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Representatives from the Loan Syndication and Trading Association (LSTA) and the CLO manager community returned from Japan this week following meetings with the Japanese Financial Services Agency, where they made a case for exempting broadly syndicated loan (BSL) CLOs from proposed risk retention rules. -
The CLO market in Europe is off to a solid start for the year, despite the complaints of managers and arrangers alike that conditions are tougher than they have been for years. But look closer, and it seems worryingly narrow, with one investor dominating the top of the capital structure. That might be helping deals get done, but it is far from healthy.
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Apollo Global Management subsidiary Redding Ridge is in the market with its debut euro CLO arranged by BNP Paribas, out with price guidance for the deal on Tuesday.
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Spire Partners launched syndication on Aurium CLO V through Bank of America Merrill Lynch this week, the first euro CLO this year to be priced without an anchor from Norinchukin Bank. The senior notes were printed at 114bp, 6bp wider than the Japanese buyer’s recent commitments.
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A €360.25m CLO from BlueMountain Capital, BlueMountain Fuji Eur CLO IV, was priced on Monday with the senior notes coming in at 108bps over three month Euribor, continuing the run at that level for all new CLOs to be sold so far this year.
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Japanese anchor investor Norinchukin is directing issuers to print new issue euro CLOs within a week, according to market sources, leading to pressure on syndicate desks to place the mezzanine, weaker spreads — and tougher times for equity investors.
