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State of New Hampshire's innovative bond gets Ba2 rating
Falling leveraged loan prices promise tantalising returns, but the risk of defaults is rising
Some managers are choosing loans conservatively to avoid losses, but they will struggle to improve returns
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New Mountain Capital is the latest manager to make a first foray into the US CLO market, readying its inaugural broadly syndicated loan deal, according to sources. -
The CLO industry is expected to make an exodus from the Netherlands as managers with deals in the pipeline look to domicile their warehouses in Ireland. This follows a court ruling in the country, where up to a fifth of the market is located, which stings managers for a tax on management fees in a move that could shrink their income and reduce deal volumes. Tom Brown reports
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Barclays has achieved the tightest cost of liabilities this year for its CIFC Euro CLO II, which saw triple-A rated notes priced 2bp inside any other European CLO issued in 2020 at 90bp over three month Euribor.
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Spurred by investors’ reach for yield and the drive to more off-the-run assets, MUFG is taking advantage of its expertise in project finance and CLO structuring, preparing a rare project finance CLO and another backed by aviation assets.
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Digitalisation and its impact on traditional practices was front and centre at a CLOs and leveraged loan event at the SFVegas conference on Monday, where speakers were focused on the advent of digital platforms, what is possible and what is premature.
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The Central American Bank for Economic Integration is hoping to persuade the UK government to join it as a shareholder, holding out the prospect that UK companies building infrastructure in central America might be able to gain preferential funding on attractive terms now enjoyed by Korean firms.
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Golub Capital this week priced its first broadly syndicated loan CLO of 2020.
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A handful of CLOs are poised to benefit from CoStar Group's acquisition of troubled apartment rental listing firm RentPath, which has agreed to be acquired out of bankruptcy for $588m.
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Axa Investment Managers has launched its eighth investment fund focused on investments in significant risk transfer securitizations, citing a growing market as more banks enter the sector.
