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CLO rankings: manager AUM, advisory firm and trustees Q1 2023
1 year ago
Two acquisitions close to shake up the top and Dechert takes early lead over Milbank in manager counsel rankings -
Global CLO league tables - February 2023 YTD
1 year ago
Global CLO league tables - February 2023 YTD -
US manager becomes latest to register triple A CLO ETF
1 year ago
The manager joins the likes of BlackRock, PineBridge and VanEck, Janus Henderson and AXS to use exchange traded funds to invest in CLO tranches -
Beneath the triple C: US CLOs take a dip in the triple C as Europe watches from the sun lounger
1 year ago
The US CLO market bore the brunt of downgrades to triple C in July and August, with a total of $6.22 billion of paper affected. European CLOs enjoyed a more relaxing summer holiday, with only 1 name representing €33.88 million worth of bonds downgraded to triple C. -
CLOs at a glance (June 2022)
1 year ago
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month
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Credit funds at a glance (April 2022)
2 years ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
Credit Rendezvous: And breathe...
2 years ago
The unanimous verdict is that credit spreads will be moving wider – they have to. But the difficulty credit fund managers face is predicting when the next sell-off comes and how sharp it will be. In the Q3 instalment of Creditflux’s Credit Rendezvous, the over-riding message from portfolio managers is that there’s little point in taking on too much risk. The report features the views of prominent credit figures including Paul Horvath (Orchard), Himani Trivedi (Nuveen), Ronnie Jaber (Onex), Graham Rainbow (Alcentra) and Michelle Russell-Dowe (Schroders). The report looks at 14 segments of the market including CLOs, direct lending, leveraged loans, distressed debt and credit derivatives. -
CLOs at a glance (July 2021)
2 years ago
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month -
Global CLO pricing lab: investors get over fatigue and embrace reset roll over
3 years ago
The demand for CLOs is showing no signs of slowing down after the market had experienced some fatigue at the end of the first quarter and into the second. In the last two weeks, there have been 47 CLO transactions across all forms of pricing in the three markets; led by 18 US CLO new issues -
CLO pipeline: and breathe... issuance splurge clears the backlog
3 years ago
Over 20 deals remain in the CLO pipeline, despite a glut of issuance last week in which 38 transactions priced, totalling $18.1 billion -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: record level of CLO paper stalls rally
3 years ago
Record levels of primary and secondary CLO supply has left investors spoilt for choice and led to the CLO rally stalling -
CLO pipeline: US adds deals at frenetic pace as Europe catches breath after record start
3 years ago
US CLO investors have numerous deals to consider with 13 new issues and 15 repricings being prepared to flood the market in the coming days -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Invesco suffers Moody's downgrade after struggling to delever balance sheet
4 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 -
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 -
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. -
Sovereign investors' allocation to alternative credit increase rapidly, finds survey
5 years ago
Sovereign investors are increasing their exposure to CLOs, direct lending and bank loans, according to a 2018 Global Sovereign Asset Management Study published by Invesco this week -
CLO b-wic line-up: control equity in Investcorp euro deal goes under the hammer again
5 years ago
An investor is looking to sell a control equity position in Investcorp Credit Management’s 2015 European deal, Harvest XI
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