Investments

Natalya Michaels, recently of Artisan Partners, will be a managing director with a focus on marketing, investor relations as well as expanding the firm's investor and product base.

An opening day panel for ABS East focused on the growing number of choices investors have in asset classes and structural options.

Collateralized loan obligations in Europe are running low on fuel, prompting some investors to seek greater protection that may slow the market even further.

Ratings agencies have argued recently that the population of loans whose ratings fall below the lowest single-B rating – the lowest rung above the highly speculative triple-C ratings layers – will grow significantly in an economic downturn.

Modifiable and splittable/combinable tranches are part of a new feature emerging in the CLO market which is intended to partially set off the negative impact to holders of CLO debt associated with the call feature.

CBAM Partners announced the hiring away from AXA Investment Managers an executive with significant experience in the CLO and European debt markets to assist in the launch of its European credit strategies business.

Managers appear to be increasingly safeguarding portfolios from a potential downturn by dumping distressed assets.

The bank started buying more Treasurys and mortgage-backeds over a year ago, long before talk about rate cuts. What did it know that its rivals didn't?

The agencies handed banks a significant victory when they finalized revisions to the Dodd-Frank proprietary trading ban, but officials also plan to re-propose changes to the “covered funds” section of the rule.

The manager will have four years to actively buy and trade loan assets in THL Credit Lake Shore MM CLO II, compared to two in THL's debut deal from March.

Complaints made by legacy shareholders of Freddie Mac have no value after the Treasury Department pumped up Freddie and Fannie Mae through conservatorship.

The $435.5 million Crown Point CLO 8 is a broadly syndicated collateralized loan obligation that has a “significantly below average” WARF of 2678, indicating a portfolio with a greater share of safer leveraged loans than other CLOs.

Assured Guaranty will pay $160 million to buy out majority shareholder Affiliated Managers Group Inc. and the founders. The insurer will also invest an additional $590 million in the firm and its funds.

Newly promoted partner Timothy Milton is co-portfolio manager for the Vibrant CLO platform, while veteran portfolio manager Eduardo Cabral joins as managing director.

Steeper rate declines contributed to a deeper quarterly net loss at Ocwen Financial, forcing it to extend its timeline for returning to profitability.

Wall Street’s push to clean up a $10 trillion corner of the derivatives market is getting poor reviews from an important audience: global financial regulators.

Moody’s said the Fed’s cuts – the first in a decade by the central bank – will boost real estate and consumer ABS collateral by helping lenders uphold underwriting standards and provide affordable debt options to borrowers.

Mr. Cooper Group reported a second-quarter net loss of $87 million as the company took a $231 million fair value hit to its mortgage servicing rights portfolio.

The 14 deals priced the week of July 22 included 10-year deals that have bought 2019 volume to $73 billion, or just shy of the comparable $75 billion mark in 2018, which had record total volume of $129 billion.

Freddie Mac continues to churn out steady financial returns, with the growth in first-time home buyers and credit risk transfers providing the GSE stable footing when a recession comes, according to new CEO David Brickman.