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Beneath the triple C: Life could be better, but it’s just a letter, under the CCC
1 year ago
Many market participants were eagerly looking forward to a break in December after a gruelling year, but the rating agencies were in no mood to oblige. -
Beneath the triple C: Winter is coming for CLOs as downgrades outstrip upgrades
1 year ago
Both US and European issuers have felt downward pressure from the rating agencies as we head towards the end of the year, with downgrades to triple C now firmly outpacing upgrades out of it. -
AIG, BlackRock, First Eagle and GoldenTree bring weekly CLO reset volume to $5.9 billion
2 years ago
Four managers capped off a huge week for US CLO reset activity by reworking 2019 deals, bringing weekly reset volume to $5.85 billion across 12 transactions -
Bridgepoint returns to CLO primary market seven months after debut
2 years ago
Bridgepoint has priced its second European CLO, just seven months after debuting in CLO management -
Cairn cruises into CLO market with convertible triple A tranche
3 years ago
The sun emerged (briefly) this week in London and Cairn Capital was out driving a convertible - a convertible CLO tranche that is -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: secondary CLOs rally but dispersion persists
3 years ago
The US CLO secondary market rallied, and spreads compressed last week, but there are still several outliers -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: spreads widen in short week to end manic June
3 years ago
A shortened week brought an end to a manic month of secondary CLO activity. $343.5 million of US CLO and €309 million of European CLO paper was on sale last week, dropping $1.05 billion and €170 million from the previous week -
OC health check: first senior breach in middle market pushes CLO tally to 13
3 years ago
41 CLOs have breached an overcollateralisation test in the last week, according to the latest trustee reports on CLO-i, taking the overall total to 182 -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: sellers flock to secondary market as trade rate hits 71%
4 years ago
The broader market sell-off reached CLOs last week, with investors lining up to list their positions in the CLO secondary market -
CLOs show coronavirus resistance even as bonds and loans suffer
4 years ago
CLO managers are - so far - looking defensively positioned in relation to the coronavirus outbreak, with only two of the five largest portfolio sectors listed as very negative in latest Wells Fargo research. But investor fears have all but closed the loan and bond primary pipeline, while lower rates signalled by the US Federal Reserve could spell a fall in leveraged loan and CLO demand -
GSO completes 12th CLO transaction of 2019 as junior spreads edge wider
4 years ago
It has been, by the firm's own standards, a slow year for the largest CLO manager globally, but nevertheless GSO Capital Partners has completed 12 transactions in 2019 -
Fidelity issues first three-year CLO since June
4 years ago
Fidelity has brought a CLO with a three-year reinvestment period, the first new issue deal with this shorter duration to come to the US market since June -
CVC issues its third 2019 CLO in Europe
4 years ago
CVC Credit Partners joins an exclusive club of managers with its third new European CLO of the year. Like GSO Capital Partners and BlackRock in recent weeks, CVC priced its triple A bonds at 90 basis points -
Capital Four upsizes debut CLO, but capital stack diverges
4 years ago
Triple-A pricing and that of more junior tranches is on a path of divergence, as evidenced by the marketing of debut CLO manager Capital Four Management -
Crescent BDC buys Alcentra BDC in $141.9 million transaction
4 years ago
As part of the deal, the combined business development company will go public and charge lower management fees -
Euro CLO round-up: smaller (and newer) issuers print deals as spreads edge wider
4 years ago
It has been a relatively busy week for the European CLO market after three new deals priced to end a 17- day silence in the primary market. The quiet spell was broken by smaller CLO issuers. -
US CLO round-up: something old, something new, GSAM returns with newcomers too
4 years ago
GSAM is back pricing CLOs after 12 years away, while relative newcomers make swifter re-entries in the CLO market -
Spreads tighten as ICG prices second euro CLO of 2019
4 years ago
Intermediate Capital Group teamed up with Bank of America Merrill Lynch yesterday to price a new issue CLO named St Paul’s CLO XI -
Owl Rock rolls into the CLO market with debut transaction
5 years ago
The CLO market welcomed a new debut manager yesterday as Owl Rock Capital Advisors priced its inaugural transaction named Owl Rock CLO I -
Euro CLO round-up: five deals hit pipeline after BlueMountain keeps up momentum
5 years ago
BlueMountain Fuji CLO Management ended its seven-month absence from the new issue European CLO market and also broke the market’s silence this week. The firm partnered with Deutsche Bank to price its fourth deal in Europe - BlueMountain Fuji Euro CLO IV. -
US CLO round-up: Anchorage keeps primary open as debutants and newcomers fill pipeline
5 years ago
Anchorage Capital shored up the CLO market this week against an untroubled horizon as the sole manager to price a new issue, while TCI Capital Management priced the first refinancing of the year as Creditflux went to press. -
BlueMountain partners with Deutsche Bank to price European CLO
5 years ago
European CLO spreads remain in the high 100s after BlueMountain Fuji Management priced a new issue deal, BlueMountain Fuji CLO IV, with the blended triple As at 109.96 basis points over Euribor -
One CLO manager, two months, three re-issues - TPG prices $488 million deal
6 years ago
TPG Capital is emerging as one of the most active re-issuers of CLOs after pricing its third re-issue transaction in the space of two months -
2011 CLO trades in secondary market as older deals struggle
13 years ago
Business picked up for CLO investors with three CLO b-wics taking place yesterday. But still the ongoing stand off between buyers and sellers in the secondary market was clear to see -
Banks and asset managers look to sell $430 million of CLOs
14 years ago
A flood of CLO bid lists hit the secondary market this week as holders looked to take advantage of the recent run-up in prices to offload mainly triple A and double A paper
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