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Beneath the triple C: downgrade rate slows as $8 billion of CLO loans tumble
4 years ago
May offered some respite to CLO portfolios as corporate downgrades to triple C were reduced heavily - affecting just $6.67 billion of US CLO paper and €1.09 billion of European CLO portfolios -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: double Bs lead the way as rally endures and drags equity with it
4 years ago
The CLO secondary market continued its hard rally last week as prices rose across the whole asset class with double B rated CLO bonds leading the charge tighter -
OC health check: some CLOs cure failures, but quarter of US deals still in breach
4 years ago
117 deals failed over-collateralisation tests in the last week, although only 46 of these were deals reporting breaches for the first time, according to the latest reports available on CLO-i -
Junior spreads finally tighten as Fair Oaks prices Europe's fifth pandemic-era CLO
4 years ago
Fair Oaks Capital today became the fifth CLO manager to price a new issue amid the coronavirus pandemic -
Private credit wins investor as Maryland pension introduces 5% allocation
4 years ago
Howard County Retirement has introduced a new bucket to the private credit asset class, reducing its core bond and hedge fund exposure to facilitate this measure, according to board documents seen by Creditflux -
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 -
Delayed issue double Bs reach Europe's CLO market as Fair Oaks markets new issue
4 years ago
Fair Oaks Capital is marketing a new issue European CLO via JP Morgan and has opted for just over a one-year reinvestment period -
CLOs price at par again as TCW joins select group of new issuers
4 years ago
TCW Asset Management today joined the ranks of CLO managers to issue since the coronavirus pandemic dislocated markets -
TCW looks to price static US CLO with triple As at 230bp
4 years ago
TCW Asset Management is the latest manager to test the market for new CLOs amid the coronavirus crisis, with the firm targeting a Wednesday pricing date for its new deal named TCW CLO 2020-1 -
Who's got the moves Europe: TV producer's loans rally most as recovery begins
4 years ago
The S&P/LSTA European Leverage Loan Index ended the week at 82.98 on 3 April – recovering 4.06 points from 78.92 on 24 March which was the lowest point for the index since the 2008 financial crisis. -
Fortress digests CraftWorks bankruptcy
4 years ago
CraftWorks Holdings filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy yesterday, with Fortress Investments holding all of the Tennessee restaurant operator's first lien debt - of which over half is in middle market CLOs. The New York-based firm has submitted a “stalking horse” bid to buy CraftWorks' assets -
Seix upsizes 2016 CLO by over $100 million with reset via Mizuho
4 years ago
Seix Advisors has priced a $382 million CLO reset with triple A spreads coming in at 136 basis points over Libor -
Global CLO round-up: welcome back, give us a (refi) wave
4 years ago
Tighter corporate credit spreads means new issue volumes are down, but it makes a decent entry point for new CLO managers to price deals and also makes refinancing CLOs imperative -
Three US CLO anchor equity positions go on sale one week after payment dates
4 years ago
A trifecta of control equity positions in US CLOs are available to bid on later today, one week after all three deals made scheduled payments to their investors. -
US loan trading: McDermott downgrade leads to CLO outflows as managers board rail road firm
4 years ago
US freight railroads operator Genesee & Wyoming allocated its $2.55 billion term loan in November, making it the most popular issuer in the month. And CLO managers were sceptical of the outlook for McDermott Technology - signalled by $185.9 net outflows - after Moody's downgraded its corporate family rating from B3 to Caa2 -
Seix widens horizons with first Goldman-arranged CLO
4 years ago
Seix Investment Advisors has issued its second new CLO of 2019 named Mountain View CLO XV, according to market sources -
Global CLO round-up: Europe mops up demand, as Euribor hits the floor
4 years ago
The final stretch of the year began with a bang, with the first week of Q4 bringing $3.3 billion of CLO issuance in the US and €1.2 billion in Europe. But the resurgence in volumes was not the only talking point last week, with Europe coming into focus as spreads surfed tighter -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: control stake trades as junior notes come to the fore
4 years ago
The European and US CLO secondary markets produced high volumes of junior and subordinated notes last week. Over 30% of listings were rated as equity, single B or double B. -
New CLO manager Fort Washington markets debut transaction
4 years ago
Fort Washington Investment Advisors is marketing its first ever CLO, named Fort Washington CLO 2019-1 -
CLO pipeline: managers look to avoid a repeat of 2018 with new issue flutter
4 years ago
US and European CLO managers are preparing to up the ante in September, but they will have to defy a trend set a year ago -
CLO pipeline: Golub and Sound Point to cement positions among market leaders
4 years ago
Last week there were nine CLOs priced in the US market, including four broadly syndicated loan new issues and two middle market new issues, whereas there was no issuance in Europe. The CLO action over the next few weeks is again weighted towards the US, according to market sources -
Och-Ziff splits triple Bs as it prices US CLO
4 years ago
Och-Ziff teamed up with BNP Paribas on Friday to price a new issue CLO named OZLM XXIV, its third CLO transaction of the year -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: control equity hits the market as secondary market picks up
4 years ago
The CLO secondary market in both Europe and the US brought healthy volumes last week. There was €174.9 million listed in the European CLO secondary market, while the US returned a with just over $600 million in CLO b-wics. -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: secondary volumes make up for slump in primary
4 years ago
June saw the highest volume of US CLO b-wics this year with over $3.8 billion of US CLOs on the auction block, according to CLO-i. -
Global CLO round-up: new managers put down roots
5 years ago
Birch Grove priced its debut CLO this week while relative newcomers PPM (in the US) and Voya Alternative Asset Management (Europe) grew their CLO AUM.
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