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Leveraged loan liquidity in the European market has improved this year, with two-way flows resuming rapidly after the spring nadir of the Covid-19 crisis, and sufficient market depth to shift large portfolios. CLO managers are taking advantage, speeding up their time to market and time to ramp deals.
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Spreads on triple-A CLO bonds have tightened to a new Covid-era low, with Oak Hill Advisors pricing a $458m deal at 125bp over three month Libor. -
A gap in tranche performance has opened up between the secondary and primary market for triple-A rated CLO notes in euros, after rapid selling of double-B and triple-B rated notes forced spread compression off the back of worsening macro conditions and end-of-quarter capital requirements.
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Market stress and a jump in loan defaults as a result of the pandemic is causing a resurgence of a deal feature meant to protect CLO vehicles from shouldering an additional tax burden during the workout process of a soured loan.
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BNP Paribas has announced Harvest CLO XXV for Investcorp Credit Management, the second post-Covid CLO issue for the manager. Though its 45% ramping is lower than usual for a new CLO, this allowed the manager to build the portfolio from August, in full knowledge of second quarter figures for the underlying companies.
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The CLO market is expected to enter a frenzied period of deal activity heading into the fourth quarter, as managers look to get deals done in the narrow window before the US presidential election on November 3.
