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Quick! Avaya has ignited and $1 billion of CLO assets are at risk
1 year ago
Sparks are flying in the leveraged loan and high yield market after communications company Avaya Holdings slashed its forecasted earnings mere weeks after syndicating new debt. The rapid decline of Avaya's debt has left CLO managers little time to avoid the blaze -
LP round up: private credit takes big slice of inflows as 10% portfolio share projected for 2026
1 year ago
Institutional investors revealed nearly $4 billion allocations to credit funds in July, with recipients including Angelo Gordon, Apollo, Ares, BlackRock, Brookfield, CarVal, Comvest, Deerpath, KKR, Schroders and Sixth Street -
Credit funds at a glance (August 2022)
1 year ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit
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Ares plans four credit fund launches amid strong deployment
1 year ago
Ares Management benefitted from strong private credit deployment in the quarted and unveiled plans to raise its sixth European direct lending fund, second flagship closed-end alternative credit fund and third US junior capital direct lending fund -
Large US manager closes third captive CLO equity fund
1 year ago
The $140 million fund is anticipated to invest in over five of US CLOs -
Nuveen and Ares print fourth US CLOs of 2022
1 year ago
Ares' CLO feature four triple-A rated tranches and Nuveen's deal is structured to comply with European risk retention -
Five credit managers win nearly $1 billion from UK pension pool
1 year ago
Five private credit funds emerged as winners after UK pension pool Border to Coast revealed $1 billion in a wide variety of private credit commitments -
CLOs at a glance (July 2022)
1 year ago
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month
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LP round up: 28 credit managers win $6.6 billion as San Diego carves private credit allocation
1 year ago
Pensions allocated over $6.6 billion to credit managers in June including Angelo Gordon, Antares, Apollo, Ares, Beach Point, BioPharma, Brookfield, CarVal, Cerberus... -
Ares prints second loan-only CLO in space of just seven days
1 year ago
Ares Management has priced its second new loan-only CLO in the space of a week -
US managers open new CLO warehouses at rapid rate
1 year ago
US CLO managers are opening new warehouse facilities at a rapid pace, with some sources suggesting the rate of new warehouse formation to be the fastest in years -
Triple A CLOs set to blow out to 183bp as Ares markets print and sprint
1 year ago
CLO triple A spreads could be set to blow out substantially in the coming days with Ares Management marketing a new issue with triple As understood to be subject at 183 basis points -
Ares, Blackstone and Eurazeo succeed at inaugural European Direct Lending Awards
1 year ago
The Debtwire Direct Lending Forum was host to the European Direct Lending Awards on Tuesday evening. Presented by Creditflux and Debtwire, the event has been expanded and given a solo slot away from the Creditflux Manager Awards for the first time. -
Envision exchange leaves some lenders sick, but CSAM finds prevention is better than cure
1 year ago
Envision Healthcare’s distressed debt exchange has rocked the CLO market, with over $1.68 billion of the firm’s loans held by US CLOs. But some of the largest managers have avoided the name completely -
Creditflux announces finalists for European Direct Lending Awards
1 year ago
Creditflux announces finalists for European Direct Lending Awards -
Global CLO league tables - April 2022 YTD
1 year ago
Global CLO league tables - April YTD -
Credit Rendezvous: Pass masters
1 year ago
Most often, a credit market downturn has its roots mired in one big, blatant obstacle that credit managers have to focus their attention to overcome. But right now, it’s not the dominant risk factor that has to be defeated, it’s the sheer number of them... -
Ares prints largest regular CLO of 2022
1 year ago
Ares Management priced its eighth largest CLO of all time on Wednesday, pairing with Goldman Sachs on the huge $806.7 million deal named Ares XLV -
Ares buys mid-market portfolio from direct lender for $2.4 billion
1 year ago
As of 31 December, the portfolio is backed by 28 private equity sponsors and 46 borrowers, with an average $44 million investment size -
CLOs at a glance (April 2022)
2 years ago
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month -
LP round up: Oak Hill wins $3bn mandate as credit allocations near $10bn in March
2 years ago
Institutional investors revealed over $9.5 billion of allocations to credit funds in March. Oak Hill Advisors walked away with the largest mandate, as US heavyweight pension Calpers allocated a whopping $3 billion across several of its funds -
CLO managers price with short, medium and long reinvestments as pricing widens
2 years ago
Ares Management, Golub Capital Partners and Partners Group each priced a new CLO on Friday, with each manager taking a different approach to the various duration structures that have arisen amid the current market volatility -
Ares CLO counterparties make $100k charitable donation
2 years ago
Ares Management has become the latest manager to contribute a portion of management fees on its latest CLO to the Fulfilment Fund, alongside deal parties -
CLO spread widening extends with Ares printing triple As at 138bp
2 years ago
Ares Management priced a new CLO via Societe Generale on Thursday, with the triple A notes paying a coupon of 138 basis points over Sofr -
Ivy Hill resets 2014 mid market CLO and upsizes by $140 million
2 years ago
Ivy Hill Asset Management reset Ivy Hill MM IX-R via Natixis on Monday, upsizing the 2014 CLO by $139.8 million including $33 million of fresh equity capital
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