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US CLO pipeline: Dispersion comes to fore, while Capital Four goes static
1 year ago
The CLO market is heating up once again after the summer lull and pricing has tightened, with at least three US CLO managers looking to match or even best Palmer Square Capital Management’s triple A print of 200 basis points -
The Last Tranche with Octagon's Nechamkin: Investors were selling the larger loans that were easier to sell
1 year ago
In this episode of the Last Tranche, Mike Nechamkin, chief investment officer and senior portfolio manager at Octagon Credit Investors, discusses the reasons behind the recovery in loan prices in recent weeks -
Quick! Avaya has ignited and $1 billion of CLO assets are at risk
1 year ago
Sparks are flying in the leveraged loan and high yield market after communications company Avaya Holdings slashed its forecasted earnings mere weeks after syndicating new debt. The rapid decline of Avaya's debt has left CLO managers little time to avoid the blaze -
US CLO league tables: Heavyweights knock deals out as familiar faces stay top
1 year ago
In June 25 managers braved the US CLO market, among which only Columbia Management priced its first deal of the year -
CSAM does the CLO awards double
1 year ago
Winning the Creditflux Manager of the Year award is a feat in itself. Winning it back-to-back in such different markets is an outstanding achievement — and CSAM can take great pride in it -
CLOs at a glance (June 2022)
1 year ago
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month
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Octagon prices its largest CLO with high-rated mezz
1 year ago
Octagon Credit Investors on Friday priced its largest ever CLO, and the largest broadly syndicated loan-backed CLO in the market this year -
CLOs at a glance (May 2022)
1 year ago
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month
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Past returns: ‘Stabilisation’ provides back-up
1 year ago
Five years ago in Creditflux, we reported that Wells Fargo had offered to buy tranches in an Octagon Credit Investors’ CLO to support execution. -
Octagon prints largest CLO in over two and a half years
2 years ago
Octagon Credit Investors priced a $610.2 million CLO on Thursday, its largest new issue deal since October 2018 -
Sofr, so complicated
2 years ago
At Creditflux’s US CLO Summit debate centred on Libor and Sofr. Hot topics included tenors, Libor floors being out-of-the money and investors changing their views on spread adjustments -
Morgan Stanley prints new CLOs for Oaktree, Octagon and Voya
2 years ago
Morgan Stanley priced three new issue CLOs on Friday worth a combined $1.36 billion -
LP round up: Fidelity wins big, Pacific retains loan mandate, pensions eye distressed
2 years ago
The month also included one CLO fund commitment, one high yield manager search, one finalised US loans mandate and one $400 million multi-sector fixed income managed account mandate -
US CLO fund wins $16 million from San Jose pension
2 years ago
The $5 billion pension awarded the allocation to a manager's fourth US CLO fund, having previously allocated to its second and third fund -
Global CLO trading lab: Payments season prompts equity to surge but short-dated bonds trade low
2 years ago
Over the last two weeks, $2.8 billion of US CLOs and €640 million of European CLO paper have appeared on b-wics, with equity making up 33% and 40% of the respective markets -
Credit funds at a glance (February 2022)
2 years ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
CLOs at a glance (February 2022)
2 years ago
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month -
Ares and Octagon bring weekly CLO reset volume over $2 billion in just two days
2 years ago
Ares Management and Octagon Credit Investors each reset a CLO on Tuesday, bringing weekly US CLO reset volume up to over $2 billion -
Credit Rendezvous: the upside of inflation
2 years ago
It is clear, inflation is not transitory and central banks are acting with several interest rate hikes likely in store for the US this year. That makes loans and CLO debt tranches attractive, but there could be opportunities beyond these floating rate assets -
Two CLO funds launch following at least 20 in 2021
2 years ago
Two US credit managers have kicked off the year by launching funds geared towards investing in CLO tranches -
Octagon to switch 2019 CLO to Sofr and upsize by $137 million
2 years ago
Octagon Credit Investors is set to upsize a 2019 CLO by $137 million as it plans to reset the deal next week, transitioning the structure to pay its liabilities off Sofr in the process -
Octagon and Pimco tap CLO refi market
2 years ago
Octagon Credit Investors and Pacific Investment Management Company each turned to the CLO refi market on Thursday resulting in just short of $800 million pricing -
Correction: ArrowMark, Octagon and Trimaran print five-year CLOs
2 years ago
ArrowMark Partners, Octagon Credit Investors and Trimaran Advisors each priced a five-year CLO on Monday -
Two degrees of separation as Octagon solidifies Barclays partnership with 2020 CLO reset
2 years ago
Octagon Credit Investors has been quick to reset a CLO that it priced just over a year ago, giving Octagon Investment Partners 50 a three-year extension. -
CLOs at a glance (November 2021)
2 years ago
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month
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