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Falling leveraged loan prices promise tantalising returns, but the risk of defaults is rising
Some managers are choosing loans conservatively to avoid losses, but they will struggle to improve returns
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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. -
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.
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DFG Investment Advisers, a $7.3bn alternative credit investment management firm, has changed its name to Vibrant Capital Partners.
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MJX Asset Management has opened up the US CLO market for the new year, with an actively managed deal with five year reinvestment period, the norm for the pre-Covid period. This paves the way for a flurry of CLOs that are expected to pop up in the coming four weeks, sources said.
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Reset and refinancing activity is returning to the European CLO market, after a year of virtual absence, as spreads tightened further in the first week of 2021, especially at the bottom of the capital structure. Partners Group is in the market with a reset of Penta 5, aiming for a sub-100bp print at the top of the capital structure.
