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High yield outperformance to bring compression trade back into play: Citi
3 years ago
High yield underperformance versus investment grade is expected to reverse following the US presidential election, according to a strategy note from Citi. The bank’s strategists have been advocating compression trades since July and feel that there is more room for this to run citing election trends, exposure to coronavirus credits, expected default rates and credit ratings -
Wells Fargo parts ways with star CLO research team
3 years ago
Wells Fargo is parting ways with its star CLO research team led by managing director David Preston -
Senior bond-flex CLO tranches are 'cheapest bonds within securitised products': BofA
3 years ago
Triple A-rated notes of bond-flex CLOs are 'one of the cheapest bonds within securitised products', according to a new research paper by Bank of America -
Go long index mezz tranches to pick up spread: Citi
3 years ago
Citi research has outlined some of the opportunities that have arisen in the index tranche market as a result of elevated correlation -
Green credit advocate launches research body
3 years ago
Stockholm-based portfolio manager and green credit advocate Ulf Erlandsson has today announced the launch of research body Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute (AFII) -
CRE CLOs show resilience to sector decline in office properties, says Moody's
3 years ago
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 -
European CLO portfolio overlap increases by 3%: S&P
3 years ago
European CLO portfolio overlap for new issue deals since mid-March has increased to 37.73%, according to a recent report by S&P, around 3% higher than the average of 36% for all European CLOs rated by S&P -
Barclays increases European loan and CLO issuance forecasts
3 years ago
Barclays has increased its European leveraged loans issuance expectations due to “better than expected recovery in issuance from M&A and LBO activity”, while its European CLO 2020 issuance forecast increased to €15 billion-€18 billion, up from a previous estimate of €12-15 billion -
Size matters: exposure to small loan facilities worse than covid industries, says BofA
3 years ago
CLO managers that hold a higher portion of smaller sized facility loans in their portfolios have performed worse through the pandemic, according to a Bank of America research paper -
Private debt secondaries volume nosedives 81% in H1
3 years ago
Global private debt fund secondaries volume nosedived 81.8% during the first half of 2020 as the effects of coronavirus began to surface, according to a recently released report by Setter Capital -
Governance has greatest impact on short-term changes in company valuation out of ESG factors, finds MSCI
3 years ago
Governance has more impact than environmental and social factors on company financial fundamentals and stock price in the short term, but ‘E’ and ‘S’ play their part over the long term, according to analysis from MSCI -
Go for short-duration and high-end CLO paper, says JP Morgan
3 years ago
This year is shaping up to be nearly as weak for CLO new issuance as 2008, according to JP Morgan strategists, who recommend investors seek value in short duration double/triple A paper or in higher-tier triple/double B -
CLO and distressed fund recovery disparity could grow, say Barclays
3 years ago
CLO investors should apply a haircut to the $55-60 loan recovery range to better estimate recoveries in CLO models, as the disparity between how distressed debt funds and CLOs extract value in a loan restructuring is expected to widen -
Leveraged loan spreads to widen to March levels, warn UBS strategists
3 years ago
US leveraged loan spreads could widen back to March levels of 825 basis points as default risk increases, according to strategists at UBS. -
Autos dominate in BofA €25 billion fallen angel watchlist
3 years ago
Downgrade impact for fallen angels in the coming months could be more extreme than during the 2008 financial crisis, Bank of America strategists have warned, as they identified €25 billion worth of debt at European investment grade companies most at risk of falling into high yield territory -
US CLOs did not lose par in March, finds JP Morgan
4 years ago
A research paper from JP Morgan has estimated there was no US CLO par burn in March, although loss of par for the first quarter was 11% -
CLO managers favour tech, cable and healthcare as loan downgrade fears dominate, finds JP Morgan
4 years ago
Picking safe sectors to buy in the coronavirus crisis is a tough call, but CLO managers variously favour technology, cable/satellite and healthcare, according to a JP Morgan survey. There is much more consensus on dumping autos, energy, gaming/lodging/leisure and retail -
30% of CLOs will breach their 7.5% triple C buckets, says BofA
4 years ago
The number of CLOs tripping their 7.5% buckets for loans rated triple C is set to soar from 8% to around 30%, according to the latest research from Bank of America -
Sovereign borrowing will crowd out corps and produce fallen angels, warns BofA
4 years ago
Investors should be wary of buying coporate credit that yields less than sovereign debt, Bank of America strategists have warned, predicting €20-30 billion of European fallen angel volume lies ahead as the market cycle turns -
CIFC hires research head from Genworth Financial
4 years ago
CIFC Asset Management has hired a head of research in its New York office -
Fed cut triggers Libor floors on third of US loans
4 years ago
Roughly a third of US loans effectively became fixed rate investments this week as Libor edged below 1% for the first time since January 2017 -
European CLO managers with big bond buckets do best, finds Bank of America
4 years ago
European CLO managers that trade in the secondary market and hold a higher percentage of fixed rate assets are likely to outperform their peers, Bank of America finds in latest research -
Hedge against coronavirus, says JP Morgan, naming 40 most exposed credits
4 years ago
With novel coronavirus cases rising at what looks to be an exponential rate, JP Morgan strategists have proposed a high yield hedge to address the rising threat to European credit spreads and listed 40 borrowers they think are most exposed to impact -
Volcker amendments will be good for CLO equity and bad for CLO debt, says Wells Fargo
4 years ago
Proposed changes to the Volcker rule announced last week by the Federal Reserve, which would allow CLO managers to hold 5% bond buckets, are positive for CLO equity and ‘marginally negative’ for CLO debtholders, according to a research paper from Wells Fargo -
CLOs at risk of failing WAS tests due to loan refi wave, finds JP Morgan
4 years ago
Some CLOs could be at risk of failing their weighted average spread tests or could be at risk of a refi or reset due to a forthcoming refinancing wave in the loan market, according to new research from JP Morgan
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