Investments

Instead of ordinary coupons, investors will receive semi-annual coupon payments linked to these VCUs. The outcome-based bond follows a rhino bond issued by the World Bank last year, which rewards investors more if the population of the animals grows.

The deal's total leverage is 11.25%, subordination is 13.14%, it has a WA cost of debt of 2.35%, and a WA spread of 3.49%, excluding floors.

Regulators saved lenders from a proliferation of banking issues in response to Silicon Valley Bank's collapse—and cemented the virtues of the borrow-lend strategy of CLOs.

The U.S. 30-year yield rose to the highest level since November, joining the rest of the Treasury market in offering a return of at least 4% after labor-market data.

The government-sponsored enterprises will likely have their mainstay bonds exempted from the potential securitization-related rule, but their credit-risk transfers could be subject to it, some experts say.

Traders in the hyper-liquid world of ETFs ditched equities and corporate bonds and headed for the safety of government debt as yields broke out anew.

The bond market faces a bigger threat than recent rate hikes: the notion that rates will stay elevated even after the U.S. central bank's inflation fight is all over.

Investors offloaded $12.6 billion of Treasuries last year, but that figure was dwarfed by a record $121.8 billion purchase of U.S. agency debt, higher-yielding securities.

The move to shutter the lines of credit for future collateralized loan obligations — so-called warehouses — comes as BirchLane winds down and returns cash to its investors.

Lenders and borrowers have just a few months to negotiate how they're going to ditch the disgraced Libor benchmark in the leveraged loan market, and time is of the essence.

Martin Silver, 65, pleaded guilty in April, admitting that he conspired to defraud investors by overvaluing distressed loans and creating bogus documents and fake loans to hide losses.

Healthcare companies used to be some of the safest to lend to during economic downturns, until private equity firms bought them out and larded them with debt.

The North Carolina bank's new financing program will allow electric car buyers to include the cost of an at-home charging station in their auto loan.

The structured finance specialist sees opportunities to expand the CLO investor base with the product, as the CLO-driven funds win over other sponsors.

With the addition of AIG's CLOs, Blackstone will have around $51 billion of such assets under management, just edging past Carlyle Group Inc.

Monroe Capital's latest benchmarked the most senior class of notes to the SOFR, while the rest of the deal is fixed rate.

Distressed debt in the US alone jumped more than 300% in 12 months, high-yield issuance is much more challenging in Europe and leverage ratios have reached a record by some measures.

The middle-market manager's diverse funding sources provide extra dry powder amid industry headwinds, and a head start to 2023 as CLO arbitrage improves.

Many of the biggest buyers of leveraged loans are facing pressure to cut back on their purchases as they run out of time to reinvest their money.

The strains are largely linked to aggressive rate increases by the Federal Reserve and central banks around the world, which have dramatically changed the landscape for lending.