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US CLO league tables: CSAM makes it three in a row as Citi completes a clean sweep
4 years ago
The US CLO market suffered a drop in volume last year with $149 billion of issuance, down 43% on 2018’s $262.5 billion. But the heavy slump was not across all forms of CLO pricing, as new issues once again crossed $100 billion and only suffered a 6.5% fall -
Oil supply concerns grease CDS relative value trade
4 years ago
With credit spreads having begun 2020 circling post-crisis tight prints, there is not much room across the market for improvement and plenty of susceptibility to jitters. But at least one CDS index shows scope to narrow further and could form part of a relative value trade -
Ratio of CLO managers adding risk falls to lowest level since 2009, JP Morgan finds
4 years ago
The proportion of CLO managers looking to add risk has fallen to its lowest level since 2009, according to a market survey carried out by JP Morgan’s research desk -
Anchorage adds high triple-C CLO to its roster after pricing upsized deal
4 years ago
Anchorage Capital Group managed to price its high triple-C CLO before the end of 2019 with market sources indicating the firm issued a $406 million CLO on 23 December -
Anchorage markets CLO triple As at 195bp in novel high triple-C CLO
4 years ago
Anchorage is marketing a high triple-C CLO with a lower than average triple C bucket for such a deal, but with a market value test and par flush triggers. -
CLO 2020 outlook: lower volumes predicted, but it’s not all bad news
4 years ago
US CLO issuance is expected to drop by roughly 20% next year, according to bank research desks. This comes after a solid 2019 in which $101 billion of new US CLOs have priced through 92 managers, as Creditflux goes to press -
HalseyPoint debuts in CLOs after two-and-a-half month ramp up
4 years ago
Start-up manager HalseyPoint Asset Management priced its debut CLO yesterday with founders Lynn Hopton and Yvonne Stevens informing Creditflux that their inaugural CLO was ramped up over just two-and-a-half months. -
JP Morgan's head of European high yield trading leaves for $32 billion asset manager
4 years ago
JP Morgan's head of European high yield trading has left the firm and landed at global credit manager with a large CLO business -
CSO arrangers look to build on $65bn of issuance in 2019
4 years ago
The synthetic bespoke tranche market this year has fallen short of expectations in terms of overall issuance volume, but ends with transformative inroads being made. -
Carlyle matches 2018 US new issue CLO volume with fourth deal of 2019
4 years ago
Carlyle Group completed its fourth US new issue CLO offering of the year on Friday, according to market sources -
HalseyPoint markets debut deal with single Bs as senior US CLO spreads gap wider
4 years ago
HalseyPoint Asset Management is marketing a debut US CLO, which brings a return to CLO issuance for experienced portfolio managers Lynn Hopton and Yvonne Stevens -
Global CLO league tables at a glance - November 2019 YTD
4 years ago
Global CLO league tables at a glance - November 2019 YTD -
US CLO league tables: CSAM pulls away from pack
4 years ago
The back and forth tussle between Octagon Credit Investors and Credit Suisse Asset Management for the lead in the US CLO issuance league tables took a new turn in November -
Onex resets debut euro CLO with triple As printing at 100bp
4 years ago
Onex Credit Partners has reset its debut European CLO via JP Morgan, as demand for triple A-rated euro CLOs continues to soften -
CLO pipeline: high triple C bucket opens a Gateway to pricing
4 years ago
In less than ideal market conditions, even experienced CLO managers are learning new tricks to keep the pipeline full. Of the 11 US new CLOs that appear in the pipeline this week, two are high triple C bucket transactions -
Flexible CLOs grow in popularity as two managers eye triple C-heavy deals
4 years ago
Two credit managers - Anchorage Capital Group and Gateway Credit Partners - are in the market with their inaugural CLOs featuring high allowance for triple C assets -
Norinchukin's CLO portfolio decreases for first time in years
4 years ago
Japanese CLO heavyweight Norinchukin posted its financial statements yesterday, where it reported a 1.42% drop from its statements at the end of the second quarter -
SME CLOs arrive in Europe as Be-Spoke prices Spanish loan securitisation
4 years ago
Middle market CLOs have arrived in Europe after Be-Spoke Capital priced the continent’s first post-crisis SME loan securitisation -
US CLO league tables: Octagon retakes US lead, but CSAM still on top globally
4 years ago
Octagon Credit Investors priced Octagon 45 via Goldman Sachs to overtake CSAM by just $33.3 million in overall US issuance, but CSAM still leads the way in new US CLO and global CLO issuance -
We didn’t take full advantage of volatility
The Creditflux CLO Census found that CLO arrangers and investors were more bullish than managers, who accepted they could have done more to capitalise on loan volatility late last year4 years ago -
Be-Spoke one week away from pricing breakthrough SME CLO
4 years ago
Be-spoke Capital has moved a step closer to pricing its SME loan securitisation, with price talk emerging for the forthcoming Alhambra SME Funding 2019-1 -
Man hires real estate loan specialist from JP Morgan
4 years ago
Man Group has hired an investment director to its European private debt team -
CLO supply set for double-digit drop in 2020, says JP Morgan
4 years ago
US CLO supply in 2020 will be as much as 20% down on 2019, while European issuance will fall 13% year-on-year, predict JP Morgan strategists in a research note. Even so, new CLOs should still outpace existing deal paydowns, as well as high yield primary market net new issuance -
BlueMountain prices first new issue US CLO for five months
4 years ago
BlueMountain Capital Management has priced its first new issue CLO since May, according to market source -
Reality bites after credit traders abandon Brexit hedges
4 years ago
Rediscovered faith in the ability of the UK and European Union to reach an agreement before the 31 October Brexit deadline has helped fuel a surge tighter of credit spreads, led by UK financial names. But that break with caution faces an immediate reality check today, following admissions a lot more work is needed
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