Japanese investors must confirm assets are appropriate... CLO managers can provide assurances
The stipulation that Japanese banks invest in appropriately formed assets is unlikely to hurt the CLO industry

Bardin Hill markets first European CLO under new branding
Formerly known as Halcyon Capital Management, Bardin Hill Loan Advisors is marketing its first new issue CLO since rebranding its platform last year

Bespoke gains pull CLO buyers as market tipped to hit $100bn
Synthetic bespoke issuance could catch up with the more visible CLO market this year, say structured credit specialists

Former CIFC co-chief executive joins DFG
DFG Investment Advisers has hired the former co-chief executive officer of CIFC Asset Management

CLO monoline businesses return with new purpose
CLO tranche insurance is making a comeback. Assured Guaranty has underwritten two middle market transactions, while in Europe various firms are testing the waters for this type of insurance, according to sources.

CVC, Octagon and Spire vie for multiple Creditflux awards
Creditflux is pleased to unveil the finalists for the most prestigious awards dinner in the credit

Large, liquid loans aren’t always perfect
CLOs could be forgiven for rushing to buy Refinitiv loans — after all it was the biggest LBO since the crisis. But some large managers have abstained, while others have bought opportunistically

Mizuho looks to make return to CLO management
Mizuho is shaking up its credit business in Europe and is pushing into CLOs as both manager and arranger, according to several sources

Past Returns: Repacking in land of the rising sun
Five years ago in Creditflux, we reported that Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ was embarking on a strategy of buying repackaged CLO triple A notes denominated in Japanese yen

Japan regulation affords CLOs breathing room
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

Liquidity and disclosure issues threaten potential CRE CLO market
Most investors that participate in the commercial real estate CLO market want to increase their exposure. But the lack of liquidity and standardised disclosure is holding them back.

LibreMax strikes CLO equity deal after acquiring Trimaran
LibreMax is a name associated with managing hedge funds, but the firm is expanding into long-term strategies, geared towards lock-up funds. 

Credit funds at a glance

A round-up of fundraising and people moves in credit

CLOs at a glance
Managers focus on AUM building via new issues

Fund performance
Long-short and high yield keep up the momentum

Moving on from the late 2018 hangover
It might be too early to call a full recovery, but it’s fair to say that the US loan market is back on track with $48 billion of institutional issuance in 2019 — 88% of which is made up of new issues

Finding the best managers, CLOs and direct lenders

PGIM markets new European CLO with Deutsche Bank
PGIM is back in the European CLO primary market after five months, with the manager marketing a new issue deal named Dryden 69 Euro CLO 2018

Short CLOs come to Europe as Onex markets first new issue since 2017
Short CLO paper is coming to Europe, as Onex Credit Partners is marketing a new deal via JP Morgan with just two years of reinvestment capability

Sound Point becomes first manager to market debut European CLO in 2019
Sound Point Capital Management is on track to become the first debut CLO manager in Europe this year, with the US company marketing its first transaction on the continent via Citi

Elmwood upsizes second CLO to $1 billion ahead of pricing
Elmwood Asset Management, the CLO manager seeded by Elliott Management, has upsized a forthcoming second CLO to over $1 billion

Sound Point slashes leverage in 2015 vintage CLO following reissue
Sound Point Capital management reissued its 2015 vintage deal Sound Point CLO VIII yesterday, slashing the transaction’s leverage in the process

Senior CLO investors get extra call protection as Angelo Gordon prices
Senior CLO investors are scoring enhanced call protection this month, as Angelo Gordon yesterday became the second manager to price a CLO with variable levels of callability

Leveraged loans pose credit risk but not systemic risk, conference told
Regulators and the press need to understand the difference between credit risk and systemic risk, claimed panelists at the IMN European CLOs and Leveraged Loans conference

Ares makes it three new issue US CLOs with $589 million deal
Ares Management has produced its fourth new issue CLO of 2019 and its third in the US