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Sound Point prices second new CLO of 2024
1 month ago
Sound Point Capital Management, working with Barclays as arranger, priced its second new US BSL CLO of the year on Monday -
Sound Point refinances triple As of 2020 vintage CLO
2 months ago
Sound Point Capital Management has refinanced a single tranche of the 2020 vintage Sound Point CLO 28 -
Sound Point refis 2016 Blue Mountain CLO
3 months ago
Sound Point Capital Management partially refinanced BlueMountain CLO 2016-3 on Monday in a USD 295.789m deal -
Sound Point refinances 2018 vintage Blue Mountain CLO
3 months ago
BlueMountain has printed a partial refi of BlueMountain CLO 2018-3, the latest in a trend of similar 2018* vintage restructurings this week that included Carlyle and Octagon -
Sound Point prices first US CLO this year
4 months ago
Sound Point Capital Management last week notched its first US transaction of the year, following on from the manager’s European new issue deal last month with a new US BSL CLO -
Sound Point gets issuance flowing again in Europe
4 months ago
Sound Point Capital Management has won the race to price the next European deal, partnering with Jefferies on a new EUR 452.55m deal that sets the benchmark for triple-A coupons at 150 bps over Euribor. -
BNPP arranges new US CLO for Sound Point
7 months ago
Sound Point Capital Management has followed up its first deal of the year in June with a second new US CLO, similarly arranged by BNP Paribas -
Sound Point becomes 5th largest CLO manager as Assured deal completes
11 months ago
Sound Point announced the completion of its partnership with Assured Guaranty yesterday jumping Sound Point into position as 5th largest CLO manager in the world. -
Sound Point prices first CLO under new performing credit head
11 months ago
Sound Point Capital Management priced their latest deal on Wednesday, according to market sources. Sound Point CLO 36, arranged by BNP Paribas, is a US broadly syndicated CLO, and the manager’s first deal this year. -
Former Symphony chairman Stein returns to lead CLO business at large asset manager
1 year ago
Well-known CLO business builder Gunther Stein is set to join a large CLO issuer after four years away from the market -
The Last Tranche with Sound Point's Desai: the wrong CLO equity investment strategies will see negative returns
1 year ago
In this episode of The Last Tranche, Ujjaval Desai, head of structured products investing at Sound Point Capital Management, shares his ideas about the investment opportunity across the CLO equity universe -
Sound Point/Assured CLO overlap to increase but no credit concern, says Fitch
1 year ago
The firm's Fitch-rated CLOs had an average 37% portfolio overlap as of April, based on based on obligor count -
CLO rankings: manager AUM, advisory firm and trustees Q1 2023
1 year ago
Two acquisitions close to shake up the top and Dechert takes early lead over Milbank in manager counsel rankings -
Sound Point to take on Assured's asset management business in new partnership
1 year ago
Assured Guaranty and Sound Point Capital Management have struck up a partnership, according to an announcement, which will make Sound Point the fifth largest CLO manager globally. -
CLO M&A hits new heights with anticipated Assured deal
Last year saw a record M&A volume centred on credit asset managers, with a study by Gapstow revealing the total assets under management of acquired firms was $326 billion, compared to $140 billion in 2021. -
Sound Point holding CLO M&A talks which could catapult it to fifth-largest manager
1 year ago
Sound Point Capital Management is locked in talks with a large, global CLO manager over a deal that could take its CLO AUM north of $36 billion -
Sound Point prints its first new CLO in 11 months
1 year ago
Sound Point Capital Management returned to the CLO primary market on Monday to print its first new CLO in 11 months -
Polus 2022 European CLO tops Fitch ESG ranking
1 year ago
Cairn CLO XV has scored the highest ESG score among Fitch-rated European CLOs -
CLO managers find safety and return potential in IG
1 year ago
An investment grade bond might not seem the most suitable candidate for a CLO portfolio, but managers are increasingly going up the capital structure as they brace for a recession. -
Global CLO league tables - August 2022 YTD
1 year ago
Global CLO league tables - August YTD -
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 -
CLO arrangers take down triple As to get European deals completed
1 year ago
European CLO arrangers are taking down large chunks of triple A paper to get deals over the line amid market volatility, according to market sources. Others, meanwhile, have committed to investing in triple As to secure future mandates -
Sculptor fills vacancy by hiring US CLO structuring and origination head
1 year ago
Sculptor Capital Management has filled a vacancy that opened up after Peter Polanskyj left in April having hired a CLO structuring specialist from another CLO manager -
Sound Point breaks one month European CLO market silence as pipeline builds
1 year ago
After the longest pause in the European CLO primary market since December 2018, Sound Point has broken the silence with a static new issue while other managers are exploring static and print and sprints to get deals done -
Sound Point explores European static CLO with turbo tranche
1 year ago
Sound Point Capital Management has opted to explore a static structure for its latest European CLO, in the latest sign of managers trying to be innovative to get the market moving
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