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Japanese investors and ETFs bid up CLO triple As as US banks cool off
10 months ago
CLOs saw healthy demand from Japan in the first three months of the year, with Japan Post Bank and Norinchukin each increasing investments in the asset class. Japan Post’s CLO holdings stood at JPY2.3 trillion ($17.51 billion) as of 31 March, an increase of $550 million in the quarter and up 32.7% on the year prior. Nochu added $110 million to JPY6.4 trillion ($48.2 billion), or 13% of the bank’s investment portfolio. -
Permira closes sixth CLO junior debt and equity fund
1 year ago
Permira Credit has closed its sixth European CLO junior debt and equity fund, Permira Sigma VI -
LDI funds prepare for return to CLOs and ABS early next year
1 year ago
Liability-driven investment (LDI) strategies that had to sell senior CLO tranches in droves could come back in for CLOs in the early part of 2023, sources say -
Texas pension allocates $75 million to CLO fund
1 year ago
Texas County District & Retirement System has allocated to its third CLO fund in three years -
Investors urged to look at CLO funds amid PE slowdown
1 year ago
Institutional investors are said to be eyeing CLOs and structured credit as they seek to calibrate duration risk and prepare for recession. In addition, year-to-date performance in private equity portfolios isn’t meeting pension funds’ tough returns targets -
US insurers’ CLO exposure jumped 12% in 2021 amid widening investor base: NAIC
1 year ago
US insurers’ CLO exposure increased by around 12% to $216.3 billion in book / adjusted carrying value by the end of 2021, up from about $192.9 billion the year before, according to an annual report by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners -
US pension ups allocation to two CLO funds
1 year ago
Rhode Island State Investment Commission has upped allocations to two CLO funds it allocated $125 million each to the funds last summer -
Insurance capital charges may force CLOs to do the splits
2 years ago
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) long-awaited capital charges rejig is now in place, and it could result in life insurers changing their habits and CLO issuers splitting tranches -
US insurers' CLO exposure soared 23% by end of 2020, report finds
2 years ago
US insurers’ CLO exposure increased about 23% to $192.9 billion in book/adjusted carrying value by the end of 2020, according to an annual report by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners -
Alcentra's global CLO fund closes at $484 million and over 50% deployed
2 years ago
Alcentra has closed its fourth global CLO fund, Alcentra Structured Credit Opportunities Fund IV, at $484 million -
Texas pension allocates $50 million to CLO fund
3 years ago
The comes amid a flurry of allocations to CLO funds -
US pension eyes 2% CLO mezz and equity allocation
3 years ago
Investment consultant NEPC has advised a pension on evaluating CLO manager opportunities over the next few months -
Michigan pension discloses $100 million allocation to CLO fund
3 years ago
The State of Michigan Retirement System has revealed it allocated $525 million to credit funds from September to December - including one CLO fund -
Former Penn Mutual CLO specialist lands at US insurer
3 years ago
A well known CLO tranche investor has joined an insurer after eight years at Penn Mutual Asset Management -
Insurance firm seeks CLO debt and ABS exposure
3 years ago
Investment consultant Callan is requesting proposals on behalf of an undisclosed insurance company for a CLO manager and ABS manager -
HarbourVest fights back over CLO fund investment after Highland's objection
3 years ago
HarbourVest Partners, the key investor in risk retention vehicle Highland CLO Funding, has shot back at Highland Capital Management in court, arguing it had not insisted on changing the manager on its CLO fund from Acis to Highland, as Highland had claimed -
Liberty pulls off successful equity b-wic auction
3 years ago
The first successful equity b-wic following the pandemic selloff took place last month, with several sources telling Creditflux that insurance company Liberty Mutual was behind the auction -
Insurers' CLO triple A and double A investments can survive most severe stress tests, report finds
3 years ago
A stress test performed on US insurers' CLO investments, as of December, shows that even under the most severe coronavirus default and recovery assumptions, double A and triple A-rated tranches are protected against principal losses -
US pension's joint venture with Barings set to produce first CLO
3 years ago
Jocassee Partners, a joint venture established between Barings' business development company and South Carolina Retirement Systems, is marketing a CLO -
Waiting game pays off for European pension fund
3 years ago
Finnish pension fund Ilmarinen has been investing more in European CLO tranches after valuations dipped to their lowest levels in a decade, thanks to a distressed CLO fund strategy it put in place two years ago. -
Looming CLO downgrades will not force insurers to sell despite seven-point trading basis
3 years ago
Insurance companies are unlikely to be big sellers of CLO paper, despite the threat of mass downgrades as rating agencies last month put over 1,000 global CLO tranches on negative watch -
US insurer to allocate $1 billion across CLO tranches, corporate loans and bonds
4 years ago
Managers have until Tuesday to submit proposals to New York State Insurance Fund, which is seeking CLO, bank loan and high yield corporate bond managers to invest $1 billion in separately managed accounts -
Carlyle CLO warehouse investment results in 26.7% return for South Korean firm
4 years ago
A CLO warehouse investment in a transaction managed by Carlyle Group has generated a $1.3 million return for Seoul-based Tiger Alternative Investors, according to a report in The Korea Economic Daily -
BlueMountain buyout to bring CLO equity shift, funding pledge and Feldstein payout
4 years ago
BlueMountain Capital Management’s co-founder Andrew Feldstein looks set to receive a substantial pay-out in common shares of Assured Guaranty, which has agreed to buy the manager for around $160 million and has outlined a three-year plan for its CLOs -
Modern Woodmen log move into US senior CLO paper
4 years ago
Modern Woodmen of America, one of the largest fraternal benefit societies in the US, has emerged as a major investor in senior CLO notes, according to market sources.
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