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The middle market CLO segment is slowly regaining momentum, with more managers coming back to the market to take advantage of tighter spreads and a clearer picture of the financial impact of coronavirus on middle market companies. -
A common feature of the US CLO market known as the loss mitigation loan has begun to make its way into European deals for the first time, continuing the trend of European managers borrowing features from US peers to deal with the effects of the Covid-19 crisis.
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Credit Suisse Asset Management has closed its first CLO equity focused fund, raising $265m from investors.
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Citi arranged the reset last week of a $503.9m CLO managed by Elmwood Asset Management, extending the deal with a new five year reinvestment period as CLOs slowly return to pre-Covid format.
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The quest for yield has reawakened the market for an unusual form of CLO that pools both leveraged loans and high yield bonds to form a hybrid product. The structure has reappeared despite volatility in credit markets caused by the coronavirus crisis, with issuance escalating recently and set to rise as more CLO managers try to take advantage of opportunities — not just in loans but also the $1.2tr high yield bond market, writes Paola Aurisicchio.
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November’s US election and regulatory issues are major concerns for the US CLO market, together with another possible wave of defaults in leveraged loans, the SEC has said.
