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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 -
S&P puts US CLOs on negative watch including seven failing triple C test
4 years ago
Standard and Poor’s put focus on the recent volatility by placing tranches in 15 US CLOs on a negative watch for having large exposures to energy related sectors such as oil and gas, consumable fuels and commodities. In total, 25 tranches have been affected by this. -
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. -
Dutch VAT ruling to reduce impacted CLO equity returns by 1 to 2%, says BofA
4 years ago
The Dutch tax authority’s decision to charge a 21% VAT on CLO collateral management fees will have a ‘substantial’ impact on equity, with returns likely to be 1 to 1.2% lower going forward, according to a research paper published by Bank of America -
US CLO exposure to oil and gas is 2.6%, finds Barclays
4 years ago
Oil and gas exposure in CLOs is fairly limited, according to Barclays research, as crude oil prices drop to $33 per barrel, down from $41 on Friday -
European mid market CLO suffers blip as borrower misses interest payment
4 years ago
Alhambra SME Funding 2019-1 – the first middle market European CLO since the financial crisis – has suffered a setback with one of its portfolio companies missing an interest payment last month -
No hedges, but no problem for optimistic CLO investors
4 years ago
CLOs are prone to idiosyncratic risks, but investors have told Creditflux that they are confident about performance in 2020, despite the lack of hedging options. The general consensus is that some deals will suffer, but the vast majority will deliver after a disappointing end to 2019 for junior debt. -
Making arb work of it
4 years ago
In 2019, some CLO managers hoped that good timing would enable them to lock in favourable arbitrage levels, but others opted for aggressive or conservative tactics when building portfolios. -
Post-reinvestment CLO hit by downgrade to Caa3 as warf rises
4 years ago
Moody’s has downgraded the F tranche of Halcyon Loan Advisors 2015-1, a 2015 vintage CLO managed by Bardin Hill Partners, to Caa3 from Caa2 -
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 -
2016 MidOcean CLO suffers downgrade to triple C amid par losses
4 years ago
Moody’s has downgraded the junior-most debt tranche in MidOcean Credit CLO V to Caa1 -
CLO industry pushes back against NAIC's combo note proposals
4 years ago
A fight is brewing over the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ proposals to tighten regulations for insurers that buy purchase CLO combo notes -
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 -
Second TPG CLO tranche drops to triple C in just three weeks after Moody's downgrade
4 years ago
Moody’s has downgraded a second tranche of a CLO managed by TPG to Caa1 citing par loss -
CLO double Bs begin bounce back in b-wic bonanza
There is renewed hope for junior US CLO debt tranches this year with plenty of funds raised in late 2019 targeting this opportunity and a spike in trading volumes in the early weeks of January. However, dangers still lurk with investors cautious about allocating to CLOs that have barbelled portfolios. -
CLOs at a glance: Lightning strikes twice with static shocks
A round-up of CLO performance4 years ago -
Moody's cuts Octagon CLO tranche to Caa2 citing low expected recovery rates
4 years ago
The class F notes of a 2014-vintage CLO managed by Octagon Credit Investors have been downgraded to Caa2 by Moody’s -
CLOs at risk of failing WAS tests due to loan refi wave, finds JP Morgan
4 years ago
Some CLOs could be at risk of failing their weighted average spread tests or could be at risk of a refi or reset due to a forthcoming refinancing wave in the loan market, according to new research from JP Morgan
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