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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% -
"Kwasi Kwarteng’s ‘mini budget’ will be remembered like a forklift truck disaster video"
1 year ago
Welshcake sees the funny side as bunga bunga returns -
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 -
Credit Rendezvous: Pass masters
2 years ago
Most often, a credit market downturn has its roots mired in one big, blatant obstacle that credit managers have to focus their attention to overcome. But right now, it’s not the dominant risk factor that has to be defeated, it’s the sheer number of them... -
High yield / loan slowdown affects year-end projections and pricing: Barclays
2 years ago
A sharp decline in primary market activity means expectations for high yield bond and even leveraged loan issuance need to be lowered, say Barclays credit strategists. And that in turn has implications for relative value -
Loans will be winners in bearish year for credit: BNP Paribas
2 years ago
Floating rate loans are best positioned for a year of widening credit spreads, but high yield bonds will outperform investment grade and EM credit is set for losses, says BNP Paribas in its 2022 outlook -
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 -
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 -
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 -
CME touts forward-looking Sofr term benchmarks
3 years ago
CME Group has begun publishing term benchmarks for the secured overnight interest rate (Sofr) as part of the global push to move away from Libor in financial markets -
World welcomes debut CLO manager as Centerbridge joins bond-flex issuers
3 years ago
The world welcomed a new CLO manager on Thursday as New York-based private equity firm Centerbridge Partners entered the fray with a bond-heavy transaction named Centerbridge Credit Funding 1 -
Anchorage upsizes 2016 bond-flex CLO by $267 million with reset
3 years ago
Anchorage Capital Group has reset its 2016 vintage bond-flex CLO, Anchorage Credit Funding 4, upsizing the deal by $266.7 million in the process -
Fortress partially refinances bond-flex CLO
3 years ago
Fortress Investment Group has partnered with GreensLedge and Natixis to partially refinance its 2017 vintage bond-flex CLO named FDF III -
LP round up: Monroe and Angelo Gordon beat 25 for direct lending mandate, as private credit plans brew
3 years ago
US public pension funds have disclosed $1.2 billion in commitments to credit focused strategies -
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 -
Anchorage prices first-of-its-kind bond flex CLO refi
3 years ago
Anchorage Capital Group has taken the unusual step of refinancing three tranches of its 2018 vintage CBO named Anchorage Credit Funding 5. Creditflux data shows the deal to be a first-of-its-kind transaction -
JC Penney bankruptcy weighs on CLO and CDX HY baskets
4 years ago
CLO managers hold nearly $250 million of the debt of JC Penney, which filed for chapter 11 protection in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas on Friday -
CLOs on lookout as Neiman recovery signals slump and DC confirms credit event
4 years ago
Five-year CDS referencing Neiman Marcus widened by four points to 95.25 points up front, according to IHS Markit, as the Americas Determinations Committee confirmed the US retailer has triggered a bankruptcy credit event -
Creditors left with sour taste as two food companies file for bankruptcy
4 years ago
Credit investors have been left to digest two US food company bankruptcy filings this week, with dairy producer Dean Foods triggering the first credit event to hit on-the-run series 33 of the CDX HY index, while Houlihan's Restaurants has also sought protection -
Vue CDS reels on loan no-show, as CLO managers hold front row seats
5 years ago
Vue International is among the biggest movers in credit default swap trading today after the cinema operator pulled an £833 million refinancing and acquisiton financing -
CLO managers on alert as five credits drive Crossover index rout
5 years ago
Five constituents of iTraxx Crossover have hit big bumps this week, fuelling a noticeable underperformance of the European credit default swap index against its US counterpart yesterday in a reversal of the recent trend -
GreensLedge and Natixis unite again to arrange debut CBO for NY manager
6 years ago
A New York-based manager has entered the CBO market for the first time, pricing a $408.1 million transaction via GreensLedge and Natixis -
Anchorage hooks itself a new issue CBO
6 years ago
The manager has launched the fifth in its series of CBO deals, according to market sources
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