Investments

The whole business securitization will issue notes through four classes of A, B and C notes, and uses a master trust structure, so it can issue additional classes.

Wary of America's swelling federal budget gap and debt burden, the money manager is part of a wave of investment firms steering away from the longest-dated U.S. government bonds.

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.

The US 10-year term premium — or the extra return investors demand to own longer-term debt instead of a series of shorter ones — has climbed to near 1%, a level last seen in 2014.

Bond yields are shooting up for the second time in as many months. Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller attributes the volatility to concerns about rising national debt levels.

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 alternative-asset manager also sees the risk of a "structurally" weaker dollar as President Donald Trump seeks to reshape global trade. The dollar is about 15% overvalued.

Moody's announced Friday evening it was downgrading the US to Aa1 from Aaa, reinforcing Wall Street's growing worries over the nation's fiscal outlook as Capitol Hill debates even more unfunded tax cuts.

Tariff impact on distressed companies could fuel LME increase

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

Guardian's contribution includes up to $400 million of seed capital that Janus Henderson will invest in securitized credit and active fixed-income product innovation.

The deal can be upsized to $2 billion, and the transaction will repay principal sequentially, growing non-declining enhancement as the notes amortize.

Focus is now on Tuesday's inflation data for any signs of a pickup in price pressures. The report will be the first to show tariff-related costs.

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

Powell said as policymakers look for more clarity on tariff policies, the risks of higher inflation and unemployment have increased due to President Donald Trump's sweeping levies.

The declines on Thursday pushed two- to 10-year yields higher by at least 10 basis points on the day after President Donald Trump urged people to buy stocks based on the latest trade developments.

With the central bank expected to keep its benchmark rate steady at 4.25%-4.50% on Wednesday, traders will be scrutinizing comments by Fed Chair Jerome Powell.

The goal is to address an existing "bottleneck" in financing for small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the defense industry.