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Lower pricing across CLO capital structure does little to improve equity arbitrage
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
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Green securitization is firmly on the menu as part of the European Union's push for sustainable investment. But one corner of the market is proving slow to change, despite taking baby steps in that direction. -
Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM) has priced the largest CLO in the past two years, a $850m transaction with a three year reinvestment period called Madison Park Funding XLVIII.
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Anchorage Capital has mandated Goldman Sachs for its fourth European CLO, a €411.1m transaction offering eight tranches including minority equity.
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Financing for Carlyle’s purchase of Flender, a turbine gearbox manufacturer, could set a precedent for leveraged finance, which has lagged behind other debt markets in adopting instruments linked to environmental, social and governance conditions. Other issuers are sure to follow, but the market may have to solve other challenges before this can become a market standard.
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Seix Investment Advisors has successfully refinanced a CLO using an applicable margin reset (AMR) auction, slashing senior debt costs by 37bp.
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Fidelity International has hired a team of 10 private credit specialists from MeDirect Bank, in its first foray into European private debt.
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Natixis promotes DCM bankers — Powell quits IFAD job — NatWest Markets makes Peberdy, Donaldson and Manwaring's positions permanent
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The first CLO to comply with both diverging regimes in the UK and the EU has closed, marking a post-Brexit point of no return for the securitization market.
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This year looks likely to set records for CLO resets and refinancings, as managers call deals priced since the coronavirus pandemic began with wide spreads and expensive capital structures. Tightening spreads have also brought some 2018 and 2019 deals into refi or repricing territory, setting up a record year with as much as $78bn in refinancing and $115bn in resets, according to estimates from Deutsche Bank. Paola Aurisicchio reports.
