Investments

Yields on policy-sensitive two-year Treasuries slid three basis points on Wednesday, while those on 10-year bonds were up by about the same amount.

Yields across maturities rose by three to five basis points as volumes picked up in midday Monday trading in New York.

BHI has extended the revolving line of credit agreement with Lendbuzz to $50 million, and Janus' B-BBB Collateralized Loan Obligation ETF has surpassed $1 billion in assets.

Investors are set to start the week scrambling to decide if President Joe Biden's decision to end his reelection campaign and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris increases or decreases Donald Trump's chances of regaining power. 

With the Federal Reserve poised to cut rates as soon as September, investors poured $245 billion overall into active and index mutual funds and exchange-traded funds in the first half of the year, according to Morningstar Direct.

The resilience of the equity market has been underpinned by optimism the economy has withstood the worst of Fed tightening.

Optimism tied to an ebb in inflation was on full display this week in US government debt, with yields across the curve slumping as the data was seen supporting the case for lower borrowing costs as soon as September.

Electronification of trading could fundamentally alter loan and CLO markets.

The Carlyle US CLO 2022-4 transaction closed originally on September 1, 2022.

The U.S. 30-year yield reached the highest level in a month on Monday amid predictions that a Trump presidency would lead to higher inflation.

The loan portfolio has international diversification across industries.

The booming loan and CLO markets could face hurdles unless merger & acquisition activity picks up.

It comes as investors begin to reshuffle their portfolios at the mid-year mark, while traders earlier this week embraced bets on 3 percentage points of cuts over the next nine months.

Traders are now betting that may be enough for the Federal Reserve to start cutting interest rates as soon as September.

The Honolulu bank is raising $165 million through depositary shares, a move that two observers said would help boost its below-average leverage ratio.

The anticipated losses follow a hit to investors in a U.S. CMBS last month. Buyers of the AAA portion of a note backed by the mortgage on a building in midtown Manhattan got less than three-quarters of their original investment back after the loan was sold at a steep discount.

The move was led by the two-year yield, which at one point fell nearly 8 basis points below 4.69% — short of last week's low 4.65%.

KKR is buying CCC loans as they are "purged" from fund managers with less risk appetite. Since so much demand has been sucked out of the market, Sheldon and Reback said they believe some parts of the CCC markets are "oversold."

The $39 billion 10-year note sale was awarded at 4.438%, compared with a yield of 4.458% in pre-auction trading at 1 p.m. New York time, the bidding deadline.

Much of that growth appears to have happened since the beginning of the year. JAAA's AUM was $5.3 billion at the end of 2023, suggesting a 94% increase.