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Manager tightens triple-A pricing by 27bp and avoids refinancing some junior mezzanine notes
Spread on triple-A rated notes 4bp wide of recent tights
Deal will bring fourth major multilateral development bank to the market
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A new deal from Carlyle is the only CLO to have emerged in the primary market so far this week, following just two new deals last week. Spreads have firmed up on the lower supply and better macro backdrop, but with as many as 35-40 deals in pipeline the slowdown might not last long. -
The CLO and leveraged loan markets, despite running at white-hot levels, do not represent the same level of systemic risk to the financial system as the subprime RMBS model did during the last credit cycle, said Bank of America Merrill Lynch analysts on Monday.
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A small flurry of summer deal pricing activity pushed two CLOs and a buy-to-let RMBS transaction over the line on Friday.
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Recent tweaks to the legal provisions and indentures in US CLO documents might increase the potential risks for debt investors, who may not fully appreciate the implication of the changes, according to a Moody’s report on Thursday.
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A raft of CLOs that were issued during a turbulent 2016 are coming back to the market to be reset, and the higher spreads on offer are drawing attention away from brand new deals, according to sources.
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Goldman Sachs as sole arranger announced a new euro CLO from AXA Investment Managers, the €412.7m Adagio VII, on Wednesday but the primary ABS market was noticeably quieter this week.
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Corporate borrowers are being urged to prepare for the phase out of Libor, but loan documents are not yet up to the job of facilitating an orderly switch to a new rate, warned Fitch Ratings on Tuesday.
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BNP Paribas is combining its primary and secondary activities in US credit markets under a new Global Credit Markets Americas division, with a new head of leveraged finance joining from Deutsche Bank to bolster the firm’s offering.
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Houlihan Lokey has formed a new US leveraged loan syndication platform, HL Finance, with HPS Investment Partners working alongside the firm to underwrite and syndicate deals of up to $1bn.
