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Borrowers take advantage of robust CLO demand to tighten leveraged loan pricing
New realm for ex-Natixis banker, as HSBC Innovation Bank hires
Manager reset the deal for the second time as the end of its reinvestment period approached
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Credit Suisse Asset Management has closed its first CLO equity focused fund, raising $265m from investors. -
Citi arranged the reset last week of a $503.9m CLO managed by Elmwood Asset Management, extending the deal with a new five year reinvestment period as CLOs slowly return to pre-Covid format.
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The quest for yield has reawakened the market for an unusual form of CLO that pools both leveraged loans and high yield bonds to form a hybrid product. The structure has reappeared despite volatility in credit markets caused by the coronavirus crisis, with issuance escalating recently and set to rise as more CLO managers try to take advantage of opportunities — not just in loans but also the $1.2tr high yield bond market, writes Paola Aurisicchio.
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November’s US election and regulatory issues are major concerns for the US CLO market, together with another possible wave of defaults in leveraged loans, the SEC has said.
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Tightening spreads on triple-A rated CLO tranches has prompted a wave of refinancings and resets of fixed rate tranches over the last two weeks. Market sources expect the trend to continue as CLO managers look to save on costs.
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Z Capital Group has expanded its credit team with the addition of Egidio Carlino as director and Jordan Shrem as senior associate.
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Spreads on primary triple-A rated CLO paper moved tighter with the latest deal from CVC Credit Partners, priced on Friday, as managers look to get deals done in the narrow window before the US presidential election on November 3.
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CLO managers took different approaches to deal with a primary market last week in which prices softened all the way down the capital structure from the tights of late September. One manager, PGIM, even opted not to issue single-B rated notes, using a delayed draw structure instead.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission in a report published this week said the agency recognized that the CLO market has fared reasonably well through the crisis, but warned that “disruption brought on by the COVID-19 economic shock is still ongoing" and that their outlook could change.
