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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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Nomura has hired Florian Bita as the head of CLO origination and syndication for the Americas. -
Moody's expects the supply of euro CLOs in 2019 to match 2018 levels, constrained by leveraged loan issuance, with no near term performance worries. However, the rating agency expects that collateral quality and transaction structures will weaken and notes that the European Central Bank’s guidelines to limit excessive leverage have had little impact.
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The €400m CLO deal, managed by Barings (UK) Limited, is set to price on Friday with spread talk on lower rated tranches indicative of a widening in CLO liability costs potentially pinching equity returns. Meanwhile, Magnetar Capital’s First Citizen Finance is marketing its second auto ABS deal backed by Irish loans.
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Wells Fargo analysts said that the biggest risk for CLOs next year is loan rating downgrades straining the structures, although the bank does not expect an increase in loan defaults despite the rise of late cycle lending behaviour.
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Investment adviser Alexandria Capital is teaming up with credit firm and CLO investor Eagle Point Credit Management to bring CLO investing opportunities to more family offices and high net worth individuals.
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The Special Situations Group at Goldman Sachs has structured private financing vehicles based in Luxembourg, which package up bundles of loans made by the group with an average rating of B/B-. The vehicle will also hold risk retention interests for Goldman-sponsored securitizations.
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Apollo-sponsored RCCH Healthcare Partners made investor-friendly changes to the bonds and loans it sold this week to support its acquisition of LifePoint Health, widening the pricing as well as tightening the covenants in the debt package.
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LibreMax, the securitization-focused hedge fund started by famed crisis-era ABS trader Greg Lippmann, is betting on the continued bull run of the CLO market with the acquisition of Trimaran Advisors.
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Credit Suisse Asset Management increased the size of its latest CLO by over $200m on Thursday, with ICG also pricing a new deal this week to bring year to date volumes in the US to $112bn.
