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Bain prepares credit dislocation strategy
3 years ago
Bain Capital Credit looks set to raise a fund dedicated to opportunities arising from credit dislocation, just four months after collecting $3.2 billion for its latest distressed debt and special situations vehicle -
CLO pipeline: managers prepare to end quarter with a bang
3 years ago
CLO issuance is showing no signs of slowing down as spreads continue to grind tighter and election day draws ever closer -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: dealers get involved amid rally, but dispersion persists
3 years ago
The CLO secondary markets returned to form last week with $716.2 million of US CLO bonds and a further €306.5 million of European CLO paper listed. Although for both markets over half of the total volume listed came from Thursday’s scheduled b-wics -
CLO triple As tighten to 138bp as Bain prices new issue
3 years ago
Bain Capital Credit has priced its third new CLO of 2020 with a record-breaking 138 basis points triple A spread -
CLO pipeline: Allstate looks to end 15-month new issue absence
3 years ago
Allstate is among those managers looking to issue a CLO as the primary market heads into September, traditionally one of the busiest months in the new issue calendar -
Points up front: Junior infrastructure debt or Julie for short
3 years ago
The most popular names of 2020 are Julia or Julie. No, we’re not talking about baby names, we’re referring to credit portfolios -
Bain buys former Italian bank to strengthen NPL platform
3 years ago
Bain Capital Credit says it has bought an entity known as Hypo Alpe Adria from the Austrian government to strengthen its Italian non-performing loan business -
Bain closes $3.2 billion special situations and distressed debt fund
3 years ago
Bain Capital Credit has closed the firm’s third dedicated distressed and special situations fund, Bain Capital Distressed & Special Situations 2019 (DSS 19), at $3.2 billion, above its $3 billion target size -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: US triple Bs edge wider but 2020 bonds trade at a premium
3 years ago
The furious rally that the secondary CLO markets have gone through over the last two weeks was brought a halt by the Federal Reserve’s reminder on Wednesday night that all is still not well with the economy -
Fitch takes action on eight European CLO tranches
3 years ago
Fitch Ratings has revised to negative the outlook on six sub-investment grade tranches from three European CLOs, placed one triple B rated tranche on negative rating watch and downgraded its double B-rated tranche -
Bain makes post-covid US CLO primary comeback
3 years ago
Bain Capital Credit on Friday priced its first CLO since the coronavirus pandemic, teaming up with Credit Suisse to issue the $388.3 million Bain Capital Credit 2020-2 -
LP round-up: talf and dislocation funds win as pensions allocate $350 million to credit
3 years ago
Investors poured in $350 million to eight credit-focused funds, primarily to credit dislocation funds. Private debt continued to remain stead with investors maintaining or increase allocations -
European investors eye 180bp pick-up on triple B CLOs traded in April
3 years ago
A b-wic consisting of mostly European triple B CLOs that traded in late April is on offer at 9.30am New York time tomorrow, according to market sources, as data shows spreads for the rating band averaging 546 basis points over Euribor as of 27 May -
Fitch takes action on 29 European CLO tranches
3 years ago
Fitch Ratings took action on 29 European CLO tranches yesterday, placing the majority of these on rating watch negative -
$350 million of CLO collateral drips into default as oil companies file for Chapter 11
3 years ago
CLOs hold $353 million worth of debt of two oil and gas companies - Ultra Petroleum and Gavilan Resources - which have become the latest casulties of the precipituous decline in oil prices. The pair filed for chapter 11 protection in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas on Thursday and Saturday, respectively -
Who’s got the moves US: oil and gas leads renaissance for US CLO managers
3 years ago
The US leveraged loan market has held steady over the last two weeks. After rising to just below 87 of par in mid-April, the S&P LSTA US Leveraged Loan index closed at 85.75 to start this week -
Bain uses rights offerings as unusual route to raise cash for BDC
3 years ago
Bain Speciality Finance is looking to raise additional capital through a rights offering to “further strengthen its balance sheet” and “provide additional flexibility to support existing portfolio companies over the coming months”, chief executive officer Michael Ewald said in an open letter to shareholders on Monday -
US CLO double Bs gap out to 825bp on coronavirus volatility as Bain braves market
4 years ago
Spreads are blowing out on junior CLO tranches, with Bain Capital having teamed up with Jefferies to bring the first new deal since coronavirus-related volatility hit the credit market -
2020 US CLO refi volume passes $5.4 billion as Brigade and Bain price
4 years ago
US CLO refinancing volume this year passed $5.4 billion yesterday as Brigade Capital and Bain Capital together refinanced over $1 billion CLO paper -
CLO pipeline: make some noise for repricings
4 years ago
CLOs may be a bit late to the spread-tightening party, but a hoard of CLO repricings is aiming to make up for it by sheer volume -
CLO pipeline: a refi of nine cuts time (and margins)
4 years ago
Nine US CLO managers are preparing to refinance one of their CLOs to lower financing costs -
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. -
European corporate loans can fit into various fund types and this year there has been an increase in managed accounts targeting these assets. But CLOs are still the best structures to house loans4 years ago
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Bain prices euro CLO triple As at 90bp amid signs of single-B spread widening
4 years ago
Bain Capital Credit has become the 47th manager to issue a new CLO in Europe this year after pricing Bain Capital Europe CLO 2019-1 yesterday. Natixis was responsible for arranging the deal, which resulted in senior notes pricing at benchmark levels of 90 basis points -
Few CLOs charred by Murray bankruptcy
4 years ago
25 CLO managers hold $389.6 million exposure to the debt of coal company Murray Energy Holdings, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the Southern District of Ohio on Tuesday, according to the latest trustee reports from CLO-i
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