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Beneath the triple C: $31.6 billion of CLO credits feel downgrade pain
4 years ago
March madness took a toll on CLOs as Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s downgraded 4.25% of the portfolios in the US and 1.84% in Europe to triple C or below in just one month (some of these were already triple C rated, only to fall further). -
Kayne Anderson CLO trades high as double A investors factor in portfolio health
4 years ago
Demand for high quality mezzanine US CLO paper is picking up, according to trader sources, with the most sought after single As trading at about 425 basis points and the best triple Bs trading at 670bp towards the end of last week -
Investors query loan b-wic objectives as trade rates plummet
4 years ago
Over €1 billion worth of loan paper has appeared in the form of European loan b-wics in March, according to market sources. But buyer appetite has been low -
Triple A spreads widen by over 30bp since February as CSAM prices euro CLO
4 years ago
European CLO spreads have blown out to their widest levels in almost four years. Sources say that Credit Suisse Asset Management priced its latest deal, named Madison Park Euro Funding XV, today with the triple As clearing at a blended spread of 122.68 basis points over Euribor -
Beneath the triple C: mighty CLO buckets from Akorns grow
4 years ago
Rating agencies went on a downgrading spree in February, with Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s cutting 20 corporate names to triple C or below – affecting $2.78 billion of paper in US CLOs and €316.6 million in European CLOs. -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: sellers flock to secondary market as trade rate hits 71%
4 years ago
The broader market sell-off reached CLOs last week, with investors lining up to list their positions in the CLO secondary market -
CLO refinancing auction draws plaudits despite failure to clear
4 years ago
A novel approach to refinancing a CLO failed to clear, despite optimism behind the concept. -
ESG pervades US CLOs but screening approach divided
4 years ago
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing is reshaping the US CLO market, with February bringing the first CLOs marketed that have explicit ESG-related investment criteria. -
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 -
Another $1.68 billion of US CLO paper is refied
4 years ago
Four CLO refis worth $1.68 billion priced on Wednesday and Thursday of this week, with the 2017 vintage still appearing the most attractive -
Back from the dead: CLO risk retention resurfaces in the US
4 years ago
Risk retention is making an unexpected comeback in the US CLO market as more managers look to structure their deals to comply with European risk retention regulations -
MUFG and CSAM adopt novel auction concept for upcoming CLO refi
4 years ago
Credit Suisse Asset Management and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group are taking a fresh approach to US CLO refinancings with sources indicating that the pair are joining forces to conduct a refi via an auction -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: that's another fine mezz you've gotten me into
4 years ago
European CLO investors are tripping over themselves to buy mezzanine paper in the secondary CLO market -
CVC resets 2016 US CLO
4 years ago
CVC Credit Partners joined Credit Suisse Management in resetting a 2016 vintage US CLO via Barclays on Friday -
CSAM repeats tested formula with largest CLO reset of 2020
4 years ago
Credit Suisse Asset Management returned to the CLO market on Friday after teaming with Barclays to price a reset of its 2016 vintage US CLO, Madison Park Funding XXII -
Euro CLO league tables: three new issues make January just right
4 years ago
Three European managers braved the waters in January to kickstart the CLO primary market -
CSAM sees sun after nine years in shade
Credit Suisse Asset Management has become the leading CLO manager by assets under management globally after finally topping perennial leader GSO Capital Partners. However, CSAM's lead is the size of just one CLO4 years ago -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: equity, equity everywhere, but trading volumes sink
4 years ago
For the second week in a row, over $230 million of US CLO equity went on sale and multiple control equity positions were listed in the CLO secondary market -
Euro CLO league tables: new issues shatter 2018’s record but total issuance falls
4 years ago
The European CLO market continues to grow at a record shattering pace with 2019 new issuance volumes totalling €29.8 billion, an 8% increase on 2018’s previous record figure, from 53 active managers -
US CLO league tables: CSAM makes it three in a row as Citi completes a clean sweep
4 years ago
The US CLO market suffered a drop in volume last year with $149 billion of issuance, down 43% on 2018’s $262.5 billion. But the heavy slump was not across all forms of CLO pricing, as new issues once again crossed $100 billion and only suffered a 6.5% fall -
Issuers fashion new outfits for junior mezz
Junior CLO tranches have lost around five points in the past quarter. In response, new issue desks are dressing up junior debt in two piece suits and designing a range of protective styles4 years ago -
CSAM prices sixth new issue US CLO of 2019, passing $4 billion new issue volume
4 years ago
Credit Suisse Asset Management’s new issue US CLO volume yesterday surpassed $4 billion as the firm priced a $797.2 million deal named Madison Park Funding XXXVI -
Global CLO league tables at a glance - November 2019 YTD
4 years ago
Global CLO league tables at a glance - November 2019 YTD -
Euro CLO league tables: GSO turbos charges its lead over CVC
4 years ago
GSO Capital Partners kept hold of the lead in the European CLO manager league tables thanks to its turbo charged reset of Holland Park -
US CLO league tables: CSAM pulls away from pack
4 years ago
The back and forth tussle between Octagon Credit Investors and Credit Suisse Asset Management for the lead in the US CLO issuance league tables took a new turn in November
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