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Europe’s newcomers find ways to stand out
3 years ago
Last year’s new European CLO managers needed to provide something different for investors. In general, they’ve succeeded, with Capital Four having one of the smallest overlap figures in our data -
KKR takes covid-19 hit on flagship credit funds and lev fin
3 years ago
KKR took a 16% hit to returns on its alternative credit flagship funds amid the first quarter coronavirus downturn and a 13% loss on leveraged credit, taking these into negative territory for the last 12 months. The firm's private equity portfolio also slumped by 12% -
Euro CLO league tables: You wait all month for a pricing and then three come along at once
3 years ago
Two CLO managers chose April to price their first CLOs of the year. Three European CLOs priced last month as the primary market opened following a coronavirus-enforced closure in mid-March -
KKR deploys 10% of $2 billion coronavirus dislocation credit fund
3 years ago
KKR Credit has plans to launch a $2 billion dislocated corporate and asset backed credit fund to take advantage of coronavirus-induced volatility. And the New York-based manager has wasted no time swooping on opportunities after deploying $212 million by 9 April -
KKR scores tight pricing with Europe's third CLO of the pandemic era
3 years ago
KKR Financial Advisors has priced Europe's third CLO since the covid-19 pandemic and scored the tightest debt execution yet down the capital structure -
Seven points basis opens up in CLO triple Bs - but Investcorp trades well to defy trend
4 years ago
Triple B rated tranches once again swamped the secondary CLO market yesterday and trading levels suggest the basis between bonds on negative watch/outlook versus those not subject to a downgrade is about seven points -
Fitch places five BDCs on negative outlook
4 years ago
Fitch Ratings has changed the outlooks of five business development companies from stable to negative folllowing a review of its rated BDCs -
CLOs nurse $172 million of Quorum's debt following bankruptcy - but recovery prospects look good
4 years ago
CLOs hold $172.9 million of the debt of US hospital operator Qurum Health Corporation, which filed for Chapter 11 in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware last week -
Secondary CLO debt trades well but Trace suggests CLO equity trading at 12 cents
4 years ago
A variety of CLO paper was in for the bid yesterday with US secondary CLO volumes reaching $281 million, and European volumes hitting €74 million -
A round-up of fundraising and people moves in credit
4 years ago -
Asset manager takes new approach with special sits fund as co-head leaves
4 years ago
A large global asset manager is looking to allocate to junior debt in performing comapnies after parting ways with the co-head of its special situations business -
BlackRock hires former KKR official to head European private capital markets
4 years ago
A leveraged finance veteran has joined BlackRock as European head of the firm’s private capital markets business in London, according to an internal memo seen by Creditflux -
CLO pipeline: down but not out, as deals find new ways to limp forward
4 years ago
Deepening credit instability has taken a toll on CLO appetite, but there is still life in the primary market -
KKR beats CIFC's European CLO benchmark one day later
4 years ago
KKR Credit brought new issue CLO Avoca XXI via Bank of America last night and in doing so, set a new triple A spread benchmark for European CLO managers of 89bp and a cost of debt of 164.5bp -
KKR closes $1.3 billion global impact fund
4 years ago
KKR has made a final close of its KKR Global Impact Fund SCSp at $1.3 billion -
US CLO league tables: old deals get a fresh start in the new year
4 years ago
The majority of CLO issuance last month was in all forms of repricings, which totalled $4.8 billion and accounted for 54.5% of US CLO volumes -
US CRE CLO growth spurt encourages Europeans
4 years ago
The US CRE CLO market hit a record $19.2 billion in 2019 and sources say that a first ever European deal will be issued this year. They cite the growing commercial mortgage direct lending market on the continent as laying the foundations for a European CRE CLO. -
KKR goes for three years of reinvestment to capitalise on steep CLO term curve
4 years ago
KKR Credit has priced the first three-year CLO of 2020 as the manager looks to capitalise on a steeper term curve -
CLO pipeline: Medalist ascends podium as new issues pace themselves
4 years ago
CLO managers are biding their time before re-entering the primary CLO market, but this week Investcorp Credit Management, KKR and Medalist Partners are marketing new issue US CLOs -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: Junior mezz covers return while triple A supply drives big week
4 years ago
Narrowing of the bid-ask gap that has plagued junior mezzanine tranches could bring a change of fortunes in the US CLO secondary market -
Euro CLO league tables: refi market opens up to give KKR best of both worlds
4 years ago
European CLO issuance in October crossed €5 billion for the second month this year as managers took advantage of falling spreads and increased demand. In one example, KKR obtained tight senior CLO financing to go with tight mezz spreads from 2017 in a demonstration of expert timing -
KKR bucks trend to refinance older vintage CLO from 2014
4 years ago
KKR Credit partially refinanced its 2014 vintage European CLO named Avoca CLO XI yesterday, according to market sources -
Kroll fires back at ‘factual errors’ in WSJ CLO rating report
4 years ago
Kroll Bond Rating Agency has hit back at the Wall Street Journal article that suggested the firm gives higher ratings to CLOs than its competitors -
Euro CLO league tables: repricings take centre stage in bumper month as CVC leaps into first
4 years ago
The European CLO market returned with a bang in September as €4.8 billion of issuance priced of which €2.7 billion was in repricings. -
KKR bolsters global impact team
4 years ago
Investment firm KKR has appointed two senior professionals within its global impact team, as it looks to strengthen its geographic reach and local impact
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