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Demand is expected to come from Europe, LATAM and Asia
Heavy supply continues to weigh on spread tightening
Bold cuts to capital charges across deals with CMBS and CLOs set to benefit
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York Capital's CLO business has struck a strategic deal with Kennedy Lewis, which will see the manager rebranding to become 'Generate Advisors', and Kennedy Lewis commit $200m of equity to the shelf. -
Sources in the CLO market have expressed doubt over the CLO trading platform known as Project Octopus launched last week by Citi and Bank of America, questioning whether the platform will succeed in expanding to a critical mass with enough other banks involved. However, some active in the nascent electronic trading market, such as KopenTech, welcome the venture as an endorsement of their vision.
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WhiteStar Asset Management, the Texas-based credit manager which sponsors the Trinitas CLO shelf, has opened a London office, appointing Gordon Neilly to run it as executive chairman of WhiteStar Asset Management Europe.
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The CLO market is expected to take a pause after the oversupply of the first months of the year, allowing investors to digest the unprecedented volume of new issue, refi and reset, and giving much needed breathing space to market participants. Managers, sources say, are in less of a rush to lock in tight spreads, as the market is considered healthy and more stable in the medium term.
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The CLO market is putting the pandemic behind it, with equity distributions at almost pre-Covid time and structures back to the standard of early 2020.
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BlueBay Asset Management has hired a portfolio manager to its structured credit and CLO management team, bringing in Tom Mowl from his previous position as senior portfolio manager at Challenger Investment Partners.
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Shenkman Capital has returned to the CLO market after skipping issuance during 2020, pricing a deal named Romark CLO IV through its affiliate Romark Credit Advisors.
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The credit quality of CLOs has strongly improved since April 2020, with default rates and watchlist exposure falling rapidly, Fitch said this week.
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A flurry of deals is expected to hit the CLO market with managers, such as Sculptor, MJX, First Eagle and Carlyle, among others, set to issue new deals or reprice legacy deals.
