Refine Search
Article Categories
Strategy Tags
- Direct lending (7)
- High yield bonds (4)
- Investment grade credit (5)
- Structured credit (2)
- CLO (19)
- Distressed debt (4)
- Leveraged loans (3)
- Synthetic/SRT (5)
- ABL Financing (1)
Geography Tags
-
Helaba to launch EUR 500m infrastructure debt fund
7 months ago
Helaba Group is looking to launch its first comingled infrastructure debt fund, as the bank looks to expand its investment management capabilities in the sector -
Global CLO league tables - February 2023 YTD
1 year ago
Global CLO league tables - February 2023 YTD -
Capital Four European CLO knocks 1bp off benchmark for 184bp triple As
1 year ago
Capital Four has shaved 16 basis points off its triple A spread since it originally marketed its European CLO, and prices 1bp inside two recent deals. -
Tikehau prints second new issue of the year
1 year ago
Tikehau Capital has priced its second new issue of the year, partnering with Goldman Sachs and Societe Generale on Tikehau VIII -
European CLO primary re-awakens to tune of Adagio X
1 year ago
Axa Investment Managers priced a European CLO on Friday (a few days before anticipated), printing a €324.75 million static deal via Barclays -
Axa IM chooses static format for upcoming European CLO
1 year ago
Axa Investment Managers is marketing a static European CLO new issue named Adagio CLO X -
Beneath the triple C: US CLOs take a dip in the triple C as Europe watches from the sun lounger
1 year ago
The US CLO market bore the brunt of downgrades to triple C in July and August, with a total of $6.22 billion of paper affected. European CLOs enjoyed a more relaxing summer holiday, with only 1 name representing €33.88 million worth of bonds downgraded to triple C. -
Alcentra prints European CLO with triple A coupon at 212bp
1 year ago
Alcentra’s Jubilee 2022-XXVI is the fifth European CLO to price in July, taking the month up to €1.89 billion. That is dwarfed by the 11 European CLOs that priced with a combined €4.78 billion in July 2021 -
Euro CLO triple As rise above 210bp as Anchorage prices with highest par sub
1 year ago
The deal also features the largest triple A par subordination -
Fitch upgrades 48% of European CLO tranches placed 'under criteria observation'
2 years ago
Fitch Ratings has resolved the 1,246 European CLO notes it placed ‘Under Criteria Observation’ in September, after updating its CLO rating criteria -
Over 1,000 Euro CLO tranches under observation with Fitch's new rating methodology
2 years ago
Fitch says it has placed 1,246 tranches rated B- to AA+ from 212 European CLO tranches under criteria observation, following an update to its CLO ratings methodology -
CLO pipeline: queue gets longer as Blackstone goes again and Sancus makes first move
2 years ago
The queue to price for US CLO managers is only getting larger with 18 new issue CLOs in the pipeline, according to market sources, along with 18 repricings and two new issue European CLOs and two mid market CLO resets -
Euro CLO repricing hits €4bn as Jefferies arranges first deal and Investcorp drops double Bs
3 years ago
Spread compression is driving European CLO refinancing activity, with three transactions pricing on Friday: Carlyle Euro CLO 2017-2, Harvest CLO XVI and Man GLG Euro CLO III -
Curve steepeners gain ground with inflation in focus
3 years ago
Credit performance this week has done little for market-directional trading strategies, but one area gaining traction beneath headline numbers is the steepening of curves -
Credit returns to year-opening levels as bulls score five out five
3 years ago
Credit markets are on course for their fifth straight day of improvement, with CDS index spreads not only undoing last week's volatile move wider but regaining the tight levels at which they began the year -
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 -
Rally puts credit back on even footing but single name volatility persists
3 years ago
A sizeable rally today is putting credit indices back on a flattish footing with where they began the week, adding to the sense the market is finely poised with only six trading days to go before the US presidential election -
Germany's €600 billion aid package and amended insolvency rules line road to recovery
3 years ago
Germany has launched two major initiatives, relevant for direct lenders, to help companies weather the negative financial impact of the covid-19 pandemic, according to Hans Stamm and Angelo Lercara, Munich-based partners at Dechert -
KKR deploys 10% of $2 billion coronavirus dislocation credit fund
4 years ago
KKR Credit has plans to launch a $2 billion dislocated corporate and asset backed credit fund to take advantage of coronavirus-induced volatility. And the New York-based manager has wasted no time swooping on opportunities after deploying $212 million by 9 April -
Spanish €2.3 billion SRT referencing project finance loans suffers downgrade
5 years ago
A junior debt tranche in a €2.3 billion significant risk transfer originated by Banco Santander has suffered a downgrade less than a year after its launch -
Tikehau pairs with Groupama for French and European SME debt fund
5 years ago
The new vehicle is anchored by European Investment Fund -
Cairn prices €362 million CLO refi with triple A spreads hitting 79bp
5 years ago
Cairn Capital priced its second CLO transaction of the year this morning -
Cairn markets European CLO refi as spreads look set to widen by 6bp
5 years ago
The Euro CLO refi market is picking up steam, with Cairn Capital looking to become the fourth manager to refinance a transaction in as many weeks -
Ranger direct lending fund set to wind-up as Ares withdraws candidacy
5 years ago
A new development in the Ranger Direct Lending Fund saga: Ares withdraws its proposal to assume managerial responsibilities for the fund -
Ares emerges as favourite to take over troubled direct lending fund
6 years ago
Following Oaktree’s wind-down request, the board of the Ranger Direct Lending Fund has chosen Ares as replacement manager - moves which could see the fund change its focus from peer-to-peer loan investments to asset-backed loans
Want all the latest news, comment, analysis and data?