Cut! Cineworld’s cancelled merger boosts CLO OCs
Investors in Cineworld’s $1.9 billion term loan breathed a sigh of relief in July after the UK cinema chain cancelled its merger with Canadian firm Cineplex, with holders repaid in full, according to market sources

Global CLO b-wic round-up: spreads widen in short week to end manic June
A shortened week brought an end to a manic month of secondary CLO activity. $343.5 million of US CLO and €309 million of European CLO paper was on sale last week, dropping $1.05 billion and €170 million from the previous week

US triple A spreads hit 160bp as GSO prices second post-covid CLO
Triple A spreads on new issue US CLOs have further tightened to 160 basis points

CLO pipeline: marathon runners and sprinters join the race
Five new CLOs priced last week, four of which were US issues and one European, but they have been ably replaced in the pipeline, with a handful of managers looking to strike while the CLO market is still hot

CLO double Bs on sale as sub-investment grade rally fizzles out
After more than a month of rapid tightening, CLO double Bs trended wider last week by roughly 60 basis points, as the market for these sub-investment grade tranches stabilises in the mid-800s

Beneath the triple C: downgrade rate slows as $8 billion of CLO loans tumble
May offered some respite to CLO portfolios as corporate downgrades to triple C were reduced heavily - affecting just $6.67 billion of US CLO paper and €1.09 billion of European CLO portfolios

Global CLO b-wic round-up: double Bs lead the way as rally endures and drags equity with it
The CLO secondary market continued its hard rally last week as prices rose across the whole asset class with double B rated CLO bonds leading the charge tighter

Global CLO league tables - May 2020 YTD
Global CLO league tables - May 2020 YTD

CLO double Bs go on late night b-wic as spreads tighten sharply
Investors are piling into junior US CLO tranches as traders begin to see economic recovery following the pandemic

Early March European CLO makes it through the sell off with 5.4% risk retention
One of the last European CLOs to price before the primary market shut down in March has disclosed the fair value of its notes post-closing, which shows that it has a reasonable 38 basis point cushion against risk retention deficiency

Akorn falls into bankruptcy with $321 million planted in CLOs
CLOs hold $321.3 million of specialty pharmaceutical company Akorn’s debt, according to the latest trustee reports from CLO-I, with the firm having filed for chapter 11 protection in the US District Court for the District of Delaware yesterday

US CLO league tables: coronavirus brings changes in approach and new top manager
Amid a big slump in CLO primary issuance, new deals have taken focus and there are some notable changes at the top of the league tables

Who’s got the moves US: oil and gas leads renaissance for US CLO managers
The US leveraged loan market has held steady over the last two weeks. After rising to just below 87 of par in mid-April, the S&P LSTA US Leveraged Loan index closed at 85.75 to start this week

Credit pickers need luck to avoid OC trap

Global CLO b-wic round-up: spreads tighten across the board as bond-flex CLOs trade well
Price levels have tightened and, more importantly, stabilised across the secondary CLO market over the last two weeks, but the Easter break led to a drop off in CLO b-wic supply

Senior CLO investment officials leaves GSO for Kennedy Lewis
CLO tranche investor Dik Blewitt has parted ways with GSO Capital Partners, landing a job as partner and 'head of tactical opportunities' at Kennedy Lewis Investment Management

Global CLO b-wic round-up: $8 billion of US CLOs listed in record-breaking March
Last week brought an end to the busiest month in both the US and European CLO secondary markets since at least 2014. $7.7 billion of US CLO paper was on sale in March with a further €1.8 billion of European CLO bonds available, bringing the total listed in Q1 to $13.9 billion and €3.6 billion

Benchmark European 2020 CLO trades 11 points down in secondary
A senior European CLO investor has flipped €21.9 million worth of notes onto the secondary market, selling eight of nine line items via a b-wic, sources say. Meanwhile, US CLO trading switched from being investment grade focused over the last month to being centred on below IG tranches yesterday: IG volumes reached $574 million versus $926 million for lower rated tranches

GSO out the gate with first new issue CLO post-covid 19 crash
GSO Capital Partners today became the first manager to issue a CLO following the coronavirus-triggered financial crash

US CLO issuers get pricing signals as triple As trade in secondary at 375bp
Would-be US CLO issuers were given an indication of pricing levels yesterday after a CLO that turns static in July hit the secondary market

PGIM revives CLO plan with switch to static transaction
The CLO market has been on hold for three weeks due to coronavirus-induced volatility, but experienced CLO managers are attempting to revive the primary pipeline via a static format

GSO close to pricing static US CLO after buying $428 million of secondary loans
A CLO primary pipeline is starting to re-emerge following the March sell-off, with GSO Capital Partners marketing a static $463.5 million CLO to investors via Citi

We’ve survived before, we can do so again
$7.8 billion of CLO collateral, split evenly between the US and Europe, is in the loans that have fallen fastest in the past month. But short term CLO pain will bring opportunities for building par

CLO pipeline: down but not out, as deals find new ways to limp forward
Deepening credit instability has taken a toll on CLO appetite, but there is still life in the primary market

Junior US CLO tranches outshine European CLOs as GSO makes it a double
GSO Capital Partners has achieved the feat of becoming the only CLO manager to issue deals on both sides of the Atlantic amid the coronavirus-induced market selloff