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German real estate co hits new wides as single names catch up with index rout
2 years ago
Adler Real Estate is again one of the biggest movers in the European credit market, as the week comes to a bearish close and October begins with heightened uncertainty -
Bain and CIFC score sub-100bp CLO prints with one-year reinvestment deals
3 years ago
Bain Capital Credit and CIFC Asset Management returned to the primary market on Thursday to refinance 2017 CLOs, each scoring triple A prints tight of 100 basis points -
Italian spreads signal Conte confidence ahead of Senate vote
3 years ago
Italian banks are among the best performers in credit on Tuesday as hopes rise for a vote of confidence in prime minister Giuseppe Conte's government and the CDS market returns to tighter spreads -
Beneath the triple C: 13 CLO loans take a dive but defaults subside to a ripple
3 years ago
22 corporate debt issuers were downgraded to triple C or below in November and December by Moody’s or S&P, out of which 13 can be found in CLO portfolios – hurting $4.55 billion of US CLO loans, €1.87 billion of European CLO portfolios and almost $80 million of middle market CLOs loans, according to CLO-i -
It's all relative: Euro CLO mezz rallies to follow month-long IG/HY compression
3 years ago
European credit suffered this week with Brexit talks between the UK and the EU dragging on and both sides conceding that a trade deal is unlikely to be reached by Sunday’s deadline. But European CLO tranches have held up reasonably well with mezzanine spreads tightening by almost 13% in December -
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 -
Compression plays out as HY and European CLO double Bs outperform
3 years ago
Investment grade and high yield credit spreads have tightened in sync with each other this week, but CDS and CLOs alike underline that the big theme over the past month has been compression between investment grade and high yield -
European high yield stays positive as rest of market hits resistance point
3 years ago
Credit markets are taking a cautious step back following the recent rally, with only European high yield spreads still exploring their best prints of the week -
Euro CLO league tables: Credit Suisse emerges top after big changes at Europe’s CLO desks
3 years ago
October was the busiest month for the European CLO market since the coronavirus first forced global lockdowns in March. Volume reached €4 billion across 12 transactions -
Global CLO league tables - October 2020 YTD
3 years ago
Global CLO league tables - October 2020 YTD -
Euro CLO primary mezz snaps wider but senior holds firm as Ares and PGIM print
3 years ago
Fears around a second wave of coronavirus pandemic have pushed European mezzanine spreads wider since September, with new CLOs from PGIM and Ares Management underlining this shift -
Four-year CLOs return to Europe as CBAM makes breakthrough
3 years ago
Citi returns to the European CLO market after a six month hiatus, while CBAM delivers Europe's first four-year CLO post covid -
Investcorp completes second largest European CLO since March sell-off
3 years ago
Investcorp has upsized its latest European CLO since marketing, with the manager pricing a €419.6 million transaction -
Euro CLO primary spreads hit new tights as BlackRock prices first 2020 deal
3 years ago
European primary CLO spreads have finally begun to tighten, as BlackRock today printed triple A notes on BlackRock CLO X at Euribor plus 120 basis points -
CLO triple As expected to tighten to low 120s as CVC markets European deal
3 years ago
CVC Credit Partners is marketing a European CLO with triple As guided at Euribor plus 120 basis points to 125bp -
BlackRock plans first European CLO of 2020
3 years ago
Barclays has begun marketing its second European CLO in September with the bank arranging a deal for a large asset manager -
Beneath the triple C: downgrades hold steady as Travelport loses its luggage
3 years ago
For the second month in a row downgrades to triple C steadied, with just under $9 billion of CLO loans falling to this rating across 34 corporate borrowers -
Voya prices first new issue US CLO of 2020
3 years ago
Voya Alternative Asset Management priced its first US new issue CLO of the year on Friday -
Fortress digests CraftWorks bankruptcy
4 years ago
CraftWorks Holdings filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy yesterday, with Fortress Investments holding all of the Tennessee restaurant operator's first lien debt - of which over half is in middle market CLOs. The New York-based firm has submitted a “stalking horse” bid to buy CraftWorks' assets -
Crossover hits widest print since September, 70bp back from the tights
4 years ago
iTraxx Crossover has surged 19bp wider today, according to IHS Markit, in a sixth successive session of coronavirus driven sell-off that takes the index to 273bp – 70bp wide of the post-crisis tight print it reached in early January -
Activists sign up to narrowly tailored event protocol
4 years ago
The International Swaps & Derivatives Association has signed up 1,298 parties, including nine reference dealers, to a protocol aimed at preventing narrowly tailored credit events (NTCEs). -
CIFC prices US CLO reset following streak of seven consecutive new issues
4 years ago
CIFC Asset Management yesterday took a break from its new issue CLO streak to price its first reset of 2019 via Goldman Sachs -
US CLO round-up: summer blues don’t weigh on the issuance parade
4 years ago
Summer is shining on US CLOs as $3.8 billion worth of activity entered the market last week. The flow brought four new deals (including one middle market deal), one reset and two refinancings. -
Global CLO league tables at a glance - April 2019 YTD
5 years ago
Global CLO league tables at a glace - April 2019 YTD -
Oaktree plants US CLO with fixed rate junior triple-A notes
5 years ago
Oaktree Capital Management priced its second new issue US CLO of 2019, less than a month after printing Oaktree CLO 2019-1
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