention still applying
6 years ago
Europe is expected to welcome an influx of new CLO managers this year, despite the continent being subjected to CLO risk retention
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