CDOs/CLOs

The $354.9 million Battery Park CLO Ltd. is a broadly syndicated loan portfolio that is the first “CLO 2.0” deal sponsored by Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM).

Revisions to S&P's CLO ratings methadology and Kroll's launch into rating European CLOs could challenge Moody's as the first choice for managers across the pond.

The move to an electronic platform may transform auctions to let investors offload holdings faster. The goal is to fix a part of the market that isn’t functioning as well as it could, says a Citi managing director.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says the agency is closely monitoring leveraged lending risks, but suggests further regulations on banks aren’t warranted.

Most regulators are careful to say a repeat of 2008 is unlikely because investors, rather than the banks they oversee, hold most of the debt.

A Moody's report highlights the regional CLO market differences becoming more crucial to global investors who analysts say want to better discern variances in each market's standards and performance.

The U.S. economy is on solid footing except for one potential trouble spot, according to Bank of America Corp.’s Chief Executive Officer Brian Moynihan: leveraged loans -- a business the bank has dominated for a decade.

KKR is sponsoring its first middle-market CLO transaction stemming from its direct lending partnership established last year with FS Investments, according to presale reports.

Unlike Japan’s three so-called megabanks, which are under strict international capital rules because of their importance to the global financial system, many regional lenders have less stringent requirements, giving them more room to have risk assets on their balance sheets.

One of the most active investors in Europe’s CLO market may be about to test the loyalty of the managers that provide it with triple-A paper by asking for a higher spread.