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DebtDynamics North America: de-risking remains key focus for loan issuers and investors alike
7 months ago
Syndicated leveraged loan and high-yield (HY) bond markets have endured a challenging time during the past eight months but sentiment is far from rock-bottom -
Manager tiering matters, but don’t rely on proxies like WAS or WARF
8 months ago
With manager tiering continuing to dominate CLO primary pricing levels we take a look at the 2021 vintage to see how much difference a manager really makes to deal performance -
Single-name CDS volumes surge in the Americas, according to Barclays research
8 months ago
The net notional outstanding volume for Americas corporate (ex-LatAm) CDS increased 19% year on year to a new multi-year high according to new research from Barclays -
US leveraged loan issuance drops 35% year on year
8 months ago
Debtwire 's new July 2023 US Leveraged Highlights report sees a striking 70% year-on-year decrease in new money institutional activity as lack of supply from the M&A market weighs on issuance -
DebtDynamics North America: Likely-to-distress scores highlight struggling industries
8 months ago
Out of a universe of more than 12,000 leveraged US companies, 180 are in the stressed/distressed lifecycle categories -
Private credit default index shows surprise decrease in the second quarter
8 months ago
Proskauer’s Default Index of the US private credit market was 1.64% in the second quarter, a significant decrease from 2.15% in 1Q23. -
Large CLO managers outperform their smaller peers
8 months ago
Size does matter according to our latest research that finds that larger US CLO managers have consistently outperformed their smaller counterparts. -
US sponsor-led loans show sharp deterioration in covenant quality
9 months ago
Credit underwriting standards in the US continued to fall in the second quarter of 2023, according to a new special report from Xtract Research. -
Secondary CLO prices continued to rise across June
9 months ago
US BWIC secondary prices continued to rise in June, according to a report by KopenTech. -
New IACPM survey points to a global recession
9 months ago
Respondents to the latest IACPM Credit Outlook Survey overwhelmingly expect global economies to fall into recession either later this year or sometime in 2024. -
June 2023 US Leveraged Highlights
9 months ago
Debtwire has released the June 2023 US Leveraged Highlights, featuring key trends in the leveraged loan and high yield bond markets. -
High yield bond index offers opportunities for credit pickers
9 months ago
The global high yield bond market has become a skewed barbell offering benefits to credit pickers, according to a new research note from global asset manager Ninety One. -
Slow pace of loan prepayments increasing CLO tranche WAL, finds Barclays
10 months ago
Prepayment rates in the leveraged loan market have dropped to post-financial crisis lows, thereby increasing CLO debt tranches' weighted average life and slowing the pace of amortization for deals that have left reinvestment, according to new research published by Barclays -
Do amend and extends now before big chunk of CLOs exit reinvestment, says BofA
10 months ago
Research analysts at Bank of America are recommending CLO managers complete amend and extend activity before a wave of transactions exit their reinvestment periods later in the year -
34% of CLOs rated by Fitch out of reinvestment
10 months ago
34% of the CLOs rated by Fitch Ratings have left their reinvestment periods including six deals that exited in May, the rating agency said in a note to clients on Thursday -
Student loans emerge as headwind for loan market, says BofA
10 months ago
American graduates are poised to resume student loan repayments in August, and new research from Bank of America suggests the change could be a headwind for the loan market due to weaker consumer demand. -
CLOs are our highest-conviction investment category, says Oaktree
1 year ago
Oaktree Capital Management has said that CLOs are the firm's 'highest-conviction investment category' in a credit market outlook study published on Thursday, despite the recent turbulence stemming from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank -
Investors should pair short CLO triple As with long MBS for best returns, says Janus Henderson
1 year ago
Senior figures at Janus Henderson Investors have recommended that credit investors should pair short duration CLO triple As with longer duration mortgage backed securities to optimise their returns, in a research article published on Tuesday -
CLOs cheap to corporates but expensive to agency MBS, says BofA
1 year ago
CLO bonds are currently pricing cheap relative to corporates but look expensive relative to agency MBS bonds, according to new research from Bank of America -
CLO bond buckets balloon post-Volcker amendments, says BofA
1 year ago
CLO holdings of bonds in their portfolios has grown to $15 billion in the two years since changes to the Volcker rule allowed CLOs to hold the assets, according to new research from Bank of America -
Fitch raises low end of its default forecasts for US leveraged loans and high yield
1 year ago
Fitch Ratings has increased the low end of its US leveraged loan and high yield default forecast ranges to reflect growing macroeconomic headwinds -
US and European CLO metrics diverge, finds Barclays
1 year ago
CLO spreads saw a month-on-month move wider in December while key portfolio metrics such as weighted average rating factor (warf) and triple C buckets deteriorated in the US. However, European portfolio metrics showed some improvement -
CLO triple A tiering grew to 48bp by December, says PennMutual
1 year ago
The triple A spread differential between top and lower tier CLO managers widened to 48 basis points by the end of 2022 from just 18bp at the start of the year, according to new research published by PennMutual Asset Management -
Largarde snowballs puncture complacent calm and shocks spreads wider
1 year ago
Credit markets are ending the week on a big push wider, after European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde delivered the surprise that had been missing from other central bank messaging -
US CLO investors express cautious optimism for 2023
1 year ago
After a turbulent year in 2022, US CLO investors are sounding a cautiously bullish tone heading into 2023
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