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Apollo subsidiary Redding Ridge priced a $707m CLO on Friday. The deal is the largest new issue of the year and signals that large deals may be retruning returning to the CLO market after almost disappearing during the Covid-19 pandemic. -
CLO investor Sancus Capital Management became a manager last week when it priced its debut deal. Pacific & Plains Capital, another newly formed CLO business, is also expected to join the list of CLO managers with a first deal on the horizon.
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CLO issuers are flooding to market to refinance Covid-era deals. On Tuesday, American International Group (AIG) Asset Management joined this wave by resetting AIG CLO 2020-1, slashing senior notes by 89bp.
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The former head of US CLO syndication at Deutsche Bank, David Ryan, has been hired by Barclays as director on the CLO syndicate desk in the New York office.
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Market turmoil over the last year is encouraging more CLO managers to hone their technological tools to build better portfolios and to navigate future stress in markets. AllianceBernstein closed its second ever BSL CLO in May and says the success of its programme can be attributed to a series of technological instruments it uses to analyse its portfolio.
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Some European CLO issuers have been sitting on the sidelines of the new issue market waiting for financing conditions at the top of the stack to tighten in order to make deals more economically attractive. However, the huge supply of refinanced and reset CLOs continues to push spreads even wider, meaning that managers may have to bite the bullet and issue deals at levels they may not entirely be comfortable with.
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Eagle Point Credit Management, a specialist asset manager focused on investing in CLO securities, has hired Nate Morse as its new head corporate trader.
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Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM) and Ares Management re-priced 2017 vintage CLOs on Friday, slashing their cost of financing.
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The UK is reforming its treatment of special purpose vehicles in an attempt to make itself appear more business-friendly. However, in its attempts to open up the asset class, regulators could inadvertently tie up the market in red tape, as shown by its recent consultation over the possibility of including shares in ABS collateral.
