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This doesn’t look like Kansas anymore: Palmer Square opts for unusual road to Europe
3 years ago
Palmer Square Capital Management is taking a novel approach to European CLO management with the head portfolio manager for its deals being stationed at its headquarters in Kansas City -
CLO equity claws back earlier losses to return 7.63% in Q2
3 years ago
CLO equity returned 7.63% in the second quarter on the back of leveraged loans rallying, according to Flat Rock Global's CLO equity index. Market prices have partially regained losses from Q1, in which CLO equity plunged by 30.41% following the coronavirus outbreak and the implementation of lockdowns globally -
They should have followed Revlon's Double Twist mascara slogan of 2009: "It's worth a double take"
3 years ago
Blockchain might not eradicate all problems in credit, but it should reduce human error -
The length of a CLO’s reinvestment period has no substantive effect on its resilience to defaults
3 years ago
Three-year reinvestment CLOs are the norm, but debt investors should be locking in historically wide spreads for longer -
It’s been a while — how’s tricks?
The primary CLO market has been open since April, but 41 managers have not managed to price a US CLO in over a year and a lack of access to equity capital means they may struggle to return3 years ago -
Fair Oaks markets third European CLO
3 years ago
Fair Oaks Capital is marketing a third European CLO, Fair Oaks Loan Funding III, just five months after pricing its second deal -
US CLO league tables: AGL grabs new issue lead
3 years ago
AGL Credit Management has added to an impressive run of CLO deal-making, pricing its fifth US new issue of 2020 -
Euro CLO league tables: Deer Park takes GSO to top and gets Deutsche off the mark
3 years ago
For the second time in as many months a new name sits at the top of the European rankings as GSO Capital Partners takes the throne -
Global CLO league tables - August 2020 YTD
3 years ago
Global CLO league tables - August 2020 YTD -
Covid-19 pandemic draws CLO repricing from out of shadows
3 years ago
A rare CLO repricing took place last month, despite the option being written into CLO documentation for years -
Ticked off: European loan docs turn aggressive
3 years ago
Documentation for European loans tightened in the immediate aftermath of the March sell-off, with lender-friendly terms around additional debt baskets, dividend levels and acquisition thresholds. But aggressive terms are creeping back into the market -
Alcentra appoints DeSimone as CEO
3 years ago
Alcentra has appointed Johnathan DeSimone as chief executive officer following David Forbes-Nixon’s decision to step down and take an investment role at the firm -
Mid market CLO league tables: Golub retakes new issue lead
3 years ago
Golub further cemented its lead over Owl Rock in Creditflux's overall rankings, as well as reclaiming the crown for new issuance, by pricing the only new mid-market deal in August -
Dislocation and costly payment debacle highlight loan tech lag
3 years ago
Coronavirus-led dislocation in the leveraged loan market, as well as a bank’s recent claims of human error in making a large loan payment, underscore the industry’s need to embrace long-overdue efficiency improvements -
Banks tighten asset approval terms for CLO warehouses
3 years ago
Managers have raised concerns over tighter, lender-friendly terms in new-look US CLO warehouses as banks gradually reopen these lending facilities -
Guernsey puts Highland wrangles out to pasture
3 years ago
A royal court’s dismissal of proceedings in Guernsey could spell the beginning of the end in Highland Capital Management’s legal action against former employee Josh Terry -
CLOs given workout flexibility as ‘safe harbour’ now viable
3 years ago
From October CLOs will be permitted to hold equity secu-rities resulting from workout situations, say lawyers at Cad-walader, Wickersham & Taft -
Would-be CLO managers change tack to distressed
3 years ago
Institutional investors are allocating to distressed debt at a record rate, leading some first-time CLO managers to adjust their business plans -
Credit hedge funds (September 2020)
3 years ago
Monthly credit hedge fund tables -
Ucits at a glance: Five funds lift YTD returns above 5%
3 years ago
Five funds have managed to pull their year to date figures above 5%; Loomis Sayles (7.50%), Algebris (5.82%), Pictet (5.53%), Amundi (5.36%) and Advent (5.11%) -
Credit funds at a glance (September 2020)
3 years ago
A round-up of fundraising and people moves -
Fund performance: Almost a third of credit funds reach positive YTD returns
3 years ago
July has been a successful month for many credit funds, despite the recovery peaking in May and June -
CLOs at a glance: CLO managers are quite partial to a refi
3 years ago
There was a wave of CLO partial refinancing in August as equity investors capitalised on lower interest rates to cut the coupon on fixed rate tranches -
CLO funds top rankings, but still have ground to make up
3 years ago
CLOs may have taken a hammering in March but, for the fourth consecutive month, funds that invest in these assets dominate our ranking of the top performing credit funds -
Points up front: From drafting CLO docs to writing crime thrillers
3 years ago
Nicola Bashforth, a popular figure in the CLO business, announced last month that she had left the industry to return to Lancashire in England and try her hand at writing novels
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