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CLOs look at flipping frequency switch as corporates hold cash
3 years ago
European CLOs could be set to flick their ‘frequency switch mechanisms’ as a growing number of corporations go from paying quarterly to semi-annual coupons -
CLOs face trading restrictions as bankruptcies mount
3 years ago
CLO managers could be handcuffed in impending bankruptcies if tranche downgrades continue and restricted trading periods kick in -
Libor fall weighs heavily on loan and CLO portfolios
3 years ago
Libor floors are set to return to prominence after three-month rates tumbled to 0.38% by 18 May, returning the loan market’s base rate to its lowest level since the oil and gas crisis of 2014-16 -
Akorn falls into bankruptcy with $321 million planted in CLOs
3 years ago
CLOs hold $321.3 million of specialty pharmaceutical company Akorn’s debt, according to the latest trustee reports from CLO-I, with the firm having filed for chapter 11 protection in the US District Court for the District of Delaware yesterday -
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 -
Flex CLOs tap mass downgrades to fill big triple C buckets
4 years ago
CLO managers are being hampered by the sheer volume of corporate credit downgrades to triple C, leaving the small cluster of triple C-flex CLOs to capitalise -
'Nochu covenant' leaves big CLO managers in a trading bind
4 years ago
Stipulations pushed into CLOs by the world’s largest CLO investor Norinchukin to limit its exposure to covenant-lite loans are causing headaches for managers on its approved list hoping to use the dislocation to build par -
Credit pickers need luck to avoid OC trap
We know what you’re thinking: is my CLO failing its OC test? The truth is, in all this volatility, it can be hard to keep track, unless your deal has high quality liquid loans4 years ago -
CLO market braces for another wave of loan downgrades
4 years ago
A wave of negative rating actions swept the leveraged loan and CLO market in April. “Companies will look to secure incremental capital which will lead to further rating pressure,” says Philip Raciti, portfolio manager and head of US performing credit at Bardin Hill Investment Partners -
If history repeats itself, the best CLO play could be to hold equities
4 years ago
After a futile scramble for liquidity, LyondellBasel filed for bankruptcy in the early morning hours of 6 January 2009. Bad luck for CLO managers that were holding the loan? Not at all -
Two US CLOs fail senior OC tests
4 years ago
Apex Credit Partners and Marathon Asset Management have become the first CLO managers in the 2.0 era with deals failing their senior overcollateralisation tests, according to latest trustee reports on CLO-i -
Beneath the triple C: $31.6 billion of CLO credits feel downgrade pain
4 years ago
March madness took a toll on CLOs as Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s downgraded 4.25% of the portfolios in the US and 1.84% in Europe to triple C or below in just one month (some of these were already triple C rated, only to fall further). -
S&P puts 48 triple C-heavy CLOs on negative watch
4 years ago
A spike in loan assets rated triple C as a result of the coronavirus pandemic has led S&P Ratings to put 48 CLO tranches on negative watch -
S&P adds to CLO negative watch list as loan downgrades pick up
4 years ago
Standard & Poor’s has added to the list of tranches in CLOs it has on negative watch as coronavirus concerns mount. This follows the rating agency last week highlighting 22 tranches across 15 US CLOs for having big exposure to downgraded corporate borrowers across impacted industry sectors -
Fitch puts European and US CLO notes on negative watch after coronavirus stress test
4 years ago
Fitch Ratings has placed six notes from one European CLO, one US static CLO and one US middle market CLO on negative watch, following coronavirus-related stress tests placed last week -
Listed credit fund sheds CLO triple As
4 years ago
Chenavari's listed credit fund, Chenavari Toro Income Fund Limited, has sold European CLO triple A paper to raise cash to answer margin calls related to CLO warehouse and CLO triple A repo exposures -
30% of CLOs will breach their 7.5% triple C buckets, says BofA
4 years ago
The number of CLOs tripping their 7.5% buckets for loans rated triple C is set to soar from 8% to around 30%, according to the latest research from Bank of America -
Bank looks to unwind $632 million loan TRS
4 years ago
A US bank has looked to liquidate a total return swap vehicle by putting out a loan bwic, according to market sources, with the vehicle sized at $632 million -
CLOs pressured by sub-80 loan index as UBS predicts $550 billion of distress
4 years ago
CLOs were squeezed again today as the coronavirus selloff continues to hammer the loan market and UBS predicted many leveraged loans will become distressed -
CLOs process Internap bankruptcy as they hold $212 million
4 years ago
CLOs hold $212 million of the debt of Internap Technologies, which filed for Chapter 11 in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York on on Tuesday -
Loan index drops below 90 for first time since February 2016
4 years ago
The S&P/LSTA leveraged loan index dropped below 90 today as the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the world's financial markets -
Beneath the triple C: mighty CLO buckets from Akorns grow
4 years ago
Rating agencies went on a downgrading spree in February, with Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s cutting 20 corporate names to triple C or below – affecting $2.78 billion of paper in US CLOs and €316.6 million in European CLOs. -
European CLO managers with big bond buckets do best, finds Bank of America
4 years ago
European CLO managers that trade in the secondary market and hold a higher percentage of fixed rate assets are likely to outperform their peers, Bank of America finds in latest research -
CLOs dock $100 million of Pier 1 as it plunges into Chapter 11
4 years ago
CLOs hold just over $100 million debt of Pier 1 Imports, which filed for voluntary Chapter 11 in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia yesterday -
CLOs feel flat after housing $335 million of bankrupt RentPath
4 years ago
CLOs house $334.5 million of the debt of RentPath Holdings, which filed for Chapter 11 in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware on Wednesday
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