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Loan technical and supply glut keeps CLOs in check
3 years ago
CLO asset and liability spreads moved wider in March owing to unprec-edented volumes of issuance, despite investors rotating into floating-rate products amid rising treasury rates -
CLO managers eye bonds as short-dated loan universe shrinks
3 years ago
European CLO managers that focus on bonds say they had flexibility in the first quarter as the new issue loan pipeline ramped up -
Single names make big gains as indices dither
3 years ago
Single name CDS in the US and Europe have strongly outperformed from the start of the week, rallying sharply and across most of the credit universe despite direcctionless trading for indices -
Corp hybrid popularity mounts, but strategist outlooks diverge
3 years ago
Corporate hybrid bonds are becoming a focal point for investors in the second quarter, with one bank's credit strategy team making them a top pick to trade spread compression while another's has expressed caution on their likely performance -
Spreads rally sharply ahead of US high yield index roll
3 years ago
Credit markets are rallying into the weekend, pushing US high yield index CDX HY inside a key trading level ahead of its roll to a new series on Monday -
TRS goes electronic on Tradeweb with iBoxx trade
3 years ago
Tradeweb Markets has completed what it says is the first ever fully standardised total return swap trade based on IHS Markit’s iBoxx US Dollar Liquid High Grade index -
Big US CLO investor crystalises gains with $101 million mezz sale
3 years ago
A well-known CLO investor has emerged as a repeat seller of CLO tranches this year, with sources indicating the firm has been monetising gains it made from purchases over the past year -
Secondary CLO spike pushes double Bs to 800bp as KKR resets
3 years ago
KKR Credit has priced a US CLO reset in another example of how junior CLO spreads have gapped out over the last two weeks -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: record level of CLO paper stalls rally
3 years ago
Record levels of primary and secondary CLO supply has left investors spoilt for choice and led to the CLO rally stalling -
CLO single B tranche buyers emerge from above and below
3 years ago
CLO single B tranche buyers emerge from above and below -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: equity trades break new records as investors look to redeploy cash
3 years ago
The CLO secondary market is experiencing heavy churn with €273.5 million of European CLO paper and $1.05 billion of US CLOs listed last week. Within that supply, a record trade for a 2.0 European CLO equty tranche was recorded -
Citi CLO trader set to join rival as co-head of global CLO trading in New York
3 years ago
A CLO trader is leaving Citi after 10 years to take up the top trading job at a bank, which has tended to specialise in trading triple A-rated paper -
Barings sells €377m portfolio via b-wic to wind down European CLO
3 years ago
Barings was the seller of a mammoth €377 million loan b-wic on Thursday (12 February), Debtwire has reported -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: 2020 deals trade at premium
3 years ago
As the primary CLO market continues to grind tighter, the secondary market is holding steady, but last year's vintages are trading well as they near the end of their call-locks -
CLO equity record broken again as Blackstone European deal trades over 116
3 years ago
Within eight days of Redding Ridge Asset Management setting a record for the highest cover on a European CLO equity bond, Blackstone Credit has brushed it aside to claim top spot -
Redding Ridge equity covers at 116 for new European CLO record
3 years ago
Redding Ridge Asset Management set a new record on Wednesday as €5.2 million of RRE 4, a 2020 vintage CLO, traded in the secondary CLO market with a cover of 115.8 -
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 -
European CLO trades wide in secondary amid CLO risk retention issue
3 years ago
A European CLO manager has been caught in a rare situation owing to risk-retention compliance for its 2015-vintage Euro Galaxy IV – and CLO traders have factored this in the secondary market -
US and European control CLO positions land in secondary market
3 years ago
The first control equity positions of 2021 for the European and US CLO markets were listed in the secondary market on Thursday -
TCW CLO tranches digitally refinanced for second time
3 years ago
TCW CLO 2019-1 AMR was digitally refinanced for the second time today following the third successfully cleared applicable margin reset auction -
Seix CLO passes AMR refi test at second auction
3 years ago
Seix Advisors successfully executed a digital refinancing of its 2019 vintage CLO named Mountain View XIV on Thursday via the applicable margin reset (AMR) process -
Past returns: Barclays gambles and wins on Zohar
3 years ago
Five years ago in Creditflux, we reported how Barclays had made gains from its investment in the debt of Zohar CLO I, a deal which was filed into bankruptcy by manager Patriarch Partners a few months earlier -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: junior tranches trade above par as US volumes reach $45bn
3 years ago
A busy week of over $1.4 billion of US CLO secondary bonds and €290 million of European CLO paper gave light to CLO spreads across the capital structure continuing their push towards pre-covid levels -
European CLOs rise in secondary with Sound Point deal up 4.25 cents from issuance
3 years ago
Double-B rated CLO tranches received bids in the high 90s on Wednesday with Sound Point Capital Management’s debut European CLO attracting the highest cover of 98.25 cents on the euro. But the CLO rally is lagging moves in corporate credit -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: Junior tranches rally amid heavy supply, including portfolio liquidation
3 years ago
The US CLO secondary market rally is showing no signs of slowing down after a week of over $1 billion worth of bonds was listed and well absorbed, according to market sources. The European market also had a roust week with over €300 million of paper up for grabs, although the market stayed generally flat with some tightening in double and single Bs
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