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The EC’s response is changing widespread and long-standing CLO market practice
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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. -
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.
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A CLO managed by Seix Investment Advisors will be repriced through an applicable margin reset (AMR) this month, with investors set to submit bids in an online auction that will take place on September 29.
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Credit Suisse has teamed up with its biggest shareholder to launch a private credit lending platform, bringing to fruition a plan that been beset by delays and high profile departures.
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Bank analysts have revised their forecasts for new CLO issuance in 2020, pushing forecasts higher compared to earlier this year when markets were first hammered by Covid.
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Credit Suisse has hired Dimitris Papadopoulos as a managing director from Natixis to run origination and syndication of CLOs in EMEA.
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Swissport has been by far the most sold asset in European CLO portfolios since March, with €384m out of a €900m facility traded, according to trustee reports and Bank of America research. Managers exited the loan at an average price of 74. In an agreement reached two weeks ago, all secured debt will convert to equity, with unsecured debt extinguished.
