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CLO managers laud market’s shift away from direct lending
2 months ago
This year’s annual SFVegas shindig had a record 8,900 registered delegates, and every CLO panel included a discussion of two key themes, including the highly publicised fight between the broadly syndicated loan space and private credit lenders. -
US CLO credit Air Methods Corporation files for bankruptcy
6 months ago
Air Methods Corporation, a widely held name in the US CLO market, filed for Chapter 11 this morning reporting USD 1bn to USD 10bn in liabilities. -
Primary loan and bond markets shows signs of revival, but at a cost
9 months ago
Activity in the US junk debt market has picked up after the 4th of July and the momentum is expected to continue through 2H23, but at a cost for issuers. -
BC Credit targets $1.25 billion for third opportunistic credit fund
1 year ago
BC Partners Credit plans to deploy half the fund in private lending and structured equity opportunities and the other half in specialty lending and dislocated liquid credit deals -
Pemberton launches second senior loans fund
1 year ago
Pemberton Asset Management is launching a successor European senior loans fund, having registered Pemberton Senior Loans GP II with Luxembourg regulators in October -
Judges rule in favour of Citi in overturning Revlon decision
1 year ago
Citi has won its appeal against Revlon creditors, forcing a consortium of asset managers to return more than half a billion dollars received in an accidental transfer in 2020 -
LP round up: Magnetar and Värde among winners as $3 billion flows to credit
1 year ago
Institutional investors allocated at least $3 billion to credit funds in August -
Revlon spares no blushes for CLO managers in filing for Chapter 11
1 year ago
Troubled lender Revlon Consumer Products filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy late Wednesday night. The default is likely to have a weighty impact on the CLO market -
CLO market and congress plead with SEC to extend rule comment period to 90 days
2 years ago
SEC rule proposals are no page-turners: members of the US congress are looking to extend comment periods from 30 days to 90 days. Recent SEC rule proposals require commentors to read and analyse roughly 3,570 pages and respond to 2,260 individually identified questions -
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 -
T Rowe Price to buy Oak Hill for up to $4.2 billion
2 years ago
Oak Hill is set to become T Rowe Price’s private markets platform, led by Oak Hill’s chief executive officer Glenn August -
Points up front: Revlon repayment was Bad Day at the office
3 years ago
Making light of a situation is a good coping mechanism when things don’t go as expected. The Revlon loan repayment saga has underlined this with court filings revealing how CLO portfolio managers reacted to what Citi purported was a ‘mistaken’ $900 million paydown of Revlon loans -
Credit fundraising: January proves anything but dry for manager inflows
3 years ago
After a tough and unpredictable year, January may have been seen by many as an opportunity for a fresh start. But for seven managers it meant holding final closes on funds, while three undertook first closes and one a fund launch -
Marathon secures $900 million for asset-based lending fund
3 years ago
The New York-based manager will invest in asset-based loans across the healthcare, real estate, equipment and transportation and corporate sectors -
Two managers beat 80 others for £660 million multi-asset credit mandate
3 years ago
The UK's Local Government Pension Scheme Central has selected two managers for its £660 million Multi-Asset Credit Fund -
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 -
They should have followed Revlon's Double Twist mascara slogan of 2009: "It's worth a double take"
3 years ago
Blockchain might not eradicate all problems in credit, but it should reduce human error -
Points up front: How much do I owe you?
3 years ago
Payment systems in the credit industry had a bad August -
Highland no longer defendant in Citi's Revlon loan lawsuit
3 years ago
Citi has dismissed its suit against Highland Capital Management as it seeks repayment on a Revlon loan, according to court filings. The lawsuit remains open against another 11 defendants -
Details emerge on nature of Revlon payment 'error' and lender attitudes
3 years ago
Fresh details have emerged on the nature of the ‘operational error’ Citi says took place when it transferred $900 million to Revlon loan holders -
Court meets Citi and defendants in middle with trial pushed to November
3 years ago
The Court overseeing the Citi Revlon wire transfer case has met Citi and the defendants in the middle, adding that “a more realistic, but still expedited, trial date should be adopted” -
Lenders argue for extended timeline in Revlon loan lawsuit
3 years ago
A 30 September preliminary injunction hearing and trial has been outlined under Citi’s schedule. But the defendants have proposed an alternative schedule, under which the lawsuit would culminate in a trial mid-December -
Citi files lawsuit against nine more lenders over 'accidental' $900 million Revlon transfer
3 years ago
Citi has filed a new lawsuit against nine more asset managers regarding its transfer of $900 million to Revlon lenders, which Citi says was made mistakenly. The bank is looking to claim the money back against lenders -
Beneath the triple C: April showers send buckets overboard
4 years ago
Downgrade waves rocked the CLO market in April as Moody's and Standard & Poor's downgraded 135 corporate borrowers to triple C or below, from ratings above that level. The downgrades put CLOs in rough waters as $41.6 billion of such loans are prevalent in US CLOs while €5.64 are moored in European CLO portfolios – affecting 5.92% of the US market and 4.37% of the European market -
Who's got the moves US: Carlyle leads as $3.7 billion of CLO loans recover
4 years ago
CLOs were exposed to $833.4 million worth of paper in the 10 term loans that suffered the largest price falls last week. But CLOs also had exposure to $3.67 billion of loans that recovered the most over the seven days.
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