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CLOs at a glance (May 2023)
10 months ago
A round up of recent CLOs -
CLOs at a glance
11 months ago
A round-up of recently priced CLOs -
Credit investors find bright spots in gloomy outlook: Credit Rendezvous Q4 2022
1 year ago
Clouds are looming over financial markets as the fourth quarter begins — so investors are moving away from diversified approaches in favour of tailored investments and relative value plays -
Investors tipped to take on key role in growth of CFOs
1 year ago
It’s early days in the renaissance of the market for collateralised fund obligations (CFOs), but market participants are looking forward to how the product will evolve. -
CLOs aim to pick up pieces as fear drives dip in loans
1 year ago
Leveraged loan investors grew skittish in June, with prices slipping as the likelihood of a US recession increased, according to market sources. -
Italian €1bn SRT underlines advantage over CLOs and CSOs
1 year ago
The European CLO market has ground to a halt for the last three weeks, but a €1 billion SRT signed this week underlines there is appetite for some securitisations -
Credit Rendezvous: Pass masters
1 year ago
Most often, a credit market downturn has its roots mired in one big, blatant obstacle that credit managers have to focus their attention to overcome. But right now, it’s not the dominant risk factor that has to be defeated, it’s the sheer number of them... -
High yield / loan slowdown affects year-end projections and pricing: Barclays
1 year ago
A sharp decline in primary market activity means expectations for high yield bond and even leveraged loan issuance need to be lowered, say Barclays credit strategists. And that in turn has implications for relative value -
AB targets software companies after niche securitisation
2 years ago
Deutsche Bank priced an unusual securitisation for AB last month. The deal accommodates the manager’s expertise in the software and technology sector -
First Euro CRE CLO points to likely growth market
2 years ago
CRE CLOs have been identified as a likely growth market in Europe following the successful pricing of the first transaction on the continent, according to sources -
Lev loan index rule change proposed to meet Sofr switch
2 years ago
Leveraged loan index stakeholders are being asked for feedback on a proposal that would allow the inclusion of loans linked to Sofr and scrap a minimum spread rule -
Muzinich adds UK and Ireland institutional sales head
2 years ago
Muzinich & Co has hired a head institutional sales for the UK and Ireland -
Ex-Citi structured products co-head launches crypto investment firm
2 years ago
Citi's former structured products trading co-head has launched a venture investment firm for crypto companies, digital assets and blockchain protocols with an inaugural $1.5 billion multi-strategy venture -
Loans will be winners in bearish year for credit: BNP Paribas
2 years ago
Floating rate loans are best positioned for a year of widening credit spreads, but high yield bonds will outperform investment grade and EM credit is set for losses, says BNP Paribas in its 2022 outlook -
Citadel promotes credit head to co-CIO
2 years ago
Citadel has promoted its global credit head to co-chief investment officer -
Barrow Hanley makes first move in CLOs
2 years ago
Barrow Hanley Global Investors has unveiled plans to launch its first 'CLO fund' in the coming weeks, with suggestions that CLO issuance will follow -
Credit Rendezvous: And breathe...
2 years ago
The unanimous verdict is that credit spreads will be moving wider – they have to. But the difficulty credit fund managers face is predicting when the next sell-off comes and how sharp it will be. In the Q3 instalment of Creditflux’s Credit Rendezvous, the over-riding message from portfolio managers is that there’s little point in taking on too much risk. The report features the views of prominent credit figures including Paul Horvath (Orchard), Himani Trivedi (Nuveen), Ronnie Jaber (Onex), Graham Rainbow (Alcentra) and Michelle Russell-Dowe (Schroders). The report looks at 14 segments of the market including CLOs, direct lending, leveraged loans, distressed debt and credit derivatives. -
US loan managers capture secondary opportunities as new issues struggle
2 years ago
US loan managers switched gears by sourcing loans in the secondary market in the second quarter. This came as pricing in the primary market became less attractive in the early part of Q2 and with new loan issuance slowing in May and June -
Fair Oaks scoops up two control CLO equity positions
2 years ago
Fair Oaks Capital has been picking up primary CLO equity paper, with the firm announcing a further two control US CLO equity investments in its publicly listed fund, Fair Oaks Income Fund -
It's all relative: CLO spreads explore record tights as credit indices hit impasse
3 years ago
CLO spreads are grinding to ever tighter levels, despite a flattish week for credit in which corporate credit indices have ended up more or less unchanged -
Palmer Square debuts in European CLOs with static transaction
3 years ago
Palmer Square Capital Management, a well-known manager of static US CLO deals, is marketing its inaugural deal in Europe with a static CLO format -
Credit Rendezvous: record fiscal stimulus provides pick-me-up
3 years ago
Credit markets had a mini bounce-back in the second quarter as central banks poured cash into the economy. But there is great uncertainty about the effects of a second wave of coronavirus. As part of our quarterly report on credit - the Credit Rendezvous - Creditflux spoke to experts across 12 segments of the credit market -
CSO arrangers take notes from success of CLOs
4 years ago
CSO arrangers are looking to follow the CLO template in more ways than one, with sources indicating that some dealers are looking to structure their deals in note format (as opposed to swaps). -
Euro loan trading: CLO managers find a home for building specialist's downsized loan
4 years ago
CRH Europe issued a €700 million term loan B in November, which was downsized from €900 million. But still, it has proved popular with CLO managers with CLO-i indicating that CLOs bought €275.2 million of the loan -
CBAM plans expansion with new $60 million credit facility
4 years ago
CBAM has closed a $60 million credit facility to refinance a working capital facility to its parent company Eldridge Industries
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