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US banks that hold non-Volcker-compliant CLO paper have finalised a set of standardised supplementary documentation and proposed the changes to CLO market participants, in a concerted effort to bring the deals into line with the incoming regulation. But not everyone is convinced that managers will bite. -
CLO managers in the US are finding demand from an ever-broader range of investors. The recent glut of issuance looks set to continue into July, with Neuberger Berman the latest addition to the pipeline. But strong triple-A demand cannot continue forever without large bank investors, so the market is watching Volckerisation efforts closely.
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Blackstone/GSO and Pramerica are vying to take European CLO 2.0 supply over €5bn this year as the asset class continues to exhibit strong performance, with risk appetite pushing up the proportion of cov-lite loans in portfolios.
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US banks that hold non-Volcker-complaint CLO paper have finalised a set of standardised supplementary documentation and proposed the changes to CLO market participants, in a concerted effort to bring the deals into line with the incoming regulation. But not everyone is convinced that managers will bite.
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Citi has combined its structuring groups for credit and residential real estate products, expanding the responsibilities of its head of European CLOs and several directors to reflect the reorganisation.
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US CLO deals have been getting larger in recent weeks, with triple-A demand said to be becoming broader as bank investors look to get back into the market — even as regulators appear to be inflexible on banks’ attempts to Volckerise their legacy CLO holdings. Hedge funds continue to look at leveraged triple-A investments, but the market is split on the magnitude of this activity.
