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LP round up: Pimco gets the Disco started as distressed managers win allocations
3 years ago
Insitutional investors allocated just over $1 billion to credit funds last week, according to board documents seen by Creditflux, with special situation funds from Farallon, Pimco and SSG taking the bulk of these commitments -
Global CLO league tables - May 2020 YTD
3 years ago
Global CLO league tables - May 2020 YTD -
Euro CLO league tables: fresh faces emerge with new deals
3 years ago
May was a month of fresh faces as three new managers entered the ring for the first time in 2020 -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: secondary prices reach March levels
3 years ago
The Memorial Day bank holiday in the US and the late May bank holiday in the UK meant a short week for CLO trading, but that did not stop a good supply of US CLO triple A rated paper making its way to the secondary market -
Global CLO b-wic round up: dealer bid strengthens secondary CLO market across the board
3 years ago
The US CLO secondary market had over $1 billion listed in b-wics last week, the first time at this level in three weeks according to CLO-i. A further €270 million went on sale in the European CLO secondary market, as the dealer bid returned to assist in continued tightening across the capital stack -
Who’s got the moves Europe: CLO managers enjoy climb of Everest
3 years ago
The European S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan index enjoyed a strong month in April as it rose from 83 of par on 1 April to 89.2 by the end of the month. The index closed at 89.4 on 4 May to start the week -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: equity makes a return as investors search for price levels
3 years ago
Three European CLO equity bonds have traded with colour attached in the last two weeks in the secondary market -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: spreads tighten across the board as bond-flex CLOs trade well
3 years ago
Price levels have tightened and, more importantly, stabilised across the secondary CLO market over the last two weeks, but the Easter break led to a drop off in CLO b-wic supply -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: $8 billion of US CLOs listed in record-breaking March
4 years ago
Last week brought an end to the busiest month in both the US and European CLO secondary markets since at least 2014. $7.7 billion of US CLO paper was on sale in March with a further €1.8 billion of European CLO bonds available, bringing the total listed in Q1 to $13.9 billion and €3.6 billion -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: CLO triple As recover but mezz left behind
4 years ago
The CLO secondary market was a tale of two halves last week. 100% of all bonds listed in b-wics on Monday and Tuesday had no covers released (either traded or did not trade), but the end of the week was a different story for both markets -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: triple A volumes hit nine-year highs, but equity valuations could be "single digits"
4 years ago
Over $2.5 billion of US CLO paper listed in b-wics in last week's manic trading, with a further €435 million of European CLO bonds also on sale. CLO buyers and sellers turned to the safest part of the capital structure – the triple A rated notes – and away from its most illiquid asset class, with no equity bonds listed in either market -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: sellers flock to secondary market as trade rate hits 71%
4 years ago
The broader market sell-off reached CLOs last week, with investors lining up to list their positions in the CLO secondary market -
Euro CLO league tables: Carlyle doubles down in February as 2019's leaders look on
4 years ago
Carlyle Group has jumped to the top of the European CLO manager league tables after bringing two deals to the market in February -
Global CLO league tables - February 2020 YTD
4 years ago
Global CLO league tables - February 2020 YTD -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: that's another fine mezz you've gotten me into
4 years ago
European CLO investors are tripping over themselves to buy mezzanine paper in the secondary CLO market -
Global CLO round-up: welcome back, give us a (refi) wave
4 years ago
Tighter corporate credit spreads means new issue volumes are down, but it makes a decent entry point for new CLO managers to price deals and also makes refinancing CLOs imperative -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: equity, equity everywhere, but trading volumes sink
4 years ago
For the second week in a row, over $230 million of US CLO equity went on sale and multiple control equity positions were listed in the CLO secondary market -
CLO pipeline: Medalist ascends podium as new issues pace themselves
4 years ago
CLO managers are biding their time before re-entering the primary CLO market, but this week Investcorp Credit Management, KKR and Medalist Partners are marketing new issue US CLOs -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: US CLO equity returns in big way as four control positions hit the market
4 years ago
Over $230 million of US CLO equity went on sale last week via bid lists, the first time these assets have made their way to the secondary market in 2020. It also marks the most US CLO equity listed in a week since at least 2018, according to CLO-i -
Euro loan trading: CLO managers find a home for building specialist's downsized loan
4 years ago
CRH Europe issued a €700 million term loan B in November, which was downsized from €900 million. But still, it has proved popular with CLO managers with CLO-i indicating that CLOs bought €275.2 million of the loan -
CLO pipeline: no rest for the wicked as new issues hit the market
4 years ago
CLO market participants do not have the luxury of easing their way back to work with the new issue market up and running and a pipeline that is filling up fast -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: junior mezz rebounds with busiest week since June
4 years ago
Secondary market CLO trading has made a busy start to 2020 with $478.6 million of US deals and €103.3 million of European CLOs up for sale last week -
Credit traders' kickstand: convergence trades rewarded as financials outperform
4 years ago
Compression is the watchword in credit at the start of the year, with the market’s navigation of post-crisis tight prints bringing an outperformance of financial names over corporate borrowers and US over European indices -
Global mid market CLO league tables: Golub and Natixis lead by a distance
4 years ago
Golub Capital and Natixis dominated the mid market CLO space in 2019 in the manager and arranger league tables, respectively -
Euro CLO league tables: new issues shatter 2018’s record but total issuance falls
4 years ago
The European CLO market continues to grow at a record shattering pace with 2019 new issuance volumes totalling €29.8 billion, an 8% increase on 2018’s previous record figure, from 53 active managers
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