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CLOs bask in 'golden period' as industry approaches $1 trillion market cap
2 years ago
The economic rebound following the reopening US economy has created a 'golden period' for the CLO market, market participants say -
Control position in strong 2018 Axa CLO on sale today
2 years ago
$29.2 million of Allegro VII, a 2018 CLO managed by Axa Investment Managers, is on sale today in an all US CLO equity b-wic at 10am EST (3pm UK time). The bond is the fifth US CLO majority equity position to be listed on a b-wic this year -
CLOs are here to help with infrastructure expansion
2 years ago
Issuers of CLOs backed by infrastructure debt are looking forward to a boom as investors turn to infrastructure projects as a way out of the pandemic slump -
It’s all relative: the Cornetto trilogy of CLO triple Bs
2 years ago
CLO arrangers have let their imaginations run wild when assembling triple-B rated notes – not because these have been tricky to shift, but because there is appetite for triple B CLOs that don't taste vanilla. The result is fat, split and overlapping triple Bs -
Record-breaking Apollo and Blackstone European CLOs make first distributions
2 years ago
Two 2020 CLOs managed by Blackstone Credit and Redding Ridge (Apollo) that set equity cover records in the secondary CLO market earlier this year have made their first payments -
Fitch lowers US loan default rates for 2021 and 2022
2 years ago
The rating agency has $200.9 billion of ‘market concern loans’ on its radar, saying these have declined in volume for the 12th month straight but are still up 16% from pre-pandemic. -
S&P lowers default rate forecast for US loan index
3 years ago
S&P Global Ratings has revised down its leveraged loan default rate forecast for the end of the year, based on the S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Index, from 3.5% to 2.75% -
BofA reveals top CLO managers through covid by market value and distributions
3 years ago
Bank of America's research desk has highlighted eight CLO managers with the best performance statistics through the covid-19 crisis, based on market value change and interest distributions -
Beneath the triple C: CLOs benefit as upgrades make for lighter triple C buckets
3 years ago
For the first time since the sell off in March last year, downgrades to triple C have come to a near-standstill -
Creditflux and Debtwire unveil CLO stressed and distressed market analysis
3 years ago
The first edition of the CLO Distressed Roundup, a joint-report by Creditflux and Debtwire, takes a deep dive into the distressed and stressed loans held by CLOs as of December. Our report shows CLO portfolios are 10.2% stressed and 4.17% distressed, lower than not only the nadir of the pandemic in May, but also before the pandemic -
Cairn fills CLO gap by assigning bigger role to loan portfolio manager
3 years ago
Cairn Capital has given CLO portfolio manager responsibilities to a loan portfolio manager, following the departure of CLO portfolio manager Marcus Knight earlier this year -
European CLO and loan spreads jostle in tight race
3 years ago
New issue CLO spreads have tightened so sharply in Europe that market participants are questioning how long the process can continue. -
US banks embrace CLOs again to drive spread compression
3 years ago
The three big US bank-buyers of senior CLO tranches — Citi, JP Morgan and Wells Fargo — all returned to the mar-ket as investors in January after sitting out for much of 2020 -
Redding Ridge equity covers at 116 for new European CLO record
3 years ago
Redding Ridge Asset Management set a new record on Wednesday as €5.2 million of RRE 4, a 2020 vintage CLO, traded in the secondary CLO market with a cover of 115.8 -
CLO managers face ramping challenges as inflation risk rises
3 years ago
A mix of inflation worries and pandemic uncer-tainty is pushing up loan prices and causing CLO managers to struggle to construct new portfolios -
US and European control CLO positions land in secondary market
3 years ago
The first control equity positions of 2021 for the European and US CLO markets were listed in the secondary market on Thursday -
OC health check: CLOs end 2020 with fragile recovery
3 years ago
Only 109 CLOs breached an overcollateralisation test in December, falling from 121 in November. This in turn was down from the 147 CLOs that breached an OC test in October, but 33 cured their breaches in November and a further 11 cured all OC test failures in December -
Prophet ends 2020 on high with new-look structured credit platform
3 years ago
Prophet Capital has revamped the liquidity profile of its structured credit platform after restructuring its CLO and structured credit hedge fund, which it gated back in March amid the market sell-off. The fund manager managed to grow assets under management after 2020's rocky start -
Eagle Point makes large investment in rival's CLO fund
3 years ago
Eagle Point Credit Management has made a large investment in the preferred stock in a competitor's publicly traded CLO fund -
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 -
Moody's begins upgrading CLO tranches
3 years ago
Moody's began the gradual process of upgrading CLO tranches in December, ending on a more positive note a year which brought the biggest wave of tranche downgrades -
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 -
Equity investors call time on CSAM bond-flex CLOs
3 years ago
Two of Credit Suisse Asset Management’s three bond-flex CLOs were called by their equity investors in October, according to notices seen by Creditflux, despite both deals being within their reinvestment periods -
All’s well that ends well in 2020 OC tests
Swathes of CLOs failed over-collateralisation tests last year, but unlike the drawn-out recovery following the 2008 financial crisis, the return to compliance after the covid-19 crash was rapid3 years ago
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