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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 -
Onex prices second US new issue CLO in three weeks
3 years ago
Onex Credit Partners priced its second new issue US CLO in just three weeks yesterday, via Natixis, to become the fourth US CLO manager to price two new issue CLOs during the covid-19 pandemic -
Mezzanine CLO spreads tighten with BlackRock US deal
3 years ago
BlackRock has priced a $397.7 million new CLO via Goldman Sachs, acheiving a 175 basis points print on its tightest triple As, according to market sources -
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 -
Three-year US CLOs set to tighten as large managers market deals
3 years ago
US CLO triple A spreads are tightening sharply this week with market sources indicating that benchmark levels for three-year reinvestment deals have gone into the 180s -
Fitch places five BDCs on negative outlook
4 years ago
Fitch Ratings has changed the outlooks of five business development companies from stable to negative folllowing a review of its rated BDCs -
We’ve survived before, we can do so again
$7.8 billion of CLO collateral, split evenly between the US and Europe, is in the loans that have fallen fastest in the past month. But short term CLO pain will bring opportunities for building par4 years ago -
A round-up of fundraising and people moves in credit
4 years ago -
We’ve survived before, we can do so again
4 years ago
$7.8 billion of CLO collateral, split evenly between the US and Europe, is in the loans that have fallen fastest in the past month. But short term CLO pain will bring opportunities for building par -
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 portfolios4 years ago
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Dispersion tests hedge fund managers
Credit hedge funds with the ability to go long and short the market were the top performers last year. But dispersion made it possible for fund managers to eke out value across many sectors4 years ago -
Real assets are now the top picks in private credit
4 years ago
Direct lending is no longer the darling of the private credit market, with pension funds increasingly making space for credit strategies backed by real assets. -
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. -
Apollo Global Management ends year with a bang
4 years ago
CLOs returned 8% while direct origination continues to be "rocket fuel", the company said -
Double B CLO spreads drop back to 725bp as BlackRock prices US CLO
4 years ago
CLO double B spreads in the US have gone tumbling back to 725 basis points after BlackRock priced a new CLO yesterday via Wells Fargo -
BlackRock upsizes upcoming US CLO amid overwhelming demand
4 years ago
BlackRock’s upcoming US CLO, Magnetite XXIV, was heavily oversubscribed last week as price talk circulated, according to two investor sources -
BlackRock’s first mid-market CLO to be managed by experienced team acquired from Tennenbaum in 2018
4 years ago
BlackRock is on track to become the latest manager to start issuing CLOs backed by loans to middle market companies. -
BlackRock joins BDCs with increased leverage approval
4 years ago
BlackRock Capital has become the latest business development company to adopt the higher leverage after the Small Business Credit Availability Act was amended last year -
UK pension hires BNP Paribas AM for starring role in core-satellite private credit fund
4 years ago
UK pension fund Nest has appointed BNP Paribas Asset Management to run the core of a private credit fund, sources say, in an arrangement which sees Amundi and BlackRock manage certain satellite investments -
BlackRock brings triple A spreads back to 130bp with new US CLO
4 years ago
BlackRock has priced its latest new CLO named BlackRock XXIII, scoring the tightest triple A print for three months -
CLO pipeline: Capital time to debut in Europe as liability spreads drop
4 years ago
CLO managers are showing no signs of slowing down, as a further 16 US and five European new issue CLOs, including Capital Four's CLO management debut, appear in the pipeline -
Global CLO round-up: Europe mops up demand, as Euribor hits the floor
4 years ago
The final stretch of the year began with a bang, with the first week of Q4 bringing $3.3 billion of CLO issuance in the US and €1.2 billion in Europe. But the resurgence in volumes was not the only talking point last week, with Europe coming into focus as spreads surfed tighter -
BlackRock launches $2 billion coporate credit fund with special situations remit
4 years ago
BlackRock has closed its flagship opportunistic credit fund, Global Credit Opportunities, with $2 billion capital commitments -
CLO investor looks to offload US and European anchor equity positions
4 years ago
There are two controlling CLO equity stakes up for sale today with a 2017 European deal and a reissued US transaction going under the hammer -
San Mateo pension backs BlackRock direct lending fund
4 years ago
San Mateo County Employees' Retirement Association is set to make a commitment of $35 million to BlackRock Direct Lending Fund IX, according to an agenda item document seen by Creditflux.
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