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Chenavari’s Toro Limited fund, which targets European ABS and invests in the private equity firm’s European CLO business, is accelerating its rotation away from public ABS in favour of higher yielding private transactions. -
New issue CLO volume dropped 32% year over year in 2016, according to Fitch, despite a year end flurry of issuance as the market raced to get deals done ahead of new risk retention rules.
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Third party risk retention funds are looking increasingly attractive to global CLO managers, after the onset of US risk retention rules and potential stiffening of European rules make the CLO business more capital intensive.
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Spreads on triple-A paper from new issue US CLOs are expected to touch the 130bp over Libor area for a deal from Octagon Credit Investors later this month, though observers say the market could tighten further.
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The three month Libor rate topped 1% for the first time since 2009 this month, raising concerns among CLO and leveraged loan players, though most sources say they are confident that credit fundamentals are strong enough to withstand rate related shocks.
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Tight conditions in the European leveraged loan market are proving a boon for borrowers such as private equity houses, but CLO managers, which form a large proportion of the lending base to that market, are starting to feel the pain. CLO equity investors at the bottom of the chain will determine how far the screws can be turned, write David Bell and Max Bower.
