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Napier Park refis top of structure of Regatta XV
5 days ago
Napier Park on Thursday refinanced the top three debt tranches of Regatta XV Funding, a US BSL CLO -
Angelo Gordon adds 2014 US refi to its roster
7 days ago
Angelo Gordon kicked off May as it wrapped up April, with the pricing of another US deal – on this occasion, a partial US refi. -
Onex resets static 2023 vintage CLO
19 days ago
Onex Credit Partners has reset and upsized OCP CLO 2023-27, adding USD 17.05m of equity in the process -
MGG raises more than USD 400m in first close of lower middle market fund
23 days ago
MGG Investment Group has filed the first close on its MGG Structured Solutions Fund II, offering capital solutions to non-sponsor backed companies -
Distress rises in US CLO double Bs — but most have been in trouble for years
27 days ago
Despite the limited impact of the Altice debacle on the European market (as explored in our cover story), stress is building in some older US CLOs. The robustness of the CLO 2.0 structure has carried the market through a variety of crises, but now a number of junior tranches in US BSL CLOs are either defaulted or impaired. -
What do reset deals have in common?
27 days ago
Is it possible to predict which deals are likely to be reset next? With reset mania continuing to grip the US CLO market, we search for common factors among 2014-2021 deals that were reset -
2014 US BSL refi from Onex sees tight pricing
1 month ago
Onex delved into its archives on Tuesday to partially refinance a 2014-vintage deal, reworking the top three tranches of its sizeable OCP CLO 2014-6 -
MidOcean cuts WACC by 90bps in 2023 reset
1 month ago
MidOcean Credit last week reset its 2023 vintage MidOcean Credit CLO XII in a deal that brought funding costs in by almost 90bps -
How many CLOs will be reset?
2 months ago
Tightening liability spreads aren’t just driving record new CLO issuance this year — they’re also triggering a wave of resets and refinancings in the US, especially for broadly syndicated CLOs -
CLOIE goes global with expansion into European CLOs
2 months ago
JP Morgan has expanded its widely tracked CLO index to Europe with the launch of the JP Morgan European Collateralized Loan Obligation Index (€-CLOIE) -
Sound Point refinances 2018 vintage Blue Mountain CLO
2 months ago
BlueMountain has printed a partial refi of BlueMountain CLO 2018-3, the latest in a trend of similar 2018* vintage restructurings this week that included Carlyle and Octagon -
Sculptor refinances four tranches of legacy OZLM IX
2 months ago
Sculptor completed a partial refi of OZLM IX on Friday, a legacy CLO dating back to 2014 -
2018 reissue gets a refi as CLOs continue to take advantage of tight primary spreads
2 months ago
Details have emerged of the partial refi of Apidos CLO XVIII-R that CVC Credit Partners issued last Friday -
Third time's the charm for serially reset US BSL CLO
2 months ago
Benefit Street Partners has reset a 2014 vintage CLO for the third time, bringing triple-A spreads down to 135bps -
Ask the market where spreads are heading
2 months ago
Nothing brings the CLO market together like a good moan about the state of the arb. But according to our data, the arbitrage for new-issue US CLOs has remained in the same range for years. -
As the economic environment evolves, investors need to change too
2 months ago
Ten years ago, I became a regular contributor to Creditflux. It seems like yesterday — until we reread our debut submission. -
MidOcean prices fourth CLO of new era
2 months ago
MidOcean Partners continues its steady resurgence amongst the ranks of CLO managers, with yesterday’s pricing of the USD 410m MidOcean Credit CLO XIV -
CSAM refinances giant 2014-vintage US CLO
3 months ago
Pricing its second deal in the space of a week, Credit Suisse Asset Management is in the midst of a prolific February, with its latest transaction a sizeable USD 736.737m refi arranged by Nomura -
Captive equity is still an option as Carlyle raises fund
4 months ago
Despite predictions of poor returns, captive equity funds can still be raised. The latest manager to hit the market is Carlyle Group, the world’s largest CLO manager according to our 3Q23 Creditflux rankings. According to market sources, Carlyle is raising a half-billion-dollar equity fund, which is expected to be complete by the end of the year. -
How worried should we be about defaults?
4 months ago
As defaults in the US loan market continue to stack up, we investigate the fallout for CLO investors by focusing on the OC tests of double B tranches across 10 years of US CLO vintages -
European manager takes big step towards first US CLO
5 months ago
Polus Capital Management has made another notable step in its journey towards US CLO management, securing committed capital from strategic investors to support its first five US CLO -
MidOcean prices second US CLO of 2023
5 months ago
New York-based MidOcean Partners priced its 13th CLO on Thursday, arranged by Morgan Stanley with NatWest acting as co-placement agent -
European CLOs win out against US deals
7 months ago
Last month, our analysis explored the performance of US CLOs that were previously reset. We found that they delivered higher distributions than deals which weren’t reset, with the exception of the 2017 and 2018 vintages (Creditflux September 2023 — Do resets help CLOs perform better?). This article expands that analysis to the European market, and compares the performance of US BSL and EU CLO equity tranches. -
Testing the water: issuers gauge sterling HY bond demand following 10-year record low
7 months ago
Pure Gym, a UK-based fitness club, has become the second company in a week to test demand for sterling-denominated senior secured notes in the European high-yield market -
CLO manager raises new captive equity fund
7 months ago
The New York-based alternative asset manager raised a new CLO equity fund with a first close of USD 136m
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