You seem familiar
The overlap between European CLOs has risen to 51.6%, but the largest issuers are only slightly more aligned to their peers at 55.19% — so bonds are proving to be an important differentiator

CLO refi and reset volumes surge with $2.3 billion priced on Friday
CLO refi and reset volumes surged on Friday with $2.3 billion priced across the US market, according to market sources. Brigade Capital Management, MidOcean Credit Partners and New Mountain Capital reset regular-way CLOs, Blackstone Credit scored a regular CLO refi, Sculptor Capital Management refinanced a bond-heavy CLO, and Ivy Hill Asset Management reset a middle market CLO

Everyone’s ramping

Credit funds at a glance (October 2021)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Credit Rendezvous: And breathe...
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.  

Brigade refis bond-flex CLO and junior notes follow order while seniors stand out
Brigade Capital Management has completed a partial refinanced of a bond-flex US CLO and in the process redressed one imbalance in terms of running coupons, while opening up another.

Brigade prices rare refinancing of bond-flex CLO from 2018
Brigade Capital Management has partially refinanced a debut bond-heavy CLO from 2018 known as Brigade Debt Funding I, marking just the fourth such transaction of 2020

CBOs aren’t fixated on interest rate moves
The loan sell off at the start of this year highlighted that CBOs are not a play on interest rates or bond prices — they’re taking advantage of the flexibility to rotate between loans and bonds

GreensLedge and Natixis unite again to arrange debut CBO for NY manager
A New York-based manager has entered the CBO market for the first time, pricing a $408.1 million transaction via GreensLedge and Natixis

Brigade co-founder to leave the firm
Brigade Capital Management's co-founder Pat Kelly is leaving the firm, according to market sources