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  • CLO managers are hoping to avoid a repeat of the ugly end to 2018, with some credit buyers opting to sit on their hands and wait out what is expected to be a period of thin liquidity and shaky sentiment. Despite a spate of nervousness and some late-cycle behaviour, however, underlying metrics in the market still look mostly sound, according to Steve Vaccaro, chief executive of CIFC, one of the largest CLO issuers.
  • Bank of Ireland has opened a Madrid office for its leveraged and acquisition finance business, to be headed by Beltran Paredes, the former head of Rothschild’s debt advisory business in Spain.
  • Rolf Petermann, a former FIG banker at Société Générale, has been hired by Nomura.
  • Del Canto joins Berman at agora — O'Higgins to retire from ICBC Standard — Miller becomes new IBCM head at Credit Suisse
  • European bank supervisors have switched their approach to excess spread in risk transfer securitizations, paving the way for the stream of full stack capital relief deals issued this year by banks including BNP Paribas and Santander. But questions remain about how the deals handle IFRS 9 accounting, with Santander’s approach potentially boosting principal losses for investors. Owen Sanderson reports.
  • Fitch Ratings has hired a former leveraged finance banker at MUFG to join its EMEA business development team.