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Credit Fundraising: Blue Owl and WhiteHorse gain from improving animal spirits
2 years ago
Fundraising perked up in July as managers raised $14.9 billion for credit funds - the third highest monthly amount this year -
Credit funds at a glance (August 2021)
2 years ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
Global CLO pricing lab: let’s all point at that 108bp print while spreads leak out
2 years ago
The tsunami of CLO paper coming to market is the biggest technical factor causing spreads to widen, according to sources -
Credit fundraising: Audax scores big in lighter month
2 years ago
Fundraising markedly dropped in May, but credit funds still amassed $12.8 billion and 10 credit funds reached final closes across a variety of different strategies -
Two west coast managers bring first new CLOs of 2021 via Morgan Stanley
2 years ago
Two California-based CLO issued their first new CLOs of the year on Thursday with Morgan Stanley arranging both transactions -
Post-covid CLO reset market heats up as Jocassee, PGIM and Oaktree price
2 years ago
The post-covid CLO reset spree is well underway as three managers - Jocassee Partners, PGIM and Oaktree Capital Capital Management - reworked deals that originally issued in April or May 2020 -
Global CLO trading lab: secondary volumes inflate and easily get absorbed
3 years ago
Weekly secondary CLO volume has been lower across the capital structure in recent weeks as 2021’s refinancing wave left investors with plenty of choice -
CLO refi wave continues as CIFC and Oaktree join the fun
3 years ago
CIFC Asset Management and Oaktree Capital Management have become the latest managers to join the CLO refinancing craze, each teaming up with Morgan Stanley to cut the funding costs on 2019-vintage deals -
All’s well that ends well in 2020 OC tests
3 years ago
Swathes of CLOs failed over-collateralisation tests last year, but unlike the drawn-out recovery following the 2008 financial crisis, the return to compliance after the covid-19 crash was rapid -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: Junior tranches rally amid heavy supply, including portfolio liquidation
3 years ago
The US CLO secondary market rally is showing no signs of slowing down after a week of over $1 billion worth of bonds was listed and well absorbed, according to market sources. The European market also had a roust week with over €300 million of paper up for grabs, although the market stayed generally flat with some tightening in double and single Bs -
LP round up: $2.8 billion flows to credit as Apollo concedes fundraising may slow
3 years ago
Florida Retirement System Trust Fund made the largest commitments allocating $1.6 billion. Apollo meanwhile acknowledged a potential slowdown in fundraising as investors await results on an independent review into CEO Leon Black's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein -
Credit Rendezvous: sometimes you have to dive deep to find value
3 years ago
Some parts of the credit market are fraught with danger, but that does not mean portfolio managers are avoiding them entirely, according to the Credit Rendezvous, Creditflux's 10-page quarterly report eaturing comments from 15 credit experts -
LP round up: $5 billion flows to credit as private market allocations increase
3 years ago
Global institutional investors allocated nearly $5 billion to credit funds this week, according to documents seen by Creditflux -
LP round up: horseshoe does the trick for Pimco and other distressed managers
3 years ago
Institutional investors poured $2.7 billion into credit this week through 14 managers, according to board documentation seen by Creditflux -
OC health check: slowing of downgrades offers some reprieve for CLOs stuck in breach
3 years ago
89 deals reported overcollateralisation breaches last week, but only seven of these deals were breaching any OC test for the first time, according to the latest reports available on CLO-i -
LP round-up: mighty Oaks win $1 billion apiece from Calpers
3 years ago
Credit investors allocated over $3 billion to 18 credit managers this week across a wide range of strategies -
Points up front: Senior tranches pay down despite junior OC passes
3 years ago
192 US CLOs have breached at least one over-collateralisation test, according to CLO-i, but at least two deals have not followed the conventional path -
OC health check: interest diversion failures foreshadow breaches
3 years ago
14 CLOs reported over-collateralisation test breaches last week, five for the first time, according to the latest trustee reports available on CLO-i. -
$350 million of CLO collateral drips into default as oil companies file for Chapter 11
3 years ago
CLOs hold $353 million worth of debt of two oil and gas companies - Ultra Petroleum and Gavilan Resources - which have become the latest casulties of the precipituous decline in oil prices. The pair filed for chapter 11 protection in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas on Thursday and Saturday, respectively -
Oaktree gets off the mark with one-year reinvestment CLO
3 years ago
Oaktree Capital Management has priced its first US CLO of 2020, partnering with Barclays to produce a one-year reinvestment deal. The CLO has priced wide of where some three-year deals were being marketed, with Oaktree CLO 2020-1 printing its senior notes at 200 basis points -
CLO pipeline: Apollo targets fourth deal as managers line up to break 2020 ducks
3 years ago
Six CLO managers, five in the US and Fair Oaks Capital in Europe, are showcasing their first new issues of the year in preparation for pricing later this month. And Apollo Global Management is marketing its fourth new issue CLO (third US new issue CLO) in the last month and a half -
European CLO triple Bs go from 99 to 73 in less than a month
4 years ago
European CLO mezzanine prices have fallen by almost 30 cents in less than a month, with a b-wic yesterday featuring a 2019 PGIM-managed CLO underlining the dramatic decline -
S&P puts US CLOs on negative watch including seven failing triple C test
4 years ago
Standard and Poor’s put focus on the recent volatility by placing tranches in 15 US CLOs on a negative watch for having large exposures to energy related sectors such as oil and gas, consumable fuels and commodities. In total, 25 tranches have been affected by this. -
Secondary CLO triple As slump below October levels
4 years ago
The secondary CLO market is showing no sign of stopping the rut with triple A rated paper in European and US markets displaying more weakness -
CLO pipeline: DFG keeps its finger on the pulse
4 years ago
It will be a busy year-end for new issue CLOs in the US. DFG is returning with Pulsar II, using collateral sourced entirely from the secondary market
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