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Sculptor prices European CLO and establishes 92bp as triple A benchmark
2 years ago
European CLO new issue floodgates have opened with Sculptor Capital Management’s European CLO IX the latest deal to price, following the first four new issues of the year to price end of last week -
Ucits at a glance: Robus claims top spot in 2021 after tight race
2 years ago
Ucits funds have ended 2021 on a high as 62% made positive returns in December -
Barings and BNP Paribas team up for first European CLO reset of year
2 years ago
BNP Paribas has reset Barings Euro CLO 2015-1 with all tranches (bar the double Bs) pricing roughly in line with December resets. -
Credit awash with volatility in first week but investors load up
2 years ago
It has been a volatile opening week to the year for credit, but one in which investors have allocated bullishly to credit funds -
BNP Paribas bolsters CLO sales team with hire from DB
2 years ago
BNP Paribas has hired a Frankfurt-based CLO and ABS sales director -
CIFC turns three-year CLO into five-year deal with reset
2 years ago
CIFC has turned its three-year reinvestment deal named CIFC Funding 2014-IV-R into a full five-year transaction with a reset via BNP Paribas -
CLO 2022 Outlook: 2021 is hard act to follow, but CLO buyers have positives aplenty
2 years ago
New CLO issuance in 2022 will remain elevated but below 2021’s record numbers, banks agree. But there is no consensus among strategy desks on the volume of repricings to come, partly due to the unknown impact of the Sofr transition. -
Banks and loans to benefit in 2022 as safe havens dwindle
2 years ago
Safe havens and sector pitfalls are among some of the top considerations for portfolio managers this year, as a consensus forms that credit could suffer versus other asset classes -
ESG template fires up hopes of CSO issuance
2 years ago
2021 may not have been a year of big volume in the synthetic bespoke market, but primary business is back, and decisive inroads into environmental, social and governance (ESG)-focused issuance bode well for 2022 -
Points up front: Correlation between CDS and mixed martial arts
2 years ago
BNP Paribas clinched a big-name hire to its credit derivatives division in New York last month after poaching managing director Patrick Vickers from Credit Suisse. -
CLO extremes will do well in '22 but mezz needs caution: BNP Paribas
2 years ago
The extreme parts of CLOs' capital structures will offer best value in 2022, but investors should be cautious on mezzanine tranches and consider hedges, say BNP Paribas strategists -
Leisure and retail companies improve despite UK rates and travel rule noise
2 years ago
Easing of market tensions around the omicron covid variant have allowed traders to broadly mark single name credit spreads tighter on Wednesday, despite caution returning to indices over central bank policy and travel restrictions -
Correction: ArrowMark, Octagon and Trimaran print five-year CLOs
2 years ago
ArrowMark Partners, Octagon Credit Investors and Trimaran Advisors each priced a five-year CLO on Monday -
Three managers think alike with refis of two-year European CLOs
2 years ago
Three European CLO managers hit the primary market on Friday to print two-year refinancings. This deal profile has been popular of late with seven such deals pricing in little over a month -
Blackstone uses CLOs as financing tool in new suite of deals
2 years ago
Blackstone Credit has added three non-traditional US CLOs to its collection this year -
Invesco Euro CLO triple As leak wider to 99bp, but mezz tranches print tight
2 years ago
Invesco on Tuesday priced the 90th European CLO new issue of the year with Invesco Euro CLO VII. BNP Paribas arranged the €407.5 million deal -
AGL issues fourth core CLO with low leverage ratio
2 years ago
AGL Credit Management has priced the fourth in its 'core' series of low-levered CLOs, pairing with BNP Paribas to print the deal -
Loans will be winners in bearish year for credit: BNP Paribas
2 years ago
Floating rate loans are best positioned for a year of widening credit spreads, but high yield bonds will outperform investment grade and EM credit is set for losses, says BNP Paribas in its 2022 outlook -
BNP Paribas bolsters credit business with European strategy head hire
2 years ago
BNP Paribas is looking to strategy to help drive growth in its credit business and has hired a head of European credit strategy from UBS -
Nuveen cuts 2020 CLO funding costs by 40bp with refi
2 years ago
Nuveen Asset Management cut the funding costs of one of its 2020 CLOs by almost 40 basis points by refinancing the deal on Wednesday -
Antares and Palmer Square give new life to legacy CLOs via resets
2 years ago
Antares Capital Management and Palmer Square Capital Management each reset a CLO on Tuesday, with the two deals worth a combined $964.8 million -
Investcorp reworks 2020 European CLO via BNP Paribas
2 years ago
BNP Paribas arranged the €443 million transaction, which cuts the CLO’s cost of debt by over 18 basis points to 190.3bp -
Nochu returns to CLO new issues after two-year break
2 years ago
Norinchukin Bank made its long-awaited return to the CLO primary market last month, investing in US CLO triple A notes once more -
Sofr transition timing puts CLO debt and equity at odds, says BNP Paribas
2 years ago
CLO investors look to have tough conversations ahead on the structure implications of the transition from Libor to Sofr, with BNP Paribas strategists noting CLO debt will benefit from an early move while equity tranches would do better to wait -
BNP Paribas AM cuts CLO tranche costs throughout structure with refi
2 years ago
=BNP Paribas Asset Management has refinanced a 2019 Euro CLO, arranged via its banking arm, with tightening across all tranches
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