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Cross Ocean targets up to $1 billion for European special situations fund
2 years ago
Cross Ocean Partners is seeking up to $1 billion for its latest European special situations fund -
Global CLO pricing lab: let’s all point at that 108bp print while spreads leak out
2 years ago
The tsunami of CLO paper coming to market is the biggest technical factor causing spreads to widen, according to sources -
CLO refi spree heats up with $1.84 billion in one day
3 years ago
Another $1.84 billion of CLO paper refinanced on Friday as five managers - PineBridge Investments, Credit Suisse Asset Management, Mackay Shields, Steele Creek and MJX Asset Management - took to the primary market to cut their funding costs -
Renewed energy boosts credit as relief rally resumes
3 years ago
Energy companies are performing well and credit indices have resumed their push tighter after a strong surge inwards Monday, outpacing moves in other parts of the financial market -
Palmer Square prices first CLO with Morgan Stanley
3 years ago
Palmer Square Capital Management has teamed up with Morgan Stanley to print a new CLO for the first time -
It's all relative: senior CLO tranches tighten 18% in Europe as CDS indices sit out rally
The corporate credit rally in January is notable because some assets tightened to levels not seen in over a decade (loans), others rallied albeit with a lag (CLOs) and the most liquid stream of credit (CDS indices) defied moves in other asset classes to widen
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CLO pipeline: OFS to make comeback as 2020 absentees eye new issues
3 years ago
As liability spreads tighten day by day, the CLO pipeline is filling fast. 2020 absentees are joining the parade as four US managers and three European managers aim to return to the new issue market after taking a break of 12 months or longer -
AMMC, Marble Point and Partners Group each price US CLO refis
3 years ago
Three CLO managers have priced CLO refinancing transactions, with the three deals combining to a total of $1.03 billion. It brings the total volume of US refi paper in 2021 to $4.94 billion since the new year - just $180.9 million short of total post-covid refis in 2020 -
CLO pipeline: 2020 absentees join new issue rush
3 years ago
The CLO pipeline is growing by the minute as managers prepare their first new issues of the year after varying lengths out of the market -
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 -
IG and crossover indices converge while European CLO double Bs rally
3 years ago
iTraxx Crossover is again outperforming Main today with the investment grade index widening 0.11bp to 52.56bp while the crossover index is 2.42bp tighter to 296.99bp. Meanwhile bank research signals that junior CLO tranches could benefit as investors look at covid industries through a different lense -
Palmer Square achieves tightest cost of debt for European CLO since March sell-off
3 years ago
Recent European CLO debutant Palmer Square Capital Management priced its second static CLO on the continent last week -
GSO prints static CLO with triple As at 130bp
3 years ago
GSO Capital Partners has priced its second static CLO amid the coronavirus pandemic, naming it Stratus Funding 2020-1 -
Single A CLO investors fight volatility as market widens
3 years ago
Two single A-rated CLO tranches appear on a b-wic due at 1pm New York time Tuesday, after investors in the volatile rating band faced another week of widening spreads -
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 -
Beneath the triple C: downgrade rate slows as $8 billion of CLO loans tumble
3 years ago
May offered some respite to CLO portfolios as corporate downgrades to triple C were reduced heavily - affecting just $6.67 billion of US CLO paper and €1.09 billion of European CLO portfolios -
Bankruptcies mount with CLOs not on level playing field
3 years ago
Over $2.4 billion of CLO collateral has been caught up in bankruptcies since coronavirus-related volatility began, according to CLO-i. Bankruptcies are not a level playing field for CLOs - and although documention ammendments on what a CLO can or cannot do in a restructuring are not happening yet, sources say talks may arise in the future -
Beneath the triple C: April showers send buckets overboard
3 years ago
Downgrade waves rocked the CLO market in April as Moody's and Standard & Poor's downgraded 135 corporate borrowers to triple C or below, from ratings above that level. The downgrades put CLOs in rough waters as $41.6 billion of such loans are prevalent in US CLOs while €5.64 are moored in European CLO portfolios – affecting 5.92% of the US market and 4.37% of the European market -
US CLO league tables: coronavirus brings changes in approach and new top manager
4 years ago
Amid a big slump in CLO primary issuance, new deals have taken focus and there are some notable changes at the top of the league tables -
Global CLO league tables - April 2020 YTD
4 years ago
Global CLO league tables - April 2020 YTD -
Who’s got the moves Europe: CLO managers enjoy climb of Everest
4 years ago
The European S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan index enjoyed a strong month in April as it rose from 83 of par on 1 April to 89.2 by the end of the month. The index closed at 89.4 on 4 May to start the week -
Ares takes different approach to primary CLOs as it plans three-year US deal
4 years ago
The primary market for CLOs since the coronavirus escalated into a pandemic last month is evolving briskly with Ares Management planning a new US CLO with a three-year reinvestment period -
Who's got the moves Europe: TV producer's loans rally most as recovery begins
4 years ago
The S&P/LSTA European Leverage Loan Index ended the week at 82.98 on 3 April – recovering 4.06 points from 78.92 on 24 March which was the lowest point for the index since the 2008 financial crisis. -
US CLO league tables: $2 billion reissue fires Apollo and JP Morgan to top spots
4 years ago
Apollo Global Management and JP Morgan teamed up to price the largest CLO of the 2.0 era in February that helped propel both to the top of the US CLO and global CLO league tables -
Zais short-dated CLO prices triple As wide of market at 141.9bp
4 years ago
Zais Group has gone the short-dated route for a new issue CLO, Zais CLO 14, which Goldman Sachs arranged
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