Creditflux

Pretium returns with first CLO of the year amid personnel changes
Pretium Credit Management yesterday returned to the CLO primary market with its first transaction of 2019

Buy iTraxx Europe equity tranche risk but sell Crossover mezz, says JP Morgan
Investors should stick with ‘search for yield’ ideas in investment grade credit, say JP Morgan credit strategists, including selling iTraxx Europe 0-3% equity tranches delta hedged, going long the 10-year Europe index, and selling credit volatility through index options while buying equity market volatility

US CLO league tables: JP Morgan narrows gap to Citi in new issues to $50 million
July saw $14.9 billion of issuance in the US CLO space with $9.4 billion of that in new issue CLOs. One of the transactions brought to the market was Whitebox Capital Management’s debut CLO, Whitebox I.

Nochu's CLO holdings up 8% in Q2 while JP Morgan buys even faster
Norinchukin Bank’s CLO portfolio grew another 8% in the second quarter to JPY 8 trillion ($74.12 billion) by 30 June, according to the bank’s latest quarterly report which was released today

Zais prices new CLO with record five classes of fixed-rate debt
Zais Group has priced a new issue CLO via JP Morgan that issues five classes of debt paying fixed rates of interest

Index tranches and Sub Fin basket among top picks after ECB meeting, says JP Morgan
The European Central Bank’s statement that rate cuts will likely be paired with tiered deposit rates suggests a boost for the iTraxx Sub Financials index, as well as tier two and additional tier one bank bonds, says JP Morgan in latest credit research. The bank also advocates selling iTraxx Europe 0-3% tranches delta hedged

Whitebox debuts with $401 million CLO
Whitebox Advisors yesterday became the seventh debut US CLO manager of 2019, according to market sources

ResponsAbility closes impact securitisation at $175 million
ResponsAbility, a Zurich-headquartered impact assessment manager, has closed a $175 million securitisation of loans to microfinance and SME-finance providers in emerging markets

Shenkman affiliate prices first new issue CLO after 12-month hiatus
Romark Credit Advisors, the Shenkman Capital Management affiliate formed for risk retention compliance, has priced the third CLO under its own moniker named Romark CLO III

US CLO league tables: Octagon extends lead as many managers hit starting blocks in June
CLO volumes recovered slightly in the second quarter, with $43.31 billion of primary activity – a 19.97% increase from the $36.1 billion produced in Q1

They said it: "I saw a CLO OM which ran 484 pages"
At Creditflux’s Credit Dimensions event, JP Morgan’s Zaheen Mir argues that CSOs are simpler to understand than CLOs

Past returns: Blocking flexibility of CLO managers
Ten years ago, we reported in Creditflux that JP Morgan had mounted a campaign to stop CLOs changing their trading guidelines. The bank’s treasury desk was and is among the biggest buyers of senior CLO tranches and it convinced other senior investors to block a change that would give CLO managers greater flexibility.

Fresh out the box: manager readies debut CLO via JP Morgan
A US fund manager is launching its debut CLO - and there's not much in the way of triple A debt 

CarVal and JP Morgan team up for third new CLO in just over a year
CarVal CLO management priced its third new issue US CLO in 13 months yesterday, according to market sources. 

CLO pipeline: Barclays and Goldman branch out to mid market
The US CLO pipeline has been full in recent weeks and this continues, with 18 new issue CLOs and a further nine refinancings appearing this week.

Rockford Tower and JP Morgan team to price new CLO
Rockford Tower Capital Management priced its second new issue US CLO this year, Rockford Tower CLO 2019-2, according to market sources

CLO issuance faces threat amid loan definition dispute
The clash over Millennium Laboratories’ bankruptcy could have ramifications for the CLO market, and it all hinges on the philosophical question: what is a loan?

Arrival of five-year bespokes draws in CLO investors
Synthetic bespoke tranches are undergoing a major shift, with dealers projecting five-year business to supersede previously dominant shorter tenors by the end of 2019.

US CLO league tables: Octagon and Citi lead the way
April was the busiest month yet in the US CLO market this year with $16.42 billion in transactions, beating February by around $500 million. 

Birch Grove becomes 2019's third debut manager
Birch Grove Capital yesterday became 2019’s third debut CLO manager, according to market sources

CLO pipeline: refinancings to make a comeback
CLO refinancings look set to continue their recent surge in the US CLO market, with another five refinancings and two resets appearing in the pipeline.

Octagon's 2019 CLO volume reaches $3.65 billion after sixth transaction
Octagon Credit Investors last week became the first CLO manager to price its sixth transaction of 2019, with a $510.65 million reissue of its 2014 deal, Octagon Investment Partners 20

Price talk circulates for inaugural Birch Grove CLO
Birch Grove Capital is marketing its first ever CLO, on which it is working with JP Morgan

Guardian Life subsidiary prices new issue CLO with triple As at 148bp
Park Avenue Institutional Advisers, the asset management affiliate of insurer Guardian Life, returned to the new issue CLO market yesterday with its latest offering, PAIA CLO 2019-1

Nassau incorporates blended triple A/double A tranche in new CLO
JP Morgan has priced Nassau Corporate Credit’s latest CLO in a five-year reinvestment deal that features a $296.9 million tranche which sits between the triple A notes and double A notes