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Beneath the triple C: 13 CLO loans take a dive but defaults subside to a ripple
3 years ago
22 corporate debt issuers were downgraded to triple C or below in November and December by Moody’s or S&P, out of which 13 can be found in CLO portfolios – hurting $4.55 billion of US CLO loans, €1.87 billion of European CLO portfolios and almost $80 million of middle market CLOs loans, according to CLO-i -
CLO 2021 outlook: back to the 'old' normal with volumes, spreads and structures to revert to pre-covid levels
3 years ago
Predictions went out the window this year because, well, who in December 2019 could have foreseen a pandemic devastating lives and wrecking financial markets? But the emergence of vaccines to combat the threat of the coronavirus has spurred a rally in credit over the last month. And CLO researchers expect a resurgence in 2021 with US new issue CLO volumes predicted to hit the $80-110 billion range, according to reports analysed by Creditflux. -
Vaccine boosts credit as PE firms open up to bridge loans
3 years ago
The leveraged loan and CLO markets ended 2020 on a long-awaited high after multiple vaccines for covid-19 were rubber-stamped by regulators -
Europe leads corporate credit rally, but US outperforms in CLOs
3 years ago
iTraxx Crossover has been the CDS market's outperformer this week, tightening over 30 basis points, or 11.4%, to trade at 235bp today. But in the CLO market, US deals have come out on top thanks to a BlackRock CLO that priced its double Bs at some of the tightest levels this year -
[update] Beneath the triple C: theme parks take portfolios on downward ride
3 years ago
Seven corporate debt issuers were downgraded to triple C or below in September by Moody’s or Standard and Poor’s – hurting $2.16 billion of US CLO loans and €1.16 billion of European CLO portfolio. The pace of CLO loan downgrades to triple C has slowed steadily since the peak in April -
Libor floors and Volcker tweak bode well for future of CLOs
3 years ago
It’s been a truly miserable year, but amid all the despair covered so tirelessly by the mainstream media has been an omission; namely, that CLOs have withstood the damage caused by the pandemic -
Methodology tweaks could prove a boost for CLO warfs
3 years ago
Moody’s proposed CLO methodology changes could impact 8% of US and European CLO tranches positively, the rating agency says -
Loan leverage in CLOs has risen 1.3 turns, finds S&P
3 years ago
Leverage in US CLO portfolios increased by an average of 1.3 turns compared to the pre-covid-19 loan market, according to new research from S&P Ratings -
Beneath the triple C: CLOs get their sneakers on as retailers run into bankruptcy
3 years ago
July added further relief to CLO portfolios with the slowest rate of downgrades to triple C since March. US CLO portfolios faced downgrades of $2.18 billion to triple C while European portfolios faced just €59.13 million of such downgrades -
Cut! Cineworld’s cancelled merger boosts CLO OCs
3 years ago
Investors in Cineworld’s $1.9 billion term loan breathed a sigh of relief in July after the UK cinema chain cancelled its merger with Canadian firm Cineplex, with holders repaid in full, according to market sources -
Fieldwood slips into second bankruptcy as CLOs hold $314 million
3 years ago
CLO managers hold $314.5 million of oil and gas drilling company Fieldwood Energy, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy yesterday for the second time in two years -
Beneath the triple C: downgrades hold steady as Travelport loses its luggage
3 years ago
For the second month in a row downgrades to triple C steadied, with just under $9 billion of CLO loans falling to this rating across 34 corporate borrowers -
Beneath the triple C: downgrade rate slows as $8 billion of CLO loans tumble
3 years ago
May offered some respite to CLO portfolios as corporate downgrades to triple C were reduced heavily - affecting just $6.67 billion of US CLO paper and €1.09 billion of European CLO portfolios -
Scale of coronavirus-linked defaults divides credit market
3 years ago
As governments and central banks around the world plough money into the economy in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the loan and CLO markets are nevertheless bracing themselves for a corporate downgrade wave to turn into a default cycle -
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
4 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).
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