Latest CLO/CDO news

• Loan downgrades the biggest risk for CLOs in 2019, says Wells

  

  Wells Fargo analysts said that the biggest risk for CLOs next year was loan rating downgrades putting strain on the structures, although the bank is not expecting to see an increase in loan defaults despite the rise of late cycle lending behaviour.

  • 19 Nov 2018

• Eagle Point partners with wealth advisor to bring CLOs to high net worth buyers

  

  Investment adviser Alexandria Capital is teaming up with credit firm and CLO investor Eagle Point Credit Management to bring CLO investing opportunities to more family offices and high net worth individuals.

  • 14 Nov 2018

• Goldman Special Situations Group issues loan-backed notes

  

  The Special Situations Group at Goldman Sachs has structured private financing vehicles based in Luxembourg, which package up bundles of loans made by the group with an average rating of B/B-. The vehicle will also hold risk retention interests for Goldman-sponsored securitizations.

  • 14 Nov 2018

• Apollo widens pricing, tightens covenants on LifePoint buyout debt

  

  Apollo-sponsored RCCH Healthcare Partners made investor-friendly changes to the bonds and loans it sold this week to support its acquisition of LifePoint Health, widening the pricing as well as tightening the covenants in the debt package.

  • 13 Nov 2018

• Securitization hedge fund LibreMax buys CLO manager

  

  LibreMax, the securitization-focused hedge fund started by famed crisis-era ABS trader Greg Lippmann, is betting on the continued bull run of the CLO market with the acquisition of Trimaran Advisors.

  • 12 Nov 2018

• CSAM boosts latest CLO as market hits $112bn

  

  Credit Suisse Asset Management increased the size of its latest CLO by over $200m on Thursday, with ICG also pricing a new deal this week to bring year to date volumes in the US to $112bn.

  • 08 Nov 2018

• Brexit barriers could impact Sonia, says BoE group

  

  The sterling overnight index average (Sonia), the rate chosen to replace sterling Libor by regulators, may suffer from a “bifurcation of… sterling money markets” after Brexit, according to a Bank of England Sonia Oversight Committee.

  • 08 Nov 2018

• Apollo adds CMBS carveout to LifePoint high yield bonds

  

  The high yield bonds being issued to support Apollo’s acquisition of hospital group LifePoint Health include carve-outs that allow the private equity firm to pay itself dividends by securitizing LifePoint’s property and equipment without falling foul of additional debt and restricted payments covenants.

  • 07 Nov 2018

• Kroll hired to rate first CLO transaction

  

  Kroll Bond Rating Agency has won a mandate for its first CLO rating, after hiring staffers from S&P Global and Goldman Sachs earlier this year to break into the booming corner of the securitization market.

  • 07 Nov 2018

• Analysts predict US high yield rebound

  

  Some US high yield analysts have said markets “oversold” last week and are expecting spreads to rebound after they slipped to their widest level in a year.

  • 06 Nov 2018

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