CDOs

Moody's assigned an Aa1 to the Class A notes to be issued by the $215.8 million BFNS 2019-1; that's one notch higher than the comparable tranche of its prior deal.

The $155.7 million secured combo note offering is backed by the full face value of three classes of mezzanine notes plus a majority portion of the residual notes from Oaktree's first CLO of 2019.

The $503.3 million Madison Park XXXIV has a 133-basis-point spread for its $294.5 million Class A-1 loan tranche.

The boutique investment bank will retain a 45% minority stake in its former credit advisors unit, which was renamed and infused with additional capital by its new parent.

The refinancing also extends the reinvestment period of the $410 million Garrison BSL CLO 2016-1 by two years; the deal is non-callable for two years as well.

Gleysteen's return builds on a recent trend of old-school issuers revving up new CLO platforms

The JFSA published a final rule outlining the hoops U.S. CLO managers will have to jump through if Japanese banks are to avoid a higher risk weighting on their holdings; it remains to be seen how much of a burden this will be.

There are six tranches of AAA rated notes, including fixed-rate, some variable rate, and even a rare tranche of AAA rated loans.

Nick Robinson, a 15-year Milbank veteran in advising CLO arrangers, managers and investors, joins as a partner in the New York office of the London-based firm.

PGIM gains a 20 basis-point reduction in the AAA note coupon as it reduces the reinvestment period by six months

Investors appear to be willing to accept lower spreads in exchange for tying their money up for less time; CLO managers may be hoping to refinance when market conditions improve.

After waiting a decade to return to the CLO market, AIG now has taken less than three months to issue a second deal through its new "CLO 2.0" platform.

The $500.25 million Magnetite XXI has a three-year reinvestment period and can be called after just one year; it also priced inside most other deals that came to market in February.

Tobacco-industry loans are rare assets for CLOs, but Sound Point is ensuring none will go into its CLO XII portfolio for the remaining 20-month reinvestment period.

Concerns about risks in the leveraged loan market, as well as the potential impact of new capital rules for Japanese banks, continue to weigh on collateralized loan obligations.

Not every tranche of notes originally issued by ALM XIX has been upsized by the same amount; in fact, some of the lower-rated tranches have been cut in size.

The €400 million RRE 1 Loan Management DAC has a 4.5-year reinvestment period and two-year non-callable period, according to presale reports.

The selloff in the CLO market in the fourth quarter of last year may have caused Eagle Point Credit Co. some short-term pain, but the closed-end investment firm expects to profit from it in the long term.

The partnership with Hallows HalseyPoint to step up the pace of recruitment of analysts and traders and open a warehouse line for loan accumulation by the end of May.

OHA Credit Funding 2 offers nine classes of fixed- and floating-rate notes backed by corporate senior loans, including a rare tranche of single-B rated notes.