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Brian Good, a veteran of leveraged finance investing and a key figure in implementing ESG factors in investing process, is set to leave First Eagle Alternative Credit in early January, according to people familiar with the matter. Good will remain an ESG consultant at the Boston-based credit manager.
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Sculptor Capital Management has promoted managing director Josh Eisenberger to co-head of its US CLO team, overseeing portfolio management and credit underwriting, according to people familiar with the matter. Eisenberger will work alongside Peter Polanskyj, co-head of the US CLO team with a focus on structuring and origination.
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Golub Capital Partners has priced its second CLO eligible for funding under the Term Asset-backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF), a programme established by the US Federal Reserve after the Covid-19 crisis first hit. TALF expires at the end of the year, and will only have been accessed by Golub.
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CIFC Asset Management has priced the tightest post-Covid CLO with five-year reinvestment period, a deal which also includes the new more flexible language to allow managers to preserve value in distressed situations.
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Moody’s has put 188 CLO tranches issued by 114 US CLOs on review for possible upgrade, following a change in how its CLO methodology treats leveraged loans on negative watch. But the shift will make it harder to analyse CLO quality, as weighted average ratings will be dispersed more widely and documentation differences will become more important.
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CLO managers are seeking more influence on the outcome of restructurings, baking additional flexibility into deal documents to avoid being blindsided by more flexible distressed debt funds better equipped to extract value from corporate restructuring negotiations. New CLOs are adding extra space for loss mitigation loans while older deals are seeking investor consent amend their docs.
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Hayfin Capital Management returned to the US CLO market with a new issue after its first American transaction in June 2019. CLO supply is expected to be strong into year-end, with another 13 deals at least to be priced before Christmas.
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The Fire and Police Pension Association of Colorado (FPPA) had never made a proper allocation to the CLO market before this year. In November, the board of directors of the pension fund approved a $70m commitment to a CLO debt strategy, despite the turmoil which had engulfed the asset class through the Covid-19 crisis earlier this year. Ben Bronson, director of liquid strategies at the fund, talked to GlobalCapital, about the new allocation.
