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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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Wells Fargo analysts are predicting a decline of up to 20% in US CLO issuance in 2020, as demand for floating rate products wanes and new issue arbitrage poses a challenge for managers. -
Permira Debt Manager’s Credit Solutions II fund, a direct lending fund raised in 2015, underlined the risk of concentration in private debt funds, thanks to a sharp downgrade of the fund’s largest exposure, making up 17% of its assets.
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Direct lending funds have raised more money than ever this year, and are writing ever bigger cheques in the sort of investments usually done by broad syndication. However, in all but a handful of cases, syndicated financing is the better option.
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CIFC, a corporate and structured credit asset manager, has hired two more staff for its European operation, with Anders Samuelsen and Aidan Reynolds joining its investor services team.
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Dutch manager NIBC has printed a new European CLO, North Westerly VI, which raises the bar for ESG standards in the leveraged credit market, with an absolute ban on companies involved in a variety of problematic industries — irrespective of the proportion of their earnings that comes from the activity in question. It has also committed to ESG scoring through the trustee reports, so buyers of the CLO debt can monitor the portfolio’s ethics down the road.
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ING and Rabobank choose markets heads — FIG’s Falth leaves UBS — DZ picks covered bonds boss
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US middle market debt specialist and CLO manager Monroe Capital has hired four staffers to its private credit team in New York and Chicago.
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Collateralised loan obligations (CLOs) are on trial with regulators and central banks around the world, standing accused of being the financial instrument most likely to cause the next financial crisis. The prosecution, however, needs to look at the the facts.
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CLO managers are hoping to avoid a repeat of the ugly end to 2018, with some credit buyers opting to sit on their hands and wait out what is expected to be a period of thin liquidity and shaky sentiment. Despite a spate of nervousness and some late-cycle behaviour, however, underlying metrics in the market still look mostly sound, according to Steve Vaccaro, chief executive of CIFC, one of the largest CLO issuers.
