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Credit fundraising: ESG centre stage as capital pours into new strategies
3 years ago
Sustainability was the watchword for fundraising in February, amid a flurry of fund launches as well as first closes for impact funds and sustainable bond funds -
Invesco Euro CLO refi cuts 41.5bp from financings costs
3 years ago
Invesco has refinanced the four most senior tranches of its inaugural 2.0 European CLO. JP Morgan cut financing costs on Invesco CLO I by 41.48 basis points -
LP round up: Arcmont, Ares and Sixth Street win European direct lending mandates
3 years ago
Investors have allocated around $2 billion to credit funds in recent weeks, according to board documentation seen by Creditflux. Among those to recieve allocations include ADM, Arcmont, Ares, Audax, Bain, Centerbridge, Clearlake, Goldman Sachs merchant banking, Invesco, Monarch, Oaktree, Raven, Sixth Street and Sound Mark -
Europe leads corporate credit rally, but US outperforms in CLOs
3 years ago
iTraxx Crossover has been the CDS market's outperformer this week, tightening over 30 basis points, or 11.4%, to trade at 235bp today. But in the CLO market, US deals have come out on top thanks to a BlackRock CLO that priced its double Bs at some of the tightest levels this year -
Invesco completes first European CLO since February
3 years ago
Invesco has printed its first CLO in Europe since the March sell off, teaming up with Barclays to issue the €305.4 million deal named Invesco Euro CLO V -
LP round up: EIF backs four debt funds while Carlyle wins $1 billion
3 years ago
Institutional investors have allocated just over $4 billion to 27 credit managers in October board meetings -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: dealers get involved amid rally, but dispersion persists
3 years ago
The CLO secondary markets returned to form last week with $716.2 million of US CLO bonds and a further €306.5 million of European CLO paper listed. Although for both markets over half of the total volume listed came from Thursday’s scheduled b-wics -
CLO pipeline: AGL aims high as it prepares fifth new issue of 2020
3 years ago
US CLO managers are sensing opportunities in the CLO market either via new issue CLOs or by refinancing the fixed-rate tranches in their legacy deals -
CLO pipeline: Redding Ridge plans fourth US CLO since March
3 years ago
Last week proved to be one of the busiest weeks of the primary CLO market since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, with $5.21 billion worth of new paper issuance coming through: eight US CLOs, one middle market deal and three euro CLOs -
CLO pipeline: marathon runners and sprinters join the race
3 years ago
Five new CLOs priced last week, four of which were US issues and one European, but they have been ably replaced in the pipeline, with a handful of managers looking to strike while the CLO market is still hot -
Euro CLO investors look to cash in as market confidence returns
3 years ago
A mixed b-wic comprised of €35 million European CLO tranches is on offer at 9.30am New York time Tuesday, with investors looking to capitalise on tightening spreads as confidence gradually returns to the market -
European investors eye 180bp pick-up on triple B CLOs traded in April
3 years ago
A b-wic consisting of mostly European triple B CLOs that traded in late April is on offer at 9.30am New York time tomorrow, according to market sources, as data shows spreads for the rating band averaging 546 basis points over Euribor as of 27 May -
Fitch takes action on 29 European CLO tranches
3 years ago
Fitch Ratings took action on 29 European CLO tranches yesterday, placing the majority of these on rating watch negative -
Invesco suffers Moody's downgrade after struggling to delever balance sheet
3 years ago
Moody's has downgraded Invesco Ltd from A2 to A3 citing the "challenges Invesco has faced delevering its balance sheet following the acquisition of Oppenheimer Funds", the rating agency said in a notice -
Benchmark European 2020 CLO trades 11 points down in secondary
4 years ago
A senior European CLO investor has flipped €21.9 million worth of notes onto the secondary market, selling eight of nine line items via a b-wic, sources say. Meanwhile, US CLO trading switched from being investment grade focused over the last month to being centred on below IG tranches yesterday: IG volumes reached $574 million versus $926 million for lower rated tranches -
Euro CLO league tables: Carlyle doubles down in February as 2019's leaders look on
4 years ago
Carlyle Group has jumped to the top of the European CLO manager league tables after bringing two deals to the market in February -
Invesco sets new benchmark in European CLO market
4 years ago
Invesco priced Europe’s sixth new issue CLO of the year on Friday, according to market sources. Invesco Euro IV pays 93bp over Euribor on its triple As, the tightest print of any European CLO with four or more years of reinvestment -
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 -
European corporate loans can fit into various fund types and this year there has been an increase in managed accounts targeting these assets. But CLOs are still the best structures to house loans4 years ago
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Single B spreads tighten dramatically as Invesco prices third euro CLO
4 years ago
Invesco yesterday brought its third CLO new issue to market via Barclays, according to market sources -
Barclays markets two new issue CLOs in Europe
4 years ago
Barclays is marketing the latest European CLOs for Invesco and Anchorage Capital Group, according to market sources -
Past returns: Unfinished business in CLOs
4 years ago
Five years ago in Creditflux we reported that DA Capital was looking for a way back into CLO management. The firm had sold its four US CLOs in 2011 to Citi Alternative Investments (now known as Napier Park Global Capital), but a rally had convinced the firm it was time to issue CLOs again. -
Euro CLO league tables: May’s refinancings fall just shy of €1 billion
4 years ago
European CLO monthly issuance has stayed roughly level since February what has differed recently though is the volumes of all forms of refinancings. -
Euro CLO round-up: after three-year hiatus, two Apollo/Redding Ridge CLOs come along at once
4 years ago
The Japanese bid for CLO triple A notes is taking a break for at least a few weeks, according to market sources, effectively removing a key contributor to the benchmark levels set this year. -
Invesco returns to market with its second 2.0 European CLO
4 years ago
Invesco has priced its second euro CLO after entering the European market in November last year, according to market sources
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