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Direct lenders grab larger share of loan market despite fundraising slowdown
1 year ago
With Debtwire’s European direct lending conference in London next Thursday, we speak to market participants about the dynamic between European syndicated loan market and direct lending -
Silver Point issues its second mid market CLO
1 year ago
Silver Point Capital priced its third CLO since 2021 on Friday and its second CLO backed by loans to middle market companies -
Landmark new CLOs from Barings and Oak Hill pull triple A spreads to 175bp
1 year ago
Barings and Oak Hill Advisors priced new CLOs on Wednesday, securing the tightest triple A debt spreads since June last year in the process -
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. -
Credit Suisse spreads hit year's new wides
1 year ago
Protection buying against a Credit Suisse default has taken the bank’s five-year CDS to the widest levels of the year, with the front end of the curve increasingly inverted -
Tikehau prints second new issue of the year
1 year ago
Tikehau Capital has priced its second new issue of the year, partnering with Goldman Sachs and Societe Generale on Tikehau VIII -
Static European CLOs gain traction with Onex marketing via Citi and NatWest
1 year ago
Onex Credit Partners is marketing Europe’s seventh static CLO of the year -
CVC and PGIM add to European CLO new issue surge
1 year ago
CVC and PGIM joined Ares, Neuberger and Oaktree in pricing new issues last week -
Europe welcomes four new CLOs in a day after nothing for one month
1 year ago
No issuance to speak of in a month, and then four CLOs come along at once -
Four Euro CLOs emerge with target pricings as early as tomorrow
1 year ago
According to the latest marketing blasts, WhiteStar is targeting pricing tomorrow, Palmer Square and Cross Ocean are aiming for ‘as early as’ tomorrow and Five Arrows will aim for early-to-mid next week -
Down in the hole: investors hedge their bets ahead of pivotal Powell
1 year ago
Credit spreads are shifting wider on Friday, after an initial improvement, as investors try to balance positions ahead of what could be a pivotal speech by US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell -
Bulls extend credit improvement as oil falters at key level
1 year ago
Having hit their widest prints of the month on Monday, credit indices are extending their run of gradual improvement into a third day – but with investors wary of placing big bets ahead of Friday’s Jackson Hole meeting -
BlackRock prints first MM CLO in over a month
1 year ago
BlackRock broke the middle market CLO silence on Thursday by pricing its latest deal, named BlackRock Maroon Bells CLO XI -
"Extreme volatility can push BSL yields close to mid market levels, although that trade never lasts"
1 year ago
The two segments of the loan market are on different paths as mid-market volumes rise -
Beneath the triple C: ebbs and flows leave triple C levels at a temporary stasis
1 year ago
Following a rising tide of downgrades in May the loan market stabilised somewhat in June, with seven issuers held by CLOs downgraded to triple C and a counter-swell of five names upgraded to single B. -
Hayfin short-dated Euro CLO features loan tranche and StanChart as co-placement agent
2 years ago
Hayfin Capital Management has become the latest manager to print a shorter-dated, 3.13-year reinvestment European CLO -
Packaging company Schur is painful for European CLOs
2 years ago
The dramatic fall in loans taken out by Austrian flexible plastic packaging manufacturer Schur Flexibles has shocked CLO managers. The firm is hiring PJT Partners and Allen & Overy ahead of a potential restructuring -
Euro CLO triple As show signs of succumbing to macro volatility as €1 billion paper prints
2 years ago
Over €1 billion worth of European CLO paper priced on Wednesday with two new issues from KKR and Spire, alongside a reset from ICG -
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. -
Sculptor moulds unusual debt/equity hybrid tranche into new US CLO
2 years ago
Sculptor has issued a CLO with a senior equity tranche, which pays a recurring coupon -
Trimaran goes long with five-year US CLO as it splits triple Bs
2 years ago
Trimaran Advisors has priced its second new CLO of 2021, and first with a full five-year reinvestment period. -
Global CLO trading lab: Seasoned equity prices lag as debt spreads level out
2 years ago
The CLO secondary market took a back seat to the surging primary market in August and September with secondary US CLO volume accounting for just 3.7% and 4.2% of the total US CLO market (primary and secondary volumes). But opportunities are there in CLO equity tranches -
Rally resumes as investors read US job miss as tapering delay
2 years ago
Credit and equity markets have opted to rally - albeit far from emphatically - after digesting the import of the US missing its August monthly news jobs target by a big margin, which could bring a setback for hawkish central bank voices -
US spreads narrow gap with Europe as credit hits new record tights
2 years ago
Corporate credit spreads are exploring new tights for the year, with Europe taking its turn to grind inwards once again today after strong sessions in Asia earlier and the US on Tuesday -
BlackRock and Oaktree reset and upsize legacy CLOs
2 years ago
BlackRock and Oaktree Capital Management have reset legacy CLO deals with both managers opting for an upsize
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