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It's all relative: CLOs march tighter as macro traders open positive CDS skews
3 years ago
Credit default swaps are back near where they started the year after giving up their early-February gains amid a rise in government bonds. CDS curves steepened over the past month and macro hedging has left indices trading with positive skews. But CLOs paint a calmer picture in which spreads have inched tighter -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: US lower mezz trades strong, but European piece softens
3 years ago
CLO investors have had no chance to catch their breath after a historic 2020 as US CLO secondary volume reached $3.3 billion and European secondary listings topped €1 billion in January -
Euro CLO league tables: Killer Bs: Barclays and Blackstone cause buzz to lead new issuance
3 years ago
The coronavirus pandemic-induced volatility had a marked effect on the European CLO market in 2020 with total issuance falling by €18.5 billion and new issuance €7.8 billion lower than 2019’s figures -
Global 2020 CLO league tables
3 years ago
Global 2020 CLO league tables -
Capital Four prices second European CLO with triple As at 105bp
3 years ago
Capital Four priced its second ever European CLO today named Capital Four CLO II. Barclays arranged the €356.2 million transaction -
Lower mezz grinds tighter with Blackstone's first European CLO since rebrand
3 years ago
Blackstone Credit has priced its first European CLO since it rebranded from GSO Capital Partners last month. Bank of America arranged the new €323.5 million deal, named Marino Park CLO -
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 -
Alcentra returns to European primary CLO market after 13 months
3 years ago
Alcentra has priced its first European CLO new issue this year following a 13 month hiatus. Bank of America arranged the €303.1 million transaction -
Voya adds to double A and single B CLO exposure in Q3
3 years ago
Voya Financial added to its total CLO investments in the third quarter, with a sharp increase in the volume of double A and single B notes on its books, according to the firm's earnings call presentation which was released today -
Zais issues second new CLO in three months
3 years ago
Zais Group has issued its third new CLO of 2020, and its second to price amid the coronavirus pandemic. Jefferies arranged the deal, which is named Zais CLO 16 -
DoubleLine makes CLO comeback with first new issue in over a year
3 years ago
DoubleLine Capital has returned to the CLO primary market with Parallel 2020-1, its first new issue in over a year -
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 -
Junior CLO spreads tighten as Investcorp's euro triple Bs hit 400bp
3 years ago
Junior spreads have tightened further with triple B notes hitting 400 basis points as Investcorp prices its second European CLO of 2020, Harvest CLO XIII -
CBAM markets second European CLO just 21 days after debut
3 years ago
CBAM, who debuted in European CLO management just earlier this month, has become the first manager to market a second Eurpopean CLO post covid-19 -
Investcorp markets second European CLO of 2020
3 years ago
Investcorp Credit Management is marketing a new €249.61 million European CLO via Barclays -
Western issues first new money CLO since 2014
3 years ago
Western Asset Management made a grand return to the CLO primary market after issuing its first new deal since 2014, according to market sources -
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 -
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 -
US primary CLO market gathers pace as Guggenheim makes a comeback
4 years ago
Guggenheim Partners has staged a return to CLO primary issuance after eight months, pricing a new transaction despite the extended volatility following the coronavirus outbreak -
Fair Oaks suspends dividends from listed CLO fund citing covid-19 uncertainty
4 years ago
Fair Oaks Capital has suspended dividends on its listed CLO fund “in light of the ongoing uncertainty in economies and markets caused by covid-19 pandemic”, according to an update to investors in the $315 million fund -
CDS takes brunt of coronavirus panic sell-off
4 years ago
European credit derivatives are among the hardest hit assets today amid a broad sell-off, as the fast spread of the coronavirus into Italy, Korea and Iran has brought a reappraisal of the impact it could have on financial markets -
Refi wave gets bigger as Apollo and Neuberger reprice CLOs
4 years ago
The US CLO refi wave continues unabated with Apollo Global Management and Neuberger Berman pricing the 27th and 28th refis to hit the market in 2020, according to market sources, pushing volumes to $12.5 billion in the process -
US CLO league tables: Octagon extends lead as many managers hit starting blocks in June
4 years ago
CLO volumes recovered slightly in the second quarter, with $43.31 billion of primary activity – a 19.97% increase from the $36.1 billion produced in Q1 -
Global CLO league tables at a glance - April 2019 YTD
5 years ago
Global CLO league tables at a glace - April 2019 YTD -
US CLO round-up: floodgates open in land of the giants
5 years ago
The CLO market is starting to look like its old self again as deals came rushing in this week with eight new deals and one reissue and one reset pricing, totalling $3.77 billion.
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