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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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A CLO reset caught in the crossfire while fourth quarter rates volatility ushered havoc into fixed income markets has at last been refinanced via arranger Natixis, which priced the deal earlier in the week. -
In an analysis of CLO managers’ holdings of distressed loans since the financial crisis, a team of analysts at JP Morgan found that Voya and KKR were the top managers for selling loans that later became distressed at the highest spread versus their eventual recovery price.
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S&P Global Ratings has announced that it intends to recalibrate its CLO ratings tools to better account for years of performance data that show the firm’s models predicted more defaults than have occurred across CLO and CDO asset classes.
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A study released by Fitch Ratings on Thursday showed that first-lien leverage ratios rose by a half-multiple between 2017 and 2018, a factor which the ratings agency said would reduce recovery rates in the event of a distress scenario.
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European leveraged finance loan investors are undersupplied. But this is unlikely to last for too long, as several buyouts are making their way towards the market. Banks are lining up financings to support auctions for Nestlé Skin Health, VFS Global and Elior Concessions, while the takeovers of Scout24 and RPC are nearing.
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Barclays on Monday priced a reset for a 2012 CLO managed by Carlyle Group, extending the deal with a new five year reinvestment period and stated maturity of 2032.
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US asset manager LibreMax is teaming up with investment management firm TowerBrook to form a fund that will invest in equity tranches of deals issued by LibreMax’s CLO platform Trimaran, a firm it acquired in December 2018.
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New leveraged lending dropped in every category from figures in the same period of last year, according to data published through the Loan Syndication and Trading Association (LSTA) at the end of last week.
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Axa Investment Management’s Volta Finance fund cut its euro CLO debt exposure to zero over the six months to the end of January, while boosting its buying of CLO equity tranches, hoping to benefit from reinvesting during a period of loan market dislocation.
