CDOs

Risk retention rules that Japan's Financial Services Agency has proposed for securitizations may not apply to U.S. collateralized loan obligations after all, according to the LSTA.

Guggenheim, Carlyle Group, Credit Suisse and Blackstone have launched four deals totaling €1.74 billion, all with AAA spreads of at least 100 basis points over Euribor.

Cadogan Square CLO XIII DAC will be Credit Suisse Asset Management's fourth euro-denominated CLO issued in the past 12 months.

That's significantly wider than 121 basis points average for new CLOs backed by broadly syndicated loans that were issued in December.

GoldenTree's $757 million CLO is the first deal seeking to price in the 2019 primary market, while Octagon Credit Investors is refinancing a $791.5M, 2014-vintage CLO (for a second time).

The Japan Financial Services Agency is considering increasing capital requirements for holdings of securitizations if the sponsors do not have "skin in game."

A few took advantage of deep discounts to scoop up collateral for new deals on the cheap; others swapped out some of their weakest credits for more highly rated loans.

Z Capital's $350M CLO can hold up to 50% of its assets in risky triple-C rated assets, giving it a wide cushion to bulk up on the growing supply of single-B loans near the CCC-rating threshold.

The market has not seen a prolonged period of widening spreads since an eight-month period before early 2016, which was the launching point for a nearly two-year run of AAA spread narrowing.

The global asset manager is sponsoring its first post-crisis CLO in a €409.8 million transaction that priced through Barclays on Monday.