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Global CLO league tables - May 2021 YTD
2 years ago
Global CLO league tables - May 2021 YTD -
BlackRock adds to Euro CLO deal size with reset
2 years ago
BlackRock has reset a 2017 vintage CLO, increasing the deal size slightly and offering a higher return on the lower part of the capital structure -
LP round up: $3.2 billion flows to 21 managers as private credit illiquidity premium holds firm
3 years ago
Investors allocated at least $3.2 billion to credit managers in April - and direct lending funds were in favour with Churchill and Ares being awarded two mandates -
Credit fundraising: three massive European direct lending funds notch up €17.6 bn
3 years ago
Fundraising figures continued upwards in April as just over $24 billion was raised for credit funds, alongside $3.2 worth of allocations to credit managers. Nine funds held final closes including the largest European direct lending fund raised to date -
LP round-up: $2.6 billion flows into 26 credit managers
3 years ago
A stuck ship in the Suez Canal may have prevented others from getting through one of the world's busiest waterways in March, but allocations to credit funds were much more free flowing as investors poured over $2.6 billion into the hands of credit managers -
Aegon and BlackRock join group of single B CLO issuers with resets
3 years ago
Aegon USA Investment Management and BlackRock each priced a CLO reset on Tuesday that included a single B-rated tranche -
BlackRock drags CLO spreads tighter with latest reset
3 years ago
BlackRock teamed up with Citi on Thursday to print a $499 million reset of its 2019 vintage CLO named Magnetite XXI - and dragged the CLO market tighter in the process -
Europe leads corporate credit rally, but US outperforms in CLOs
3 years ago
iTraxx Crossover has been the CDS market's outperformer this week, tightening over 30 basis points, or 11.4%, to trade at 235bp today. But in the CLO market, US deals have come out on top thanks to a BlackRock CLO that priced its double Bs at some of the tightest levels this year -
Double B spreads shrink to just 635bp as BlackRock prints tightest CLO yet
3 years ago
BlackRock has once again priced the tightest three-year reinvestment CLO post-covid, repeating a feat it last acheived back in September -
CLO pipeline: LCM switches arranger to complete deal and join issuance surge
3 years ago
Over $3.5 billion of global CLO issuance priced last week and managers in all three CLO markets are taking advantage of tightening spreads across the capital structure after three major covid-19 vaccine breakthroughs and increased confidence since the US presidential election -
CLO pipeline: fixed income giants plan debut 2.0s with Morgan Stanley
3 years ago
Two large fixed income managers are pre-marketing debut 2.0 CLOs -
LP round up: $5 billion flows to credit as private market allocations increase
3 years ago
Global institutional investors allocated nearly $5 billion to credit funds this week, according to documents seen by Creditflux -
Euro CLO primary spreads hit new tights as BlackRock prices first 2020 deal
3 years ago
European primary CLO spreads have finally begun to tighten, as BlackRock today printed triple A notes on BlackRock CLO X at Euribor plus 120 basis points -
BlackRock plans first European CLO of 2020
3 years ago
Barclays has begun marketing its second European CLO in September with the bank arranging a deal for a large asset manager -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: US CLO triple As finally rally while European investors go ‘all in’
3 years ago
A huge supply of $731 million of US CLO triple A bonds pushed US CLO secondary volumes to just shy of $1.5 billion last week -
Spreads tighten as GoldenTree and BlackRock print tightest CLO triple As since March
3 years ago
The CLO market moved tighter on Friday as GoldenTree Loan Management and BlackRock each priced new issues with triple As at 155 basis points over Libor, scoring a new record print following the coronavirus sell off in March -
LP round up: horseshoe does the trick for Pimco and other distressed managers
3 years ago
Institutional investors poured $2.7 billion into credit this week through 14 managers, according to board documentation seen by Creditflux -
Three-year US CLOs set to tighten as large managers market deals
3 years ago
US CLO triple A spreads are tightening sharply this week with market sources indicating that benchmark levels for three-year reinvestment deals have gone into the 180s -
Euro CLO league tables: refi market opens up to give KKR best of both worlds
4 years ago
European CLO issuance in October crossed €5 billion for the second month this year as managers took advantage of falling spreads and increased demand. In one example, KKR obtained tight senior CLO financing to go with tight mezz spreads from 2017 in a demonstration of expert timing -
CLO pipeline: Capital time to debut in Europe as liability spreads drop
4 years ago
CLO managers are showing no signs of slowing down, as a further 16 US and five European new issue CLOs, including Capital Four's CLO management debut, appear in the pipeline -
Global CLO round-up: Europe mops up demand, as Euribor hits the floor
4 years ago
The final stretch of the year began with a bang, with the first week of Q4 bringing $3.3 billion of CLO issuance in the US and €1.2 billion in Europe. But the resurgence in volumes was not the only talking point last week, with Europe coming into focus as spreads surfed tighter -
BlackRock moves along the term curve by pricing five-year US CLO
5 years ago
BlackRock has followed up its three-year US CLO in February with a regular five-year reinvestment CLO. The latest deal has priced well in comparison to the short-dated transaction -
Creditflux reveals finalists for most competitive Manager Awards ever
5 years ago
To compile the shortlist for the annual Creditflux awards, we select the best performers in credit using a combination of detailed, data-driven metrics. The winners will be announced on 8 May -
US CLO round-up: years fall off CLO market as it gets back to its old self
5 years ago
The CLO market is starting to look rejuvenated, with the dense pipeline having this week offloaded seven new broadly syndicated deals and one middle market deal as Creditflux goes to press – totalling $3.7 billion of new paper. -
CLO round-up: reset triple As price apart on divergent portfolios
5 years ago
CLO spreads have been volatile of late with seemingly no consistency in triple A CLO prints from deal to deal. In a reset-heavy week, BlackRock and Marathon Asset Management were positioned at opposite ends of the spectrum
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