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A CLO structurer has left Morgan Stanley to join HPS Investment Partners as a vice-president. -
The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has launched a series of surveys ‘to understand the potential conflicts of interest and misaligned incentives among participants in the leveraged loan and CLO markets’, inviting bank lenders, CLO investors, loan sponsors, and CLO managers to give them feedback.
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Harbor Group International has closed its debut CLO backed by commercial real estate loans. A surge of CRE CLO deals are expected this year as issuers securitize a backlog of loans originated before the Covid-19 outbreak.
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Partners Group is marketing Penta CLO 9, a new CLO with a score related to environmental, sustainable and governance factors, following three similar transactions. But market participants question whether ESG scores are likely to turn the CLO market green.
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Alcentra, the alternative fixed income investor owned by BNY Mellon, has raised $484m in its fourth structured credit opportunities fund.
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The explosion of special purpose acquisition companies (Spacs) may have drawn widespread criticism as evidence of an over-heating equity market but in turn the CLO market has benefited. Spacs have pumped equity into a number of highly leveraged companies, enabling lenders to get their money back. This has allowed CLO managers to enjoy a boost in credit quality, writes Paola Aurisicchio.
