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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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As capital pours into leveraged loans and private credit, direct lending platforms are mounting a defence of covenant protections in smaller sized deals to protect recoveries in the next downturn. -
Peter Melichar, a veteran CLO banker, has joined GreensLedge Capital Markets in London.
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Balanced, buoyant, fragile, resilient? The divergence of views on show during a panel discussion on CLOs in Miami on Monday revealed a market that is enjoying record volumes, but is also facing a range of challenges such as more complex documentation, riskier loans, spikes in refinancing activity and the evergreen issue of a lack of triple-A buyers.
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CLO managers have long highlighted their ability to generate investor returns by actively managing their portfolios during market downturns, but that may be harder to do during the next slump because of deteriorating loan underwriting, said panellists at IMN’s ABS East conference on Sunday.
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A booming securitization market and a last minute pop in registrations will bring nearly 5,000 ABS market pros to Miami Beach for this year’s ABS East conference, as attendees look to get the pulse of an aging credit cycle and an outlook on what to expect as the market nears its peak.
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US investors have scrambled for the bonds and loans backing leveraged buyouts of Thomson Reuters’ Financial & Risk business and Dutch chemical company AkzoNobel, with pricing coming tighter than initial thoughts despite aggressive covenant packages.
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Scott Snell, former co-head of BlackRock’s US CLO business, has joined Tetragon Credit Income (TCIP) as a CLO portfolio manager, with the firm planning to expand the range of its investments in CLOs.
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The Federal Reserve Bank of New York said on Tuesday it had completed the sale of the remaining securities in the $30bn Maiden Lane LLC portfolio of mortgage securities it bought to facilitate JP Morgan’s acquisition of Bear Stearns in March 2008.
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The US CLO market is on track to match and possibly exceed last year’s record volumes for new issue deals, according to JP Morgan on Monday, but the bank has raised its forecast for refinancing and reset transactions as more managers look to boost equity returns in a tight loan market.
