CDOs/CLOs

The Carlyle Group priced its fourth collateralized loan obligation of the year Friday, bringing U.S. issuance for the year to date to $62.6 billion, according to Thomson Reuters LPC.

CVC Credit Partners is preparing a $490 million collateralized loan obligation, according to rating agency reports.

Participants at ABS East held forth on value opportunities in securitization and how increases in interest rates, loosening underwriting standards and the debt ceiling stalement ought to inform investor behavior over the short-to-medium term.

CIT Asset Management is preparing a rare sterling-denominated CLO, according to a presale report published by Standard & Poor’s.

ACIS Capital Management is prepping a $849.43 million collateralized loan obligation, according to a presale report from Standard & Poor’s.

Collateralized loan obligation managers and arrangers have long argued that they should not be subject to the requirements to retain “skin in the game” of these deals. CLOs, which are backed by below investment grade corporate loans, didn’t contribute to the financial crisis, the argument goes, and they shouldn’t have to pay the price for it.

Regulators have granted collateralized loan obligations an exception to risk retention rules, but it's a no-go

A nascent private bond market in France is expected to grow significantly over the next two years,

Spreads on triple-A tranches of new CLOs are likely to tighten by 10 to 15 basis points by the end of the year, according to Wells Fargo.

Palmer Square Capital Management has closed on its second collateralized loan obligation in six months.