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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 -
CLO double Bs on sale as sub-investment grade rally fizzles out
3 years ago
After more than a month of rapid tightening, CLO double Bs trended wider last week by roughly 60 basis points, as the market for these sub-investment grade tranches stabilises in the mid-800s -
Zais returns to CLO primary market with one-year deal
3 years ago
Zais Group has made its CLO primary market return, teaming up with RBC to price a 1.12-year reinvestment deal via RBC -
OC health check: US CLOs hit by new round of test failures
3 years ago
135 deals breached an over-collateralisation test last week, 78 for the first time, according to the latest trustee reports from CLO-i. -
Zais teams up with RBC for US CLO
3 years ago
Zais Group is working with Royal Bank of Canada on a forthcoming US CLO, with market sources indicating the senior notes are being guided at 250 basis points -
Who’s got the moves US: oil and gas leads renaissance for US CLO managers
3 years ago
The US leveraged loan market has held steady over the last two weeks. After rising to just below 87 of par in mid-April, the S&P LSTA US Leveraged Loan index closed at 85.75 to start this week -
Credit pickers need luck to avoid OC trap
We know what you’re thinking: is my CLO failing its OC test? The truth is, in all this volatility, it can be hard to keep track, unless your deal has high quality liquid loans3 years ago -
OC health check: another two CLOs fail senior OC tests
4 years ago
Two senior overcollateralisation test failures number among 26 deals joining the list this week of CLOs breaching their OC tests in April, according to the latest trustee reports on CLO-i. -
Making arb work of it
4 years ago
In 2019, some CLO managers hoped that good timing would enable them to lock in favourable arbitrage levels, but others opted for aggressive or conservative tactics when building portfolios. -
Zais short-dated CLO prices triple As wide of market at 141.9bp
4 years ago
Zais Group has gone the short-dated route for a new issue CLO, Zais CLO 14, which Goldman Sachs arranged -
CLOs dock $100 million of Pier 1 as it plunges into Chapter 11
4 years ago
CLOs hold just over $100 million debt of Pier 1 Imports, which filed for voluntary Chapter 11 in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia yesterday -
CLO pipeline: make some noise for repricings
4 years ago
CLOs may be a bit late to the spread-tightening party, but a hoard of CLO repricings is aiming to make up for it by sheer volume -
Zais markets short two-year CLO via Goldman Sachs
4 years ago
Zais Group is in the market with Goldman Sachs with its latest new issue CLO -
High-spread CLO manager pre-markets short-dated deal
4 years ago
A CLO manager which is known for building high spread portfolios is pre-marketing a two year deal with price talk on the triple As at 120-125bp -
Few CLOs charred by Murray bankruptcy
4 years ago
25 CLO managers hold $389.6 million exposure to the debt of coal company Murray Energy Holdings, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the Southern District of Ohio on Tuesday, according to the latest trustee reports from CLO-i -
US CLO league tables: JP Morgan narrows gap to Citi in new issues to $50 million
4 years ago
July saw $14.9 billion of issuance in the US CLO space with $9.4 billion of that in new issue CLOs. One of the transactions brought to the market was Whitebox Capital Management’s debut CLO, Whitebox I. -
Zais prices new CLO with record five classes of fixed-rate debt
4 years ago
Zais Group has priced a new issue CLO via JP Morgan that issues five classes of debt paying fixed rates of interest -
CLO pipeline: Barclays and Goldman branch out to mid market
4 years ago
The US CLO pipeline has been full in recent weeks and this continues, with 18 new issue CLOs and a further nine refinancings appearing this week. -
Seriously, the CLO arb is difficult right now
4 years ago
We know the arbitrage for CLO equity is never perfect, but the arb progressively deteriorated through 2018. Since January, the picture has worsened further after a brief respite in December -
Zais prices third new issue CLO of 2018 with triple As paying 137.5bp
5 years ago
Zais Group priced its third new issue CLO of the year on Friday, with Bank of America Merrill Lynch the arranger -
Wide CLO pricing need not be a drag
5 years ago
Established managers can price CLO liabilities at attractive levels, but we find that CLOs saddled with higher financing costs have nevertheless been among the market’s outstanding performers -
Zais upsizes 2015 deal for its second CLO transaction in a week
5 years ago
Zais Group priced a $460 million CLO reset on Friday, marking its second transaction in the primary market in the same week -
Zais prices its second new CLO of the year with triple As at 120bp
5 years ago
Zais Group teamed up with JP Morgan yesterday to price its ninth CLO, according to market sources -
Price talk widens for forthcoming Zais CLO
5 years ago
Price talk has widened for Zais Group’s forthcoming CLO Zais CLO 9, a new issue deal that’s expected to price via JP Morgan later this month -
Zais partners with JP Morgan to arrange forthcoming CLO
5 years ago
Zais Group is working with JP Morgan to arrange its second new issue CLO of 2018 named Zais CLO 9
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