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Lower pricing across CLO capital structure does little to improve equity arbitrage
Manager tightens triple-A pricing by 27bp and avoids refinancing some junior mezzanine notes
Spread on triple-A rated notes 4bp wide of recent tights
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The explosion of special purpose acquisition companies (Spacs) may have drawn widespread criticism as evidence of an over-heating equity market but in turn the CLO market has benefited. Spacs have pumped equity into a number of highly leveraged companies, enabling lenders to get their money back. This has allowed CLO managers to enjoy a boost in credit quality, writes Paola Aurisicchio. -
CIFC Asset Management has issued a CLO committing $145,000, alongside other deal parties, as a donation to the non-profit organization Black Girls Code to support racial equality. CIFC Funding 2021-IV is the deal that has inaugurated the 'CLO Initiative for Change,' a philanthropic program that plans to make a contribution to different organizations each year.
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The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) has released its hotly anticipated report on European securitization. But market participants are calling it a missed opportunity, pointing out that it fails to address recommendations made by the High Level Forum on the Capital Markets Union to develop the market.
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Dagmar Kent Kershaw, former head of ICG's credit business, has joined the board of Axa Investment Managers' listed Volta Fund, which invests largely in CLO equity, alongside risk transfer deals, CLO debt and ABS.
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Bank of America has poached a CLO structurer from JP Morgan to add to its CLO team.
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AGL Credit Management has issued a new CLO with ESG language, a $600m deal priced via Bank of America. The manager has committed in deal documents not to invest in certain sectors that do not meet basic requirements.
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Spreads on European CLOs have widened at the top of the ratings stack after two big US investors scaled down their investment and supply rose thanks to a wave of refinancing. With Japanese investors withdrawing from deals at the point they are refinanced adding to the supply and demand imbalance, new supply is being held back, according to several sources.
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Some CLO sources expect increased fears about inflation to enhance demand for CLO liabilities, as investors seek floating rate instruments. But other sources see the market taking a pause as investors assess the broader impact of inflation on fixed income and on relative value with corporate bonds. Sustained inflation could also hurt corporate profitability, and therefore the credit quality of CLO obligors.
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RBC Capital Markets has tapped a CLO director at Citi to lead its CLO structuring desk.
