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Strong run helps CLOs shrug off Altice downgrade
4 days ago
It may be the largest triple C downgrade in years, but the CLO market is relatively unperturbed by Altice’s fall from grace. -
AlbaCore expands with senior research hires
20 days ago
London-based AlbaCore Capital Group announced the expansion of its investment team last week, with the addition of a new Head of Research -
European companies reprice EUR 16bn of loans in 2024 as window opens
1 month ago
When the European loan market started to talk about rates peaking late in 2023, repricing rehearsed a comeback, but did so effectively in January this year -
CLO managers laud market’s shift away from direct lending
1 month 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. -
Palmer Square liquidates 2022 CLO through BWIC
3 months ago
Palmer Square is the seller of a mammoth EUR 350m loan and bond BWIC portfolio that was auctioned last Thursday (4 January) as it has been winding down Palmer Square European Loan Funding 2022-3 -
Manulife Investment agrees deal to buy CQS
5 months ago
Manulife Investment Management, the global wealth and asset management portion of Manulife Financial Corporation, has agreed to buy London-based alternative credit manager CQS, including the CQS credit platform and CQS brand -
Hayfin appoints new US CLO head
5 months ago
Hayfin Capital Management has announced it has recruited Peter Swanson to head its High-Yield and Syndicated Loans team in New York -
US CLO credit Air Methods Corporation files for bankruptcy
5 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. -
Securities regulators call for improvement in practices in CLO market
7 months ago
IOSCO, an international policy forum for securities regulators, has called for improvement in practices in both the leveraged loan and CLO markets. -
LSTA hires new director of policy research
7 months ago
The Loan Syndications and Trading Association has appointed a new director of policy research -
Arini's hiring spree continues as it builds out CLO platform
8 months ago
Arini continues to beef up its loan team with the hire of a senior member of the credit team at Rothschild -
CLO double Bs offer 700bp premium versus high yield bonds, says Oaktree
8 months ago
The yield premium offered by double B CLO paper compared to corporate high yield bonds with the same rating has exploded to 700 basis points, according to a new episode of Oaktree Capital Management's podcast series The Insight -
Columbia names new loan and CLO head as Howard announces retirement
9 months ago
Columbia Threadneedle Investments has appointed the next head of its US bank loan team after current head Jerry Howard announced his retirement effective in January next year -
Recent US bankruptcies show non-DIP lenders wiped out
9 months ago
A trio of recent US bankruptcies is testing the CLO market's recovery assumptions, according to Debtwire’s Restructuring Database of recent court filings. -
Slow pace of loan prepayments increasing CLO tranche WAL, finds Barclays
10 months ago
Prepayment rates in the leveraged loan market have dropped to post-financial crisis lows, thereby increasing CLO debt tranches' weighted average life and slowing the pace of amortization for deals that have left reinvestment, according to new research published by Barclays -
Jump in loan prices sees CLO primary stall in the US
10 months ago
US CLO primary supply almost ground to a halt in June with just three transactions printing in the first half of the month -
Leveraged loan market shrinks as CLO trading grows
10 months ago
A lack of primary issuance has caused the leveraged loan market to shrink this year for the first time since the aftermath of the global financial crisis, according to market sources. -
Do amend and extends now before big chunk of CLOs exit reinvestment, says BofA
10 months ago
Research analysts at Bank of America are recommending CLO managers complete amend and extend activity before a wave of transactions exit their reinvestment periods later in the year -
34% of CLOs rated by Fitch out of reinvestment
10 months ago
34% of the CLOs rated by Fitch Ratings have left their reinvestment periods including six deals that exited in May, the rating agency said in a note to clients on Thursday -
Sterling-denominated leveraged debt faces greater challenges than euro, says Fitch
10 months ago
UK loans and bonds are facing greater challenges than issuers from other European geographies including bigger operational and capital market challenges, according to new research from Fitch Ratings -
Student loans emerge as headwind for loan market, says BofA
10 months ago
American graduates are poised to resume student loan repayments in August, and new research from Bank of America suggests the change could be a headwind for the loan market due to weaker consumer demand. -
Up-tick in M&A signals return of European loan issuance in H2
11 months ago
European CLO market participants are optimistic that new loan issuance will pick up in the second half of the year, with M&A deal-flow on the rise -
CLO PM tipped to join CVC in trading/capital markets role
11 months ago
The hire is understood to reflect the fast growth of CVC's CLO and performing credit business in Europe -
Octaura launches loan market's 'first comprehensive trading platform'
11 months ago
Octaura, the fintech startup offering electronic trading for loans and CLOs, today announced the launch of its comprehensive syndicated loan trading platform that it says is the first on offer for the market -
CLO market finds feet again after ‘miniature credit crunch’ blows up spreads in March
1 year ago
Markets were rocked by what some observers have called a “miniature credit crunch” in March, with disruption beginning with the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and ending with UBS’s takeover of Credit Suisse.
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