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Major sectors in leveraged loans are trading down, making shrewd credit selection vital
Deal is one of the tightest prints this year and is the second European CLO solely arranged by Mizuho
Debut manager is launching a CLO platform building on leveraged loan market experience
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The bullish sentiment around the European CLO market was on full display this week at the IMN Investors’ Conference on European CLOs and Leveraged Loans in London, with expectations of higher issuance, more investors and US managers seeking more opportunities to issue on the continent. -
Life insurance providers maintained their holdings of securitized products at a steady level last year, but many have rejigged portfolios to target higher yielding, riskier asset classes, a report from Wells Fargo said on Wednesday.
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PGIM Fixed Income announced on Thursday that its co-head of US CLOs would become the firm’s new head of US bank loan portfolio management, upon the retirement of Joe Lemanowicz later this year.
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US fund manager Alexandria Capital is preparing to launch a fund that will invest in alternative assets including CLO equity on behalf of its private wealth and family office clients.
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European CLO spreads have widened following a five week tightening rally, leading to some backtracking of bullish sentiment from triple-A investors at the start of the second quarter, according to a JP Morgan investor survey.
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The second quarter may be slower to pick up for European CLOs, as demand from several big investors softens following three months of brisk issuance.
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Unlike most sectors of US corporate credit, leveraged loans have escaped the volatility of the last couple of weeks. Even a slight cooling in collateralised loan obligations, the market’s biggest investor base, is unlikely to throw this corner of US credit off course just yet, writes David Bell.
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US middle market CLO volumes are running ahead of the levels achieved in what was a record year for the market in 2017, said Wells Fargo on Wednesday.
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A “significant” loosening of underwriting standards in US leveraged finance points to the market being in the late stages of the credit cycle, said Fitch Ratings on Tuesday, but market data show bids are still heating up in the sector.
