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Napier Park prices second US new issue CLO this year
1 month ago
Napier Park Global Capital priced Regatta XXVIII at the end of last week, a USD 405.20m new issue BSL CLO -
Napier Park gets on board US CLO renaissance
2 months ago
The strong run of new US BSL issues was bolstered further at the end of last week by Napier Park Global Capital, which priced its latest deal, Regatta XXVII Funding, via Société Générale -
Regatta is back in the race with new CLO print
5 months ago
Nomura arranged a new Napier Park Global Capital CLO on Tuesday, titled Regatta XXVI Funding -
Napier Park prints first new US CLO in 12 months with triple As at 190bp
10 months ago
Napier Park Global issued a new CLO on Wednesday, the first US new issue from the manager in just over a year -
Banking volatility seen as opportunity for CLO managers
1 year ago
The CLO investor community gathered in New York in March to discuss the best strategies for managing through the volatility stemming from the regional banking crisis -
CLO M&A hits new heights with anticipated Assured deal
Last year saw a record M&A volume centred on credit asset managers, with a study by Gapstow revealing the total assets under management of acquired firms was $326 billion, compared to $140 billion in 2021. -
Loan amendment alert: Wellpet offers 10bp CSA
1 year ago
Wellpet has issued a loan amendment request with a view to including a 10 basis points credit spread adjustment (CSA), market sources say. Although this is an improvement on recent amendments it still falls short, according to CLO investors. -
Loan managers must act to prevent CSA leakage, say CLO investors
1 year ago
CLO investors have made clear that managers need to stay on top of US loan amendments that are switching benchmark from Libor to Sofr -
What matters is what you do with it
1 year ago
CLO managers yearn for flexibility so they can take advantage when credit sells off. But it isn’t enough on its own: triple C-flex CLOs saw portfolios erode this year, while CBOs outperformed -
Fund performance: August provides much-needed relief for CLO funds
1 year ago
.August fund performance -
CSAM does the CLO awards double
1 year ago
Winning the Creditflux Manager of the Year award is a feat in itself. Winning it back-to-back in such different markets is an outstanding achievement — and CSAM can take great pride in it -
Hopes of full recovery quashed as credit funds struggle
1 year ago
Optimism about a prolonged recovery after credit hedge funds bounced back in March was dashed as 60% of funds in our database recorded negative returns in April. -
Fund performance: Credit hits another bump in the road after March revival
1 year ago
There was more upheaval for credit funds in April, reversing the mini-recovery in March as 40% of funds made positive returns, a decrease on the 47% in March -
US CLO triple As end week at 154bp as Napier Park and Rockford Tower print deals
1 year ago
Napier Park Global and Rockford Tower Capital Management priced new CLOs on Friday, with each manager printing their triple A notes at 154 basis points over Sofr -
Fund performance: Credit bounces back from February blues
1 year ago
March performance figures were a slight improvement from the market turn in February; 47% of funds made positive returns, an increase on 17% the previous month -
Arb work pays off
2 years ago
With day-one arbitrage alone delivering projected CLO cash-on-cash returns of 20-25%, 2021 may have been the best year ever for equity investors — at least until CLO spreads began to widen -
Quarterly rankings: Wave of acquisitions reshapes CLO market
2 years ago
A wave of acquisitions and consolidation hit the CLO market in the first quarter of 2022, although the ripples have yet to alter Creditflux’s manager rankings -
First Eagle to buy Napier Park
2 years ago
First Eagle Investments has struck a deal to acquire Napier Park Global Capital, according to an announcement, in a deal which will take the firm’s overall global CLO assets under management up to $29.7 billion. -
CLOs at a glance
2 years ago
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month -
Napier Park prints triple As at 132bp in new US CLO
2 years ago
Napier Park Global issued its first CLO of the year on Thursd -
I’ll see your 2020 and raise you 2021
2 years ago
Discounted loans, Libor floors and bond flexibility helped make 2021 an even better year for CLO returns than 2020, as US CLOs distributed 15.54% and European CLOs paid 13.93% annualised -
LP round up: CLO fund included in whopping $13 billion of credit allocations in November
2 years ago
Credit took centre stage in November as investors allocated over $13 billion to credit funds in the month, with one pension allocating $50 million for a European CLO risk retention fund -
The Last Tranche with Napier Park's Secmen: tailwinds fuelling CLO market mask manager incompetence
2 years ago
In this episode of the Last Tranche, Serhan Secmen, head of US CLO investments at Napier Park Global Capital, joins to discuss how equity investors choose which managers to allocate to for the best long-term performance -
Napier Park goes back for seconds with another November CLO via Nomura
2 years ago
Napier Park Global Capital on Wednesday priced its second new issue US CLO via Nomura this month -
US CLO pipeline: Carlyle and Blackstone aim for CLO-a-month 2021 as BlackRock goes for baker's quadruple
2 years ago
The Thanksgiving holiday has not dampened the US CLO market’s appetite as a flurry of deals are set to price in the next couple of weeks. That includes 18 new deals, 11 resets and seven refinancings in the US
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