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Middle market portfolios aren't immune to rate stress, according to new research
14 days ago
Two research reports published this week highlighted ongoing risks in middle market structured credit portfolios -
Thirty years strong - new S&P report highlights resilience of CLO structures
1 month ago
If you’re feeling battered by the relentless Altice coverage, S&P Global Ratings has come out with a timely reminder that dealing with distress is something CLOs do exceptionally well -
Barclays raises 2024 US BSL CLO new issue forecast
1 month ago
Barclays has become the latest bank research desk to increase its 2024 US BSL CLO new issue forecast -
European CLO equity distributions keep getting better, US keep getting worse
1 month ago
The latest distributions for post-reinvestment US CLOs show the impact of rapid prepayment rates, but post-reinvestment European CLOs are bucking that trend and seem to be improving with age. -
Fresh wave of CLO calls looms as US equity distributions drop
2 months ago
Equity distributions for US CLOs outside their reinvestment period continue to fall as prepayments cut into cashflows -
European CLO primary spreads still have a long way to go
3 months ago
Are European CLO spreads in the primary market cheap or expensive? Our latest research shows that while US managers can celebrate AAAs reaching the 150s, in Europe spreads still have a long way to go to reach historical norms. -
New research says that CLO arb is better than you think, but still not good enough
4 months ago
New research by Barclays’ Powell Eddins and Pranava Boyidapu suggests that CLO arbitrage is in a better place than many investors think, but that BBs are still more attractive -
Investor wades into debate on whether CLO BB notes are literally underrated
4 months ago
The latest piece of thought-provoking research from Flat Rock Global broaches the thorny topic of structured credit ratings, asking “Are CLO BB Notes Investment Grade?” -
Manager tiering matters, but don’t rely on proxies like WAS or WARF
8 months ago
With manager tiering continuing to dominate CLO primary pricing levels we take a look at the 2021 vintage to see how much difference a manager really makes to deal performance -
Large CLO managers outperform their smaller peers
9 months ago
Size does matter according to our latest research that finds that larger US CLO managers have consistently outperformed their smaller counterparts. -
Secondary CLO prices continued to rise across June
9 months ago
US BWIC secondary prices continued to rise in June, according to a report by KopenTech. -
Slow pace of loan prepayments increasing CLO tranche WAL, finds Barclays
10 months ago
Prepayment rates in the leveraged loan market have dropped to post-financial crisis lows, thereby increasing CLO debt tranches' weighted average life and slowing the pace of amortization for deals that have left reinvestment, according to new research published by Barclays -
Student loans emerge as headwind for loan market, says BofA
11 months ago
American graduates are poised to resume student loan repayments in August, and new research from Bank of America suggests the change could be a headwind for the loan market due to weaker consumer demand. -
CLOs are our highest-conviction investment category, says Oaktree
1 year ago
Oaktree Capital Management has said that CLOs are the firm's 'highest-conviction investment category' in a credit market outlook study published on Thursday, despite the recent turbulence stemming from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank -
Investors should pair short CLO triple As with long MBS for best returns, says Janus Henderson
1 year ago
Senior figures at Janus Henderson Investors have recommended that credit investors should pair short duration CLO triple As with longer duration mortgage backed securities to optimise their returns, in a research article published on Tuesday -
CLOs cheap to corporates but expensive to agency MBS, says BofA
1 year ago
CLO bonds are currently pricing cheap relative to corporates but look expensive relative to agency MBS bonds, according to new research from Bank of America -
CLO bond buckets balloon post-Volcker amendments, says BofA
1 year ago
CLO holdings of bonds in their portfolios has grown to $15 billion in the two years since changes to the Volcker rule allowed CLOs to hold the assets, according to new research from Bank of America -
US and European CLO metrics diverge, finds Barclays
1 year ago
CLO spreads saw a month-on-month move wider in December while key portfolio metrics such as weighted average rating factor (warf) and triple C buckets deteriorated in the US. However, European portfolio metrics showed some improvement -
CLO triple A tiering grew to 48bp by December, says PennMutual
1 year ago
The triple A spread differential between top and lower tier CLO managers widened to 48 basis points by the end of 2022 from just 18bp at the start of the year, according to new research published by PennMutual Asset Management -
US CLO investors express cautious optimism for 2023
1 year ago
After a turbulent year in 2022, US CLO investors are sounding a cautiously bullish tone heading into 2023 -
BofA withdraws forecast for US banks to return to CLO investing en masse in 2023
1 year ago
Bank of America has withdrawn its forecast that US banks will make any signficant return to investing in CLOs in 2023 following comments from the Federal Reserve's vice chair for supervision suggesting that capital requirements could increase further next year -
$90 billion gross CLO issuance in 2023 with manager base to shrink, says BofA
1 year ago
Bank of America is forecasting $90 billion gross issuance of CLOs in 2023, split between $80 billion backed by broadly syndicated loans and $10 billion backed by middle market assets -
US CLO tranches had best month of year in November: Barclays
1 year ago
CLO debt investors enjoyed their best month of returns for 2022 in November, with triple As returning an annualised excess return of 12% and triple Bs returning 37% on the month -
Euro CLOs have better 2023 entry point than US in $140 billion issuance year: Barclays
1 year ago
CLO performance and issuance may have to wait until the second half of next year for improvement, say Barclays credit strategists in a 2023 outlook piece. But Europe could fare better than the US given starting levels in a year the market faces some challenging regulatory hurdles -
CLO double Bs offer attractive entry point despite likely loan downgrades, says Neuberger
1 year ago
CLO double Bs offer investors value despite the risk of deteriorating credit quality in the leveraged loan market
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