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We can cope with downgrades again
Having overcome one loan downgrade wave in 2020, the CLO market is now facing another. But this time CLOs are defensively positioned, and managers have a chance to adjust portfolios6 days ago -
CLO fund appoints former ICG credit head Kershaw as chair
2 months ago
The board of directors of Axa's publicly listed CLO fund, Volta Finance, has appointed former ICG credit head Dagmar Kershaw as company chairman, following the retirement of Paul Meader. Former CLO structurer Yedau Ogoundele also joins as an independent board director -
CLOs at a glance (June 2022)
2 months ago
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month
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Axa IM pairs with Citi on first new 2022 CLO
3 months ago
Axa Investment Managers on Friday priced its first new US CLO of the year -
Muzinich adds UK and Ireland institutional sales head
8 months ago
Muzinich & Co has hired a head institutional sales for the UK and Ireland -
Axa IM raises €1.2 billion for SRTs
8 months ago
Axa Investment Managers has closed Partner Capital Solutions VIII, a significant risk transfer (SRT) strategy, at roughly €1.2 billion, according to an announcement. -
Axa IM launches multi-strat fund for pensions
9 months ago
Axa Investment Managers’ ‘alternatives’ business has launched an open-ended strategy for pension funds -
Nine CLOs each — and every one of them is different
10 months ago
CLO giants Blackstone and Carlyle Group have printed nine new US CLOs apiece this year, but CLO market participants say managers are creating distinct portfolios -
CSAM regains best manager throne
10 months ago
Upstart CLO managers overtook more experienced rivals at last year’s Creditflux Manager Awards, but CSAM and other large firms, such as PGIM, emerged victorious in London this time around -
Record-breaking CSAM wins Creditflux Manager of the Year 2021
11 months ago
The Creditflux Manager Awards dinner was back with a bang last night as 250 attendees saw Credit Suisse Asset Management crowned Creditflux Manager of the Year for a record third time -
Axa IM and Canyon print their second new CLOs of 2021 tight of market averages
11 months ago
Axa Investment Managers and Canyon Partners each priced their second new issue CLOs of the year on Monday, with both scoring triple A spreads tight of the 10-day rolling average -
Euro 2021 CLO volume exceeds €60 billion as BNPP and Axa IM pair for new issue
1 year ago
BNP Paribas arranged Axa IM's return to the primary CLO market after 21 months -
Axa IM extends palm oil policy to cover ecosystem protection and deforestation
1 year ago
Axa Investment Managers says it is expanding its 2014 policy of excluding investments in companies which do not have sustainable palm oil production certificates by factoring in deforestation and ecosystem protection -
They said it: "The board announces the discovery of a website purporting to represent Volta"
1 year ago
They said it -
Axa IM prints first new CLO of 2021
1 year ago
Axa Investment Managers priced its first new CLO of 2021 on Tuesday, teaming up with Natixis to issue the deal -
Global CLO trading lab: Octagon CLO comes out top in CLO double B spike
1 year ago
Double B-rated bonds made up 40% of the European and US CLO secondary markets last week. $222 million of US CLO double B bonds were on sale and a further €105 million of European CLO double B items were listed -
CLO pipeline: Five out, five in as market digests new issuance wave
1 year ago
Five new issue US CLOs priced from last week’s pipeline, but five more have replaced them in this week's edition of our pipeline report -
Control position in strong 2018 Axa CLO on sale today
1 year ago
$29.2 million of Allegro VII, a 2018 CLO managed by Axa Investment Managers, is on sale today in an all US CLO equity b-wic at 10am EST (3pm UK time). The bond is the fifth US CLO majority equity position to be listed on a b-wic this year -
Axa IM joins group of post-reinvestment CLO refinanciers
1 year ago
Axa Investment Managers has teamed up with Goldman Sachs to refinance a CLO four months out of reinvestment -
Triple A loan tranches keep getting bigger as Axa IM resets European CLO
1 year ago
Axa Investment Managers has reset its 2015 vintage European CLO Adagio IV and has become the latest manager to feature a substantial loan tranche as part of the transaction -
Axa IM combines single As in European CLO refi
1 year ago
Deutsche Bank arranged the € 274.7 million transaction, which cuts cost of debt by 31.8 basis points -
Goldman refis 2013 and 2017 CLOs for Axa IM and Napier Park
1 year ago
Goldman Sachs flexed its CLO refinancing muscles on Tuesday, arranging very different cost-cutting deals for Axa Investment Managers and Napier Park Global -
Axa IM leads as ESG grows in European CLO industry
1 year ago
European CLOs are increasingly launching with express ESG mandates embedded as issuers seek to get ahead of what appears to be an inevitable shift towards ethical investing -
Axa IM returns to US new issue CLO market after one-year break
1 year ago
Axa Investment Managers has returned to the new issue CLO market in the US after pricing the $406.25 million Allegro CLO XII via BNP Paribas -
CLO pipeline: 15 managers make a final push
1 year ago
15 US CLO managers are in the near term pipeline with just a few days before primary markets close for the holiday season. Among these, nine are aiming to price a new deal while the rest include a reissue, a reset and four refinancings.
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