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State of the US Loan Market 3Q23 - Xtract Special Report
5 months ago
The US leveraged loan market continued to languish in 3Q23, but the average covenant score for large Sponsor loans bounced back somewhat from its precipitous decline in 2Q23 according to this special report -
Packers’ recovery chances debated amid industry-wide child labor investigations
6 months ago
A popular CLO credit, Packers Sanitation Services (PSSI), made the news last week in Debtwire -
Pinebridge prices new US CLO
7 months ago
Pinebridge Investments priced a new US CLO on Friday in a USD 404.7m transaction arranged by Barclays -
PGIM's latest CLO is tightest regular new issue of 2023
7 months ago
PGIM priced a new vanilla US CLO named Dryden 102 on Friday with the tightest capital structure of the year -
LP round up: opportunistic credit dominates as investors allocate $2.2 billion
1 year ago
US institutional investors invested at least $2.2 billion to credit funds in March, according to documents seen by Creditflux, with opportunistic credit funds dominating commitments -
Cross Ocean targets next week pricing for European CLO via Deutsche Bank
1 year ago
The CLO’s triple As are 0.8 times covered at 180 to 185 basis points, the latest marketing blast reveals -
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. -
CLO rankings: manager AUM, advisory firm and trustees Q4 2022
1 year ago
As 2022 draws to a close manager consolidation through mergers and acquisitions have been balanced out by new market entrants to leave roughly the same number of managers that entered the year, at least for now. -
Powell outlook brings risk buyers out in droves, but reality check looks soon to follow
1 year ago
Comments by US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell on Wednesday on the pace of future rate hikes have prompted a sharp rally across global financial markets, including credit. But dissenting voices have already begun to point out the enthusiasm is likely overdone -
European CLO managers trade loans to avoid (par) burn
1 year ago
Between March and July, European CLO managers traded €21 billion of assets within CLOs that were still in their reinvestment period as opportunities arose amid a weaker macro environment and Russia’s war with Ukraine -
CVC issues print-and-sprint Euro CLO as Goldman marks comeback
1 year ago
Goldman Sachs returned to European CLO arranging duties last week as CVC Credit Partners priced a print-and-sprint deal -
Relief rally extends despite US and EU sending mixed signals on recession
1 year ago
Growth and inflation data on Friday has added impetus for the European Central Bank to maintain a hawkish stance at its September meeting, despite US signals suggesting that economy is in recession -
Blackstone prints Euro CLO triple As at tight 170bp
1 year ago
Blackstone priced its latest European CLO yesterday with triple As pricing at least 50bp tighter than current market levels -
Mixed signals abound but European weakness persists
1 year ago
European financial markets are losing further ground against the US in a cautious start to the week, as the euro approaches parity with the dollar for the first time and latest data supports the Federal Reserve maintaining a hawkish approach to policy -
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. -
Europe vs US arb hits resistance as dislocation becomes more extreme
1 year ago
Recession fears have pushed several different asset classes to key psychological levels, while leaving European and US credit markets at a high level of dislocation -
Manager selection stakes are heightening as CLO pain points intensify: Barclays
1 year ago
CLOs’ slump in market value and piling of distressed assets have made differentiation between managers much more acute on key metrics, regionally and by vintage, according to Barclays credit strategists -
Antares upsizes billion-dollar CLO in third-largest primary transaction of 2022
2 years ago
Antares Capital reset its 2018-2 CLO via Deutsche Bank on Thursday, in the third-largest primary market transaction of the year at $1.06 billion -
StepStone sets out new path with Mexican securitisation
2 years ago
StepStone Group says its securitisation of private credit opportunities for Mexican investors has left a template for other managers to follow. -
StepStone scores AAA rating for listed bond linked to US direct lending portfolio
2 years ago
StepStone Group has sponsored a $102.5 million securitisation of US direct lending loans that is listed on Mexico’s BIVA Stock Exchange in what it claims is the first transaction of its kind in Mexico -
Golub upsizes 2020 CLO by over $100 million
2 years ago
Golub Capital Partners took to the CLO reset market on Wednesday to reset its late 2020 CLO named Golub Capital Partners CLO 50(B), upsizing the transaction by $102.5 million -
Natixis IM to sell stake in Canadian asset manager Fiera
2 years ago
Natixis Investment Managers is selling all 10.68 million class A subordinate voting shares it holds in Canada's Fiera Capital -
Neuberger Berman steps into the unknown as it launches first CLO with full Sofr stack
2 years ago
Neuberger Berman is marketing its first CLO of 2022, which is thought to be the first new issue deal to launch referencing Sofr across the capital structure -
US CLO league tables: Blackstone and Citi win new issues but CSAM and JP Morgan take overall issuance crown
2 years ago
The US CLO market had an extraordinary 2021 with almost $400 billion of overall issuance pricing as records were set for all forms of issuance -
Nuveen cuts 2020 CLO funding costs by 40bp with refi
2 years ago
Nuveen Asset Management cut the funding costs of one of its 2020 CLOs by almost 40 basis points by refinancing the deal on Wednesday
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