CDOs/CLOs

Collateralized loan obligations denominated in pounds sterling were once a tough sell; two recent deals from Barclays and PGIM indicate that this is changing.

The credit arm of the $24 billion asset H.I.G. Capital is marketing a $458.1 million BSL CLO, its first deal since April 2015.

The $408.4M Anchorage Capital CLO 2018-10 adds to the $5.2B-asset manager's 2018 tally of three re-issues and a refinancing — not to mention a debut European CLO.

The percentage of CCC "buckets" in CLOs increased in the second quarter and they are now at levels similar to 2016, when managers struggled with concentrations of troubled energy-sector assets.

The first two transactions were initiated in March, just a few days before skin-in-the-game rules were lifted for this asset class; this time, the CLO manager is not exactly sticking its neck out.

Jeff Weinstein and Patrick Lampe join from the Chicago office of Sidley Austin; Morgan Lewis partner Philip Russell is relocating from the firm’s New York office.

DFG Investment Advisers, led by former Goldman and HVB Group veterans, will exceed $4.2B in CLO assets under management with the latest deal.

The $502 million Diamond CLO represents the first securitization of small/medium enterprise loans since Blackstone in the second quarter relaunched a direct lending business.

Once refinanced, the $406 million Park Avenue Institutional Advisors CLO 2016-1 will be non-callable for two years and can be actively managed for up to five years.

The $449.2 million Carlyle Direct Lending CLO 2015-1R is the 11th deal the global alternative asset manager has refinanced this year.