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CLO market round-up: 20 - 24 Nov 2023
5 months ago
Thanksgiving or not, last week was a banner week for middle market CLO deals, with no fewer than five pricing -
Hayfin prices short-dated CLO
5 months ago
After a quiet year in the primary market Hayfin Capital Management returned last week with a short-dated European CLO -
CLO market round-up: 13 - 17 Nov 2023
5 months ago
Who said it was a slow market in Europe? Pricing action in the primary European CLO market put paid to that notion over the past week with a trio of European deals pricing, including two debuts. -
BNP Paribas prices new European CLO as senior prices settle at 170bps
7 months ago
Activity in the European CLO market continued to pick up this week with the printing of a new deal for Spire Partners. -
KKR goes static for latest European CLO
8 months ago
KKR has priced a new static European CLO, arranged by Morgan Stanley -
Direct lenders grab larger share of loan market despite fundraising slowdown
11 months 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 -
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 -
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. -
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 -
2020 European CLO absentee hits 80bp triple A tights while mezz trails wider
3 years ago
Barclays arranged the €407.5 million transaction on Friday -
Commerzbank prices CLO as it replaces Tikehau-bound official
3 years ago
Deutsche Bank arranged the €360.5 million deal for Commerzbank
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