CLOs

ODF II will focus on originating senior and junior commercial rea estate debt investments across major U.S. markets, focused on multifamily properties.

Signs point to less aggressive uptier LMEs while sponsored borrowers pursue new structures to circumvent restrictions.

Janus brought several innovations to the asset management market, including the asset-backed securities ETF (JABS) and the fixed-rate CLO ETF (JAAA).

The investment bank, which focuses on community banks across the US, launched a new unit, PTUK Limited, last week, according to Eric Brown, president of Performance Trust's institutional group.

The industry expects resilient market conditions and fewer defaults, plus cheaper financing that supports M&A activity and more CLO issuance in 2026.

Aside from employment numbers that are still fluctuating, year-over-year inflation rates could remain persistent, sending Fed base rates north of 3%.

Baby Boomers' annuities purchases continue to fuel banks' lending to collateralized loan obligations, asset-backed securities and special purpose entities.

Dislocation funds seek gains by snapping up beat-up assets of a company whose debt prices have slumped amid market turmoil or because of industry challenges.

The securities will mainly hold dollar-denominated floating-rate loans made to US companies. The unit aims to launch the fund in January.

With borrowing costs near multi-year lows, median equity distributions for the securities reached an annualized rate of 12.1%, the lowest since 2020.

Previously, Kim was a managing director in J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.'s strategic investments group, where she managed a diverse portfolio of fintech investments.

While Anthelion's First Brands exposure is dwarfed by other creditors, the firm's investment speaks to how pervasive the company's debt became across Wall Street before its collapse.

Last week, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon raised the alarm over certain corners of the credit markets might see outsized losses if the economy sours.

The five-part deal's longest portion, an 11-year fixed-to-floating rate note, yields 0.92 percentage point more than Treasuries.

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.

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