CLOs

The biggest portion of the transaction, the $290 million of class A-1 bonds rated Aaa, were sold to yield 1.33% more than their Secured Overnight Financing Rate benchmark.

Johnson will be based in New York and joins a business development team focused on originating for Sagard's private credit business.

CLOs offer an alternative to investment-grade and junk corporate bond markets, which are trading at very thin premiums to Treasuries. They bundle leveraged loans into bonds of varying risk and reward, allowing managers to tailor portfolios to specific investors tolerances.

When weighing investments, the CLO equity investor also considers strategies on liability management exercises when considering investments.

The region is poised for growth, given the untapped market potential and deglobalization, which will force greater autonomy from the US and drive increased spending.

Strategically introducing AI bolsters FIS' value added services, and improves clients' scalability and decision-making.

The development bank's finance arm has bundled up exposures in loans it made to 57 companies across regions like Eastern Europe, South America and Asia, in a first for the bank.

Throughout Kolyer's career he innovated securitization structures with commercial real estate and residential mortgages, commercial and consumer receivables.

CLO and ABS issuance continues apace as spreads remain tight

Antitrust prosecutors in New York seek to determine whether investors with an equity stake in the $1.3 trillion CLO market illegally coordinated as the underlying buyout debt was repriced.