CLOs

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.

The collateral is a portfolio of well-diversified, primarily senior secured leveraged European loans and bonds.

Managers of collateralized loan obligations are struggling to make the numbers work after high demand from investors enabled borrowers to squeeze their interest margins.

The proceeds will finance the portfolio, which trades in the primary and secondary loan markets.

The CLO will include a $500 million portfolio of first-lien senior secured leveraged loans.

Last October's structural reorganization prepped the firm for this year's volatility.

Despite market volatility, market execs say, CLOs may see another year of record issuance

Citigroup Inc. is structuring the so-called collateralized fund obligation, which will include both debt and equity portions.

1988 Asset Management has priced and closed $2.5 billion in CLOs in the U.S., and the partnership expects to issue CLOs regularly in Europe.

The strategy, which focuses on non-bank lending to sectors such as residential mortgages, credit cards and auto loans, has been a key plank of the bond giant's push into private lending.

Early signs are emerging that Trump-induced dollar volatility, inflated Treasury yields and fears about the country's debt burden are fueling a gradual reweighting toward the Old Continent.

The market for estate loans packaged into debt slowed dramatically after the Federal Reserve sharply raised interest rates in 2022.

Industry diversification and strong borrower financials bode well for CLO prospects in uncertain times.