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U.S. Treasuries plunged on Friday after data showed the labor market grew in December, sending the 30-year bond's yield above 5% for the first time in more than a year.

The fund's managers are hoping to replicate the success of their US-focused ETF, which has amassed $17.2 billion in assets under management in less than five years.

Classes A through E, do not allow for payment-in-kind, which allows borrowers to use assets other than cash—such as equity or shares—to make interest payments.

In the US, the 10-year Treasury yield rose as high as 4.73% Wednesday, pushing it toward the 5% peak hit in October 2023, before pulling back down.

The bank has promoted Steve Baker to global head of CLO primary. George Blair will become head of US CLO structuring.

The banking giant's exit from the global Net-Zero Banking Alliance leaves just three smaller U.S. banks in the group. Climate activists called large banks' departures a capitulation to Republicans' climate denialism.

It was propelled in part by supply pressure, as demand was soft for the first of three Treasury auctions this week and as a slew of high-grade corporate bond offerings competed for investor cash.

Uncompleted trades involving the 20-year Treasury exceeded $21 billion in the week ended December 25 ... the second-highest amount in the history of the tenor.

CLO market strength likely to continue in 2025 if the U.S. economic soft landing remains on track.

Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs have also withdrawn from the Net-Zero Banking Alliance in the past month, as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office.

Overall CLO growth indicates the asset going mainstream in Europe

The overall price drop was offset by interest payments, allowing a broad gauge of the Treasury market to post a gain of about 0.7% this year through Dec. 30.

Treasury was notified on Dec. 8 by a third-party software provider that a hacker had gained access "to a key used by the vendor to secure a cloud-based service."

Treasury yields remain near the upper end of their trading range for this year given the limited outlook for further interest rate cuts, along with concerns that rates will remain elevated because of the potentially inflationary policies being proposed by President-elect Donald Trump.

Investors have been demanding additional yield compensation, or term premium, for long-term Treasuries amid signs of sticky inflation.

Analysts are unsure what the Federal Open Market Committee will do with monetary policy in 2025. The panel projects two rate cuts, but some analysts expect more, and others see fewer.

The overlooked segment offers a premium over AAAs backed by significant subordination, the firm says.

The $300 million offering marks private-market-specialist StepStone's inaugural middle market CLO.

Deal finds lower pricing and adds a new class of AAA notes.

The fund will invest in the riskiest tranches of bonds backed by leveraged loans.