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Anchorage resets 2015 vintage CLO once more
1 month ago
Anchorage Capital reset a much-revisited CLO from 2015 last week in a short-dated deal. -
Sixth Street refinances 2017 vintage US CLO
1 month ago
Sixth Street has priced a partial refi of TICP CLO VII, a 2017 vintage US BSL CLO that was reset in 2020 -
European CLO primary spreads still have a long way to go
2 months ago
Are European CLO spreads in the primary market cheap or expensive? Our latest research shows that while US managers can celebrate AAAs reaching the 150s, in Europe spreads still have a long way to go to reach historical norms. -
Beneath the triple C: Life could be better, but it’s just a letter, under the CCC
1 year ago
Many market participants were eagerly looking forward to a break in December after a gruelling year, but the rating agencies were in no mood to oblige. -
US managers recalibrate as Euro CLO portfolio spreads rise: Moody's
1 year ago
CLO managers have had to readjust this year and data from Moody’s Investor Services shows weighted average rating factor scores for all US CLOs have held steady, while weighted average spreads have dropped 0.15% -
Blackstone revives Stratus brand as it prices opportunistic US CLO
1 year ago
Blackstone Credit is once again capitalising on dislocation in the credit market having priced a $393.6 million new US CLO on Monday under its Stratus brand. The CLO is understood to follow a print and sprint method, and analysis of the profile suggests that the deal could benefit from $20 million of upside if assets rally to par -
CLO prices drop under weight of massive secondary volumes while CDS rallies
2 years ago
CLO spreads have underperformed versus liquid credit instruments in the past week after a massive $2.3 billion of paper hit the secondary US CLO market. But that could create opportunities for investors. -
Three new deals bring weekly US CLO reset volume to $3.9 billion
2 years ago
Three US CLO resets priced on Thursday, bringing weekly reset volume for the week to $3.9 billion across eight transactions -
Lev loan index rule change proposed to meet Sofr switch
2 years ago
Leveraged loan index stakeholders are being asked for feedback on a proposal that would allow the inclusion of loans linked to Sofr and scrap a minimum spread rule -
Global CLO trading lab: Seasoned equity prices lag as debt spreads level out
2 years ago
The CLO secondary market took a back seat to the surging primary market in August and September with secondary US CLO volume accounting for just 3.7% and 4.2% of the total US CLO market (primary and secondary volumes). But opportunities are there in CLO equity tranches -
AGL and Blackstone reset and upsize post-covid CLOs from 2020
2 years ago
AGL Credit Management and Blackstone Credit added to their respective 2020 CLO reset sprees on Monday, with both managers upsizing their post-covid deals -
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 -
Aegon and ICG partner with Citi for US CLO resets
2 years ago
Aegon USA Investment Management and Intermediate Capital Group each teamed up with Citi on Thurdsday to print a CLO reset -
GoldenTree and Zais print US CLO refis
3 years ago
The CLO market absorbed $1.07 billion of refinancings on Friday as GoldenTree Loan Management and Zais Group became the latest managers to cut funding costs -
Beneath the triple C: resurfacing credits surpass divers as tide turns for CLOs
3 years ago
Upgrades above triple C overtook downgrades to that rating or below in February. Moody's or Standard & Poor's cut six corporate debt issuers to triple C or below in February, out of which just four can be found in CLO portfolios -
It's all relative: CLOs march tighter as macro traders open positive CDS skews
3 years ago
Credit default swaps are back near where they started the year after giving up their early-February gains amid a rise in government bonds. CDS curves steepened over the past month and macro hedging has left indices trading with positive skews. But CLOs paint a calmer picture in which spreads have inched tighter -
It's all relative: senior CLO tranches tighten 18% in Europe as CDS indices sit out rally
The corporate credit rally in January is notable because some assets tightened to levels not seen in over a decade (loans), others rallied albeit with a lag (CLOs) and the most liquid stream of credit (CDS indices) defied moves in other asset classes to widen
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It's all relative: Euro CLO mezz rallies to follow month-long IG/HY compression
3 years ago
European credit suffered this week with Brexit talks between the UK and the EU dragging on and both sides conceding that a trade deal is unlikely to be reached by Sunday’s deadline. But European CLO tranches have held up reasonably well with mezzanine spreads tightening by almost 13% in December -
Blackstone revisits Reese Park with post-pricing CLO upsize
3 years ago
Blackstone Credit has become the fourth CLO manager this year to upsize a CLO post-pricing. Reese Park initially priced on 16 October at $408 million and is set to close on 30 November at $510 million, with the addition of new debt tranches paying lower rates of interest -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: double Bs lead the way as rally endures and drags equity with it
3 years ago
The CLO secondary market continued its hard rally last week as prices rose across the whole asset class with double B rated CLO bonds leading the charge tighter -
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 -
AMMC returns to CLO primary market after 11-month hiatus
4 years ago
American Money Management Corporation yesterday became the 115th active CLO manager in 2019 after pricing its first transaction since November last year -
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 -
113bp and 140bp are spreads to beat as Neuberger Berman prices CLO reset
5 years ago
Neuberger Berman has priced its second market-beating CLO transaction in the space of a month by resetting a 2016 deal straight out of its non-call period -
Barings prints triple As at 112.69bp following 2016 era CLO reset
5 years ago
Barings teamed up with Morgan Stanley to price its ninth CLO transaction of the year yesterday
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