OC health check: August reports slow torrent of fresh breaches to a trickle
198 CLOs reported an over-collateralisation (OC) breach in August, only three of which were completely new breaches. This is a slowdown from July, when 230 deals suffered some kind of OC breach, according to the latest reports from CLO-i  

Curves steepen as roll shifts risk from the front end
CDS index curves have steepened with the September roll, with the reformulation of iTraxx and European portfolios having a noticeable impact on the front end of the curve

Index roll brings sea change for US/Europe relative value
The roll of CDS indices to new series has shifted relative value measures between Europe and the US, with CDX indices trading in a tighter context to their new iTraxx counterparts

Ares prices second tightest CLO post-covid with 180.5bp funding costs
Ares Management has priced its second US CLO amid the coronavirus pandemic, securing the second tightest funding costs for a three-year reinvestment deal since the March sell off

Static US CLOs snap back to early March levels as Palmer Square prints
Palmer Square Capital Management priced its fourth static CLO of the year yesterday, with its triple A spread tightening to just 100 basis points over Libor. The print is another step for the CLO market toward pre-pandemic levels

Octagon steams ahead with fourth fixed CLO tranche refi since August
Octagon Credit Investors has become the first CLO manager to complete four fixed-rate CLO tranche refinancing or repricing transactions this year, after teaming up with Citi to refinance the double A-rated fixed notes of Octagon Investment Partners 31

US investors piled into structured credit and private lending in 2019, Gapstow finds
US institutional investors' allocations to 'alternative credit' increased 12% year-over-year in 2019, according to research by fund of funds manager Gapstow Capital Partners

Ex Apollo veteran launches mid market firm with $350 million seed capital
A credit veteran, perhaps best known for co-founding Apollo's CLO platforn, has set up a new middle market credit firm named FrontWell Capital Partners. The Toronto-headquartered firm starts operations with seed capital of $350 million

Garrett Motion stalls with CLOs holding $608 million of bankrupt firm's debt
Garrett Motion enters chapter 11 proceedings with a stalking horse offer from private equity firm KPS Capital Partners, which has agreed to buy substantially all of the firm’s assets for around $2.1 billion. CLOs hold around $680 million of Garrett's term loans

Global CLO b-wic round-up: CLO lower mezz tightens while equity investors strive for duration
A large supply of CLO paper flooded the secondary market last week as $1.5 billion of US CLO bonds and €370 million of European CLOs were listed, according to CLO-i

Fallen angels and financials feel heat as CDS indices roll
CDS indices are rolling into new contracts today, with outgoing series of iTraxx Europe and Crossover widening sharply from the market’s open on technical as well as fundamental factors

Seix CLO set to get AMR refi treatment on 29 September
A CLO managed by Seix Advisors, Mountain View XIV, is set to become the second deal to undergo an applicable margin reset (AMR) refinancing later this month,

Antares makes middle market CLO return with delayed-draw double Bs
Antares Capital has priced the third largest new CLO amid the coronavirus pandemic, after teaming with BNP Paribas on Friday to place its first primary market transaction of 2020

Five year structures back in vogue as Diameter prices bond flex CLO
Diameter Capital Partners has priced the third five-year CLO structure amid the coronavirus pandemic, after teaming with GreensLedge to issue its latest CBO named Diameter Credit Funding III,

Brevan Howard raids ExodusPoint for credit derivative specialists
Brevan Howard has hired credit derivative specialists from ExodusPoint Capital Management with a view to expanding in credit options

Pantheon collects $800 million for private credit strategy
The $50.7 billion manager has raised $800 million for a private debt fund, according to US regulatory filings

Sculptor promotes two after European credit head leaves for Pimco
Sculptor Capital Management has filled the void left by Mathieu Clavel, its former head of European and Asian corporate credit in Europe and Asia, by promoting two senior figures in its credit business

Anchorage prices first-of-its-kind bond flex CLO refi
Anchorage Capital Group has taken the unusual step of refinancing three tranches of its 2018 vintage CBO named Anchorage Credit Funding 5. Creditflux data shows the deal to be a first-of-its-kind transaction

PGIM brings post-covid US CLO volume to $1.43 billion with third new issue
PGIM has joined the ranks of US CLO managers to issue three new CLOs post-covid after pricing Dryden 85 CLO via BNP Paribas on Thursday

Shenkman prices its first CLO primary transaction since March sell off
Shenkman Capital Management has priced its first transaction in the CLO primary market since the sell off in March

Churchill appoints former Carlyle official to lead investor relations
Churchill Asset Management has appointed a former Carlyle Group official as a senior managing director and head of investor relations

Credit retreats from tights as central banks offer reality check
European credit is following Asia wider today, picking up from where the US left off yesterday as the Federal Reserve vowed to keep overnight rates near zero for the coming years

CRE CLOs show resilience to sector decline in office properties, says Moody's
Commercial real estate CLOs are protected against a sector decline in office properties, Moody's has said in new research. CRE CLOs have structural protections, while portfolio office properties are largely in lower-cost areas with diversified economies and tenants, it argues

Manager tiering inceases as Sound Point prices fifth largest CLO post-covid
Sound Point Capital Management has priced the fifth largest CLO amid the coronavirus pandemic known as Sound Point CLO XXVII at a deal size of $503.2 million

CSAM strikes private credit partnership with Qatar Investment Authority
Credit Suisse Asset Management has signalled a big push into private credit, striking a direct lending partnership with its Quatari-based stakeholder Qatar Investment Authority