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The CLO market is still struggling to find equilibrium as the coronavirus pandemic spreads. The Federal Reserve’s expansion of its Term Asset-Backed Securities Lending Facility (TALF) to include CLO paper as eligible collateral was cheered upon announcement last week. But some puzzling limitations to the Fed’s terms will do little to help the market reboot. -
Lazard hires restructuring lawyer — Former GSO MD joins Kennedy Lewis — RBC picks high yield and loan sales head
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Several CLO issuers have been sounding out the European sector in recent days in the hope of issuing a deal, with Permira Debt Managers and Oaktree Capital both said to be marketing transactions.
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Synthetic risk transfer deals from Deutsche Bank, Santander and Standard Chartered have been seen changing hands, as certain credit funds look to free up cash by selling assets that have drastically outperformed equity and junior debt in leveraged loan CLOs. Risk transfer deals are often bilateral and privately negotiated, with little or no public reporting, and usually held to maturity by the specialist funds that buy them.
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US insurer Global Atlantic Financial Group has hired Donald Bobbs as head of credit.
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Former GSO Capital Partners managing director Richard “Dik” Blewitt has joined Kennedy Lewis Investment Management as partner and head of tactical opportunities.
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CLO portfolio manager and leveraged credit veteran Gil Tollinchi will depart investment management firm Pretium Partners at the end of April.
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Apollo Global Management subsidiary Redding Ridge priced a $447m CLO at the end of last week with a shortened reinvestment period, the second manager to reenter the market in less than a week, following nearly a full month of zero new issuance.
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US CLO managers avoided “par burn” in March, but a handful of firms stood out in navigating the volatility, according JP Morgan.
