CDOs

Brian T. Yorke's duties will include oversight of a newly launched CLO platform for Ostrum's U.S. advisor affiliate.

The growing debate over CLOs is a key part of fund managers’ efforts to reposition as the Federal Reserve signals its intent to keep interest rates on hold for the foreseeable future.

A court victory in favor of plaintiffs could bring chaos to to capital flow for corporates, LSTA argues

CLO managers are again turning to an old tool, the combo note, to attract more investors for deals’ higher-risk equity stakes.

The carrier, through CLO management affiliate Park Avenue Institutional Investors, is bringing total AUM in senior loans to $1.65 billion.

After a decade of investing in distressed trust-preferred securities CDOs of small and regional banks, Hildene now sees non-distressed CLO equity as an inviting target.

A strong supply of nearly 10 billion euros ($11.2 billion) masks a market that is requiring arrangers and managers to work for less in order to price deals.

Five new-issue deals pricing Thursday pushed monthly primary CLO volume to $13.8 billion, with $43 billion year-to-date now 7% ahead of the new-deal output in the first four months of 2018.

The $505 million Octagon Investment Partners 20-R will close before the assignment of any underlying loans, according to Moody's.

The manager's Sound Point Euro CLO 1 Funding DAC is the only deal so far in 2019 to be issued for a first-time issuer in the EU region.

The initial portfolio for the $601.7 million deal features high exposure to lower-rated single-B loans, though that will likely drop when it is fully ramped.

The transaction is the fourth by the New York-based affiliate of Hayfin Capital Management since its merger with the U.K. asset manager.

Investors who do not consent to proposed changes in the terms of the $655.9 million Magnetite XXII must sell their bonds (at full par) to the money manager.

The New York-based CLO management firm also plans to change its name to reflect its parent firm, Vibrant Capital Partners.

The CLO manager has priced a reissued CLO at spreads signficantly higher than rates paid since a 2017 limited refinancing.

Dryden 36 Senior Loan Fund, originally issued in 2014 and previously refinanced in December 2016, is also being upsized, to $712.9 million.

The $410 million Maranon Loan Funding 2019-1 will be backed by assets initially included in a December 2016 transaction.

Ares' transaction priced at spreads similar to its prior deal in February but wide of its initial 2019 transaction in January; Golub beat the spread of its prior BSL CLO, in February.

These deals offer clear benefits for managers looking to lower funding costs; a survey from JPMorgan indicates investors have their own reasons for liking them.

THL Credit is marketing its first middle-market CLO in a $410.5 million portfolio backed by receivables from its direct-lending originations.