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Beneath the triple C: Life could be better, but it’s just a letter, under the CCC
1 year ago
Many market participants were eagerly looking forward to a break in December after a gruelling year, but the rating agencies were in no mood to oblige. -
Euro CLO league tables: Jefferies wins at a canter as fellow newcomer Palmer Square wins in new issues
1 year ago
A year of turmoil in the CLO market inevitably led to European CLO issuance dropping in 2022 from its record 2021 -
Euro CLO league tables: Final whistle beckons in close manager race as Jefferies looks to park the bus
1 year ago
Last month, just shy of €3 billion of European CLO paper was priced in the primary market, the most since March and Russia’s war with Ukraine -
Euro CLO league tables: Barings €20 million behind PGIM in overall issuance as Jefferies extends lead
1 year ago
The European CLO manager base reaches 41 as six new issues priced for a total of €1.9 billion -
Credit Suisse rallies hard as rest of market suffers
1 year ago
After a tough week for Credit Suisse, the bank’s credit spreads have ended Friday’s session on a notably better tone than most others in the European market -
Euro CLO league tables: elements combine to give Redding Ridge new issuance lead
1 year ago
Do you remember, the 16th night of September? What a time to be a European CLO manager... -
Euro CLO league tables: Goldman Sachs, Fidelity and Tikehau enter fray as Jefferies extends lead
1 year ago
Four European CLO managers braved the market in August to price a new issues, the same number as August 2021 -
Euro CLO league tables: gear shift brings flurry of new issues before summer break
1 year ago
After a slow June, the European market picked up its pace in July with managers eager to price deals before the summer lull -
Euro CLO league tables: Permira and Barclays Providus with sole new issue
1 year ago
Just one manager priced a European CLO priced in June, when Permira Credit and Barclays brought Providus VII to market -
Euro CLO league tables: short on deals but high on drama as new issuance race tightens up
1 year ago
For the second straight month, European CLO volume was below €2 billion, making it the first time there has been back-to-back months of less than €2 billion issued since November and December 2020 -
Euro CLO league tables: PGIM and Jefferies lead as Euribor caps come back in fashion
2 years ago
April was the quietest month of the year in the European CLO market with only €2 billion pricing across four new issues and one reset -
Euro CLO league tables: Jefferies takes huge lead as managers bunch up
2 years ago
The increased volatility and geopolitical risk brought about by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine meant European CLO issuance dropped off in March after a strong February -
Euro CLO league tables: primary issuance shuts down amid extreme market volatility
2 years ago
European CLO issuance initially picked up in February with €7.82bn in total pricings, compared to just €2.44bn in January, before extreme market volatility preceding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine halted the primary market. -
CLO sellers bide their time amid widening Ukraine crisis
2 years ago
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sent shockwaves across the world, and CLOs, despite limited exposure to either country, have felt its impact. Those signs are most visible in the secondary market -
Euro CLO league tables: Dry January means focus switches to refis and resets
2 years ago
It is healthy to take a break after what was a bumper 2021. And Europe's CLO market has taken that to heart by abstaining from new issues and instead reworking older CLOs -
European CLO market gets underway with two refis, one reset and bubbling pipeline
2 years ago
Managers priced two European CLO refis and one European CLO reset on Thursday as Barings, Blackstone and Carlyle all reworked deals -
What summer slowdown? Carlyle, Hayfin and Investcorp add €1.2 billion Euro CLO issuance
2 years ago
Europe’s CLO market has shown no sign of a summer slowdown in the first week of August as Hayfin and Investcorp rework 2020 deals and Carlyle refis -
Picard and Cleveland-Cliffs underscore high yield single name sensitivity
3 years ago
Picard entered a relief rally on Friday after postponing a triple-tranche bond deal backing a refinancing and shareholder dividend -
French foodco CDS jumps on bond offering
3 years ago
Picard, the French frozen foods company, is a big underperformer in credit markets on Monday, as it limbered up to bring a triple-tranche bond deal -
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 -
Curve steepeners gain ground with inflation in focus
3 years ago
Credit performance this week has done little for market-directional trading strategies, but one area gaining traction beneath headline numbers is the steepening of curves -
It's all relative: CLOs are lagging no more, as Carlyle deal drags market tighter
3 years ago
“CLOs are lagging” has been a much repeated refrain over the last nine months. But Carlyle Group has this week produced a US CLO that has dragged spreads to their tightest point in three years so that, rather than comparing CLOs to pre-covid levels, they should be assessed against early 2018 -
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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Credit touches November levels as nerves fray on France and Fed
3 years ago
Fears of a third national lockdown in France and the risk of disappointment from Wednesday's US Federal Reserve meeting have pushed credit wider along with a sell off in stocks -
Fallen angels and financials feel heat as CDS indices roll
3 years ago
CDS indices are rolling into new contracts today, with outgoing series of iTraxx Europe and Crossover widening sharply from the market’s open on technical as well as fundamental factors
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