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Buy CLO equity to capitalise on reflation, says JP Morgan
3 years ago
CLO equity stands out in a tightly priced market as offering up to double digit yields, say JP Morgan structured credit strategists, who posit it as their top trade -
European CLO portfolio overlap increases by 3%: S&P
3 years ago
European CLO portfolio overlap for new issue deals since mid-March has increased to 37.73%, according to a recent report by S&P, around 3% higher than the average of 36% for all European CLOs rated by S&P -
Barclays increases European loan and CLO issuance forecasts
3 years ago
Barclays has increased its European leveraged loans issuance expectations due to “better than expected recovery in issuance from M&A and LBO activity”, while its European CLO 2020 issuance forecast increased to €15 billion-€18 billion, up from a previous estimate of €12-15 billion -
Go for short-duration and high-end CLO paper, says JP Morgan
3 years ago
This year is shaping up to be nearly as weak for CLO new issuance as 2008, according to JP Morgan strategists, who recommend investors seek value in short duration double/triple A paper or in higher-tier triple/double B -
CLO and distressed fund recovery disparity could grow, say Barclays
3 years ago
CLO investors should apply a haircut to the $55-60 loan recovery range to better estimate recoveries in CLO models, as the disparity between how distressed debt funds and CLOs extract value in a loan restructuring is expected to widen -
Leveraged loan spreads to widen to March levels, warn UBS strategists
3 years ago
US leveraged loan spreads could widen back to March levels of 825 basis points as default risk increases, according to strategists at UBS. -
US CLOs did not lose par in March, finds JP Morgan
4 years ago
A research paper from JP Morgan has estimated there was no US CLO par burn in March, although loss of par for the first quarter was 11% -
CLO managers favour tech, cable and healthcare as loan downgrade fears dominate, finds JP Morgan
4 years ago
Picking safe sectors to buy in the coronavirus crisis is a tough call, but CLO managers variously favour technology, cable/satellite and healthcare, according to a JP Morgan survey. There is much more consensus on dumping autos, energy, gaming/lodging/leisure and retail -
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 -
Euro CLO volume could beat €25 billion consensus in 2020, says TwentyFour
4 years ago
Current spread tightening in Europe’s CLO market could boost issuance beyond the widely anticipated €25 billion for 2020, according to a note from TwentyFour Asset Management -
Ratio of CLO managers adding risk falls to lowest level since 2009, JP Morgan finds
4 years ago
The proportion of CLO managers looking to add risk has fallen to its lowest level since 2009, according to a market survey carried out by JP Morgan’s research desk -
CLO 2020 outlook: lower volumes predicted, but it’s not all bad news
4 years ago
US CLO issuance is expected to drop by roughly 20% next year, according to bank research desks. This comes after a solid 2019 in which $101 billion of new US CLOs have priced through 92 managers, as Creditflux goes to press -
Central banks may consider ESG-compliant CLO paper, says Moody's
4 years ago
Central banks in Italy, the Netherlands, and France have begun integrating ESG into their investment process, a process which could reduce collateral refinancing risk of ESG compliant securitisations including CLOs, according to Moody’s -
CLO supply set for double-digit drop in 2020, says JP Morgan
4 years ago
US CLO supply in 2020 will be as much as 20% down on 2019, while European issuance will fall 13% year-on-year, predict JP Morgan strategists in a research note. Even so, new CLOs should still outpace existing deal paydowns, as well as high yield primary market net new issuance -
18% of CLO managers priced their first deals post-January 2018, says Maples
4 years ago
Launching a new CLO management platform is ‘extremely difficult’ although the rewards appear to be worth the risks, according to new research from Maples Group -
Go long CLO triple-A and pick cash bonds over CDS, says JP Morgan
4 years ago
Going long European CLO triple A paper remains one of JP Morgan strategists’ favourite trades following the European Central Bank stimulus announcement last week, despite these tranches having rallied 14bp on average since the bank first backed them. They also predict cash credit to outperform CDS -
Another 2008 would leave IG CLOs without losses but default rates will climb, says BofE
4 years ago
CLOs will see greater losses in a downturn than they did in the last financial crisis, according to the Bank of England’s Financial Stability Report -
CLO equity a "top trade" for 2019, but beware ratings risk, says JP Morgan
5 years ago
CLO equity is one of the top trades of 2019, according to research analysts at JP Morgan in a research paper published on Friday, noting that the asset class offers ‘sticky capital in a volatile cycle' -
Euro SME CLO market to remain at low issuance levels, DBRS predicts
6 years ago
A new report by credit rating agency DBRS says the European securitisation market has much to be positive about in 2018 – but warns that the SME CLO market is expected to remain at low issuance levels -
Two days left to make your views on the CLO market heard
6 years ago
The first Creditflux CLO Census closes on Friday 18th August, giving the CLO market only two days to make their views count. -
US CLO refis cut triple-A spreads by 24.5bp on average, finds Moody's
7 years ago
US CLO refinancings in the last year have resulted in triple-A funding costs falling by an average of 24.5 basis points, according to research published by Moody’s yesterday.
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