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Specialist moves after 18 years in the market
New dangers are making deals harder to do, but pricing for the haves is still tight
Manager refinances 2023 deal, reset in 2024
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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. -
Deutsche Lufthansa deferred the coupon on its hybrid debt, surprising the market and sending the bonds spiralling down almost nine points. The company said the decision came as the coupon payment would have violated state aid rules in relation to Lufthansa’s bail-out from the German government.
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Indonesian multi-finance companies are continuing to favour club loans over syndicated deals, with Federal International Finance becoming the latest firm to use this route for its fundraising. Pan Yue reports.
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CIFC Asset Management has issued a CLO committing $145,000, alongside other deal parties, as a donation to the non-profit organization Black Girls Code to support racial equality. CIFC Funding 2021-IV is the deal that has inaugurated the 'CLO Initiative for Change,' a philanthropic program that plans to make a contribution to different organizations each year.
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Akropolis, which operates shopping centres in the Baltic region, is readying a debut high yield bond issue.
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The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) has released its hotly anticipated report on European securitization. But market participants are calling it a missed opportunity, pointing out that it fails to address recommendations made by the High Level Forum on the Capital Markets Union to develop the market.
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