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Securities regulators call for improvement in practices in CLO market
7 months ago
IOSCO, an international policy forum for securities regulators, has called for improvement in practices in both the leveraged loan and CLO markets. -
New US CLOs brace for EU’s Article 7 reporting requirements
1 year ago
Investors now need Article 7 reporting compliance for new non-EU securitisation investments (such as US CLOs). This includes high-level portfolio reporting to investors, including loan-by-loan data in greater depth than even CLO trustee reports provide. -
US managers brace for CLO reporting overhaul as new EU investments become subject to Article 7
1 year ago
US CLO managers could face an administrative headache with EU investors investing in new and secondary market US CLOs now requiring more exacting detail of underlying portfolios. This follows the long-awaited European Commission Securitisation Regulation report overhauling investment rules -
CLO arrangers and managers prepare for new marketing rule from November
1 year ago
CLO arrangers will need to work together with CLO managers in the coming weeks to ensure compliance, interpret the rules and set guidelines over what they can and cannot communicate with investors without disclosures -
CLOs retreat back to Libor as Sofr gets cancelled
2 years ago
Cancel culture has arrived in the CLO market, with newly implemented benchmark Sofr having been scrapped in favour of a return to Libor, after it 'made managers feel sad' -
CLOs go island hopping as EU rules bar Cayman Islands
2 years ago
Swathes of CLO special purpose vehicles are set to be relocated this month following the introduction of European Union regulations designating the Cayman Islands as a money laundering location -
CLO extremes will do well in '22 but mezz needs caution: BNP Paribas
2 years ago
The extreme parts of CLOs' capital structures will offer best value in 2022, but investors should be cautious on mezzanine tranches and consider hedges, say BNP Paribas strategists -
Sofr transition timing puts CLO debt and equity at odds, says BNP Paribas
2 years ago
CLO investors look to have tough conversations ahead on the structure implications of the transition from Libor to Sofr, with BNP Paribas strategists noting CLO debt will benefit from an early move while equity tranches would do better to wait -
CLOs face uncertainty as Libor rate deadline looms
2 years ago
CLO equity valuations could be increasingly under the spotlight in coming months, as sources warn of disruption while the market grapples with basis risk between Libor and Sofr in loans and CLO notes -
CLO market explores move out of Cayman amid EU clampdown
2 years ago
CLO market participants are exploring moving their special purpose vehicles out of the Cayman Islands following amended European Union rules that could designate the territory as a blacklisted tax haven -
CME touts forward-looking Sofr term benchmarks
3 years ago
CME Group has begun publishing term benchmarks for the secured overnight interest rate (Sofr) as part of the global push to move away from Libor in financial markets -
ESG drive poses little threat to CLO returns or flexibility, says Moody's
3 years ago
Environmental, social and governance investment criteria are not impairing CLOs either in flexibility or performance, Moody's Investors Service has found in a new report -
Sofr fix nears launch as CLOs face term rate void
3 years ago
Three months into 2021, grounds for optimism have grown little that a term rate will be found before the end of the year to replace Libor in loans, CLOs, CDS and other contracts. But hopes are rising that solutions such as credit spread adjustments could help mitigate performance uncertainty -
Managers seeking bond buckets will need high yield track record
4 years ago
US CLOs could soon be permitted to buy corporate bonds amid an overhaul of the Volcker rule, but market sources say that in the short term bond flexibility is a luxury that will only be afforded to a select group of CLO managers. -
Cayman Island hopping: EU laws provoke switch in CLO listings
4 years ago
The Cayman Islands Stock Exchange (CSX) is set to become the listing place of choice in 2019 for CLOs put together by US managers — at least, according to a bold prediction by law firm Harneys. -
Japan regulation affords CLOs breathing room
5 years ago
Japan’s regulators have avoided disruption of the global CLO market by softening the impact of their risk retention rules that came into effect in March -
LSTA's Coffey floats five-point plan for Libor replacements
5 years ago
"Unlike Brexit, a benchmark is definitely going to happen", the audience at the IMN European CLO and Leveraged Loan conference heard -
CLO market holds breath as Japan risk retention looms
5 years ago
Risk retention compliant US CLOs could make a comeback after the Japan Financial Services Authority (JFSA) unveiled its proposed new risk retention framework, which could tie the hands of the world’s biggest buyers of US CLOs -
LSTA asks for return of CLO bond buckets as part of Volcker reform
5 years ago
The Loan Syndication and Trading Association is advocating the return of high yield bond baskets within US CLO portfolios in what could be another sign of the shackles being loosened on CLO regulation in the US -
CLO managers see risk retention hurdles as Brexit approaches
5 years ago
Barriers are emerging to UK-based CLO managers seeking risk retention compliance via both the sponsor and the originator route as the country edges closer to Brexit, sources say. -
European-compliant CLOs try to sidestep US risk retention rules
5 years ago
CLOs complying with European risk retention have had to tweak their legal language to avoid coming under US rules, in what has become known as a ‘conditional sales’ approach -
Cadwalader's Quirolo: start preparing for the new securitisation rules in Europe (video)
5 years ago
Cadwalader partner David Quirolo spoke to Creditflux's Hugh Minch after his panel at the Creditflux Symposium earlier this month -
Help us to re-write the Volcker rule, says US bank regulator
6 years ago
OCC gives first indication that regulators may be willing to exclude CLOs from the definition of “covered funds” -
US Treasury proposals could breathe new life into CLO market-making
6 years ago
The US Treasury Department yesterday proposed a dramatic paring back of the Dodd-Frank Act, but made no mention of changing the risk retention rules in relation to CLOs
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