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Changing issuance patterns, tight mezzanine spreads and investor demand deliver bumper crop of deals
Deal follows Macquarie's acquisition of Spire, which issued previous Aurium CLOs
Pim van Schie, a portfolio manager at Neuberger, discusses rising investor appetite for CLO mezzanine tranches
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Bayer’s sale of its animal health unit ought to help a leveraged loan market where supply is still running short of last year’s total — and help loan investors compensate for M&A deals that have dropped out of this year’s pipeline. -
Cairn Capital will be able to distribute its multi-asset credit offering more widely, through the establishment of a joint UCITS (undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities) fund with its owner Mediobanca.
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Mizuho hires for new CLO role — Boskamp to join Crédit Agricole for corporate DCM — JP Morgan shakes up SSA team
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Mizuho International has hired a euro CLO specialist for a newly created role, one of a number of hires in its global markets team for Europe, the Middle East and Asia following Asif Godall taking over the division in March.
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With the credit cycle in its late stages, issuers have been looking for vehicles well suited to holding lower-rated collateral, giving rise to higher triple-C limits in some broadly syndicated loan (BSL) CLOs. However, a recent Moody’s reports highlights how those higher allowances may not materially increase risks given other deal features that protect investors.
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Sub-investment grade markets are starting to follow high grade in using ESG structures, with a high yield issue from microfinance firm Bayport and a leveraged loan from Spanish telco MasMovil set to show whether the changes will help issuers cut financing costs.
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A wave of first time CLO managers have emerged since the market began its astonishing bull run in 2014. Standout among them has been CBAM, which has built an $11bn CLO platform in less than three years, in part thanks to a lucrative partnership with a storied Kansas life insurance company.
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Theresa May’s statement today that she will step down as leader of the Conservative Party on June 7 has increased the likelihood that the UK will leave the European Union without a deal, meaning capital markets need to prepare for the worst again.
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JP Morgan picks levfin top brass — Ex-Barclays boss turns up at Wells Fargo — Fixed income portfolio manager leaves Mirova.
