PIMCO and Fidelity boost investing in CLOs
PIMCO and Fidelity ramp up their buying of CLOs with Fidelity swapping to purchase longer-dated paper

Norinchukin Bank signals potential increase in CLO allocation, according to research
Japan’s Norinchukin Bank has seemingly signalled it could increase its allocations toward CLOs, according to a research report by Deutsche Bank.

Japanese investors and ETFs bid up CLO triple As as US banks cool off
CLOs saw healthy demand from Japan in the first three months of the year, with Japan Post Bank and Norinchukin each increasing investments in the asset class. Japan Post’s CLO holdings stood at JPY2.3 trillion ($17.51 billion) as of 31 March, an increase of $550 million in the quarter and up 32.7% on the year prior. Nochu added $110 million to JPY6.4 trillion ($48.2 billion), or 13% of the bank’s investment portfolio.

CLO market turns international as new investors land
The global CLO market attracted new investors over the first quarter of 2023, according to market sources, while others have moved across the capital stack or into different regions than those to which they have been accustomed

Biggest investors add to CLO holdings — but Japanese banks buy more than US-based rivals
Most of the biggest CLO noteholders in the banking world increased their investments in CLOs in the fourth quarter of 2022, but industry insiders say the momentum in early 2023 has been with Japanese buyers over US domestic institutions

JP Morgan leads bank investors in CLOs with $63.44 billion
JP Morgan was the only big US bank holder of CLO notes to meaningfully increase its investments in the third quarter of 2022, adding $9.84 billion according to latest financial statements

Nochu turns tables after experiencing CLO walkouts
Norinchukin Bank’s retreat from global CLO investing — having agreed to take down the senior notes of several upcoming CLOs — has disappointed market participants. However, although they don’t condone such actions, sources say there were mitigating circumstances

It's Nochu it's me: bank backs out of CLO triple A tranche as it takes sideline
Triple A CLO investor Norinchukin is understood to be taking a pause from investing 

Large US banks shed $8.5 billion of CLOs as others step up
Three of the largest investment bank buyers of CLO paper - Citi, JP Morgan and Wells Fargo - cut their portfolios by a combined $8.5 billion in this this year's second quarter

European CLO market set to reap rewards from Harvest as Nochu returns
Prolific CLO triple A investor Norinchukin is set to make its grand return to European CLOs with the Japanese bank providing anchor triple A investment in Investcorp’s forthcoming new issue

JP Morgan holds place as CLO market's largest noteholder
JP Morgan remained the world's largest CLO noteholder at the end of the first quarter, with $59.69 billion invested in the asset class as of 31 March - an increase of $1.11 billion from year-end

Equity pushes back as Nochu eyes European CLO resets as path to comeback
CLO equity investors are understood to have pushed back against stipulations set by heavyweight CLO triple A investor Norinchukin, as the Japanese bank mulled rolling over into European CLO resets

Nochu returns to CLO new issues after two-year break
Norinchukin Bank made its long-awaited return to the CLO primary market last month, investing in US CLO triple A notes once more

Nochu again: Japanese bank makes tentative return to CLO primary investing
Norinchukin, the world’s largest holder of CLO notes, made a tentative return to primary investing last month

US banks poised to overtake Nochu as largest CLO noteholders by year end
Norinchukin is on track to lose its position as the world's largest CLO noteholder after its portfolio shrank by 33.4% since the start of the year

Norinchukin CLO book sheds $4.5 billion in Q1 as US banks step up
Norinchukin's CLO portfolio shrank by JPY 500 billion ($4.5 billion) in the first quarter, with the 6.76% drop representing its fastest decline on record

Nochu stays on sidelines but hope lingers for return
Reports in the mainstream media last month suggested Japanese heavyweight CLO investor Norinchukin Bank was looking at deals in the market ahead of a return to CLO investments.

Past returns: Nochu lands in Europe
Five years ago in Creditflux, we reported that Norinchukin Bank had made its first investment in a 2.0 European CLO

Correction: JP Morgan shifts bulk of CLO portfolio to held to maturity
JP Morgan has shifted two thirds of its CLO portfolio to the 'held to maturity' part of its balance sheet, posting $31.15 billion worth of CLO holdings on 30 September of which $20.95 billion were held to maturity

Big US banks pull back from CLO primary market to preserve cash
CLO triple As have tightened substantially in recent weeks to tights of 155 basis points in the primary market - but sources say the big US banks that typcially invest in these bonds are not buying

Banks report billions in unrealised CLO losses
Some of the world's largest bank buyers of CLO tranches reported billions of dollars of gross unrealised losses in their their latest quarterly reports

'Nochu covenant' leaves big CLO managers in a trading bind
Stipulations pushed into CLOs by the world’s largest CLO investor Norinchukin to limit its exposure to covenant-lite loans are causing headaches for managers on its approved list hoping to use the dislocation to build par  

Heavyweight investors poised to step up US CLO allocations
CLO issuance in 2020 could be boosted by the return of two of the asset class’s largest historic investors, sources say.

Norinchukin's CLO portfolio decreases for first time in years
Japanese CLO heavyweight Norinchukin posted its financial statements yesterday, where it reported a 1.42% drop from its statements at the end of the second quarter

CLOs' risk to Japanese banks 'subdued' despite ratings and mark-to-market risk, says Bank of Japan
The risk to Japanese banks posed by their investments in CLOs is ‘subdued’, according to the Bank of Japan Financial System Report