US jitters set in ahead of monthly options expiry
A gap has opened up again in the performance of European credit versus US ahead of this month's CDS options expiries, after a shakier trading session in New York yesterday

CLO pipeline: manager prepares crowning return as primary market gets busy
CLO secondary prices have rallied hard in recent weeks, providing impetus for the new issue deal pipeline to fill up quickly. But one surprise is that Western Asset Management has chosen this moment to return to the primary CLO market, after several years' absence

OC health check: US CLOs show improvement as first euro CLOs breach multiple tests
15 deals reported a breach in an overcollateralisation test last week according to the latest reports available on CLO-i, including one European CLO and 14 US broadly syndicated loan CLOs.

Debut European CLO manager prices triple As 30bp tight of the market
A London-based manager has become the second to debut in Europe this year, following CBAM's Vendome Funding

Global CLO b-wic round-up: US triple Bs edge wider but 2020 bonds trade at a premium
The furious rally that the secondary CLO markets have gone through over the last two weeks was brought a halt by the Federal Reserve’s reminder on Wednesday night that all is still not well with the economy

Värde targets $1 billion for inaugural dedicated credit dislocation fund
Värde is seeking to raise $1 billion for its dislocation and distressed debt fund, according to an investor presentation seen by Creditflux. The firm is targeting a first close this month

Relief rally follows relative value trading on US/Europe credit and tranches
Credit markets look set to end the week on a cautious retracement tighter, after several sessions of heavy reminders the coronavirus crisis is far from over and that sector/geographical selection remains important

Older European CLO warehouses face manager substitution pressure
European CLO managers sitting on older warehouses are facing increasing pressure, with some warehouses seeing a substitution of managers

Sculptor CEO Shafir to step down with CIO taking dual role
Sculptor Capital Management has announced that its chief investment officer will take also take on the role of chief executive officer, effective 1 April 2021

Moody's downgrades one tranche of 2018 European CLO
Moody’s downgraded the class D tranche of a 2018 vintage CLO managed by Man GLG 

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

OC health check: second European 2.0 CLO reports junior OC breach
33 deals reported overcollateralisation (OC) breaches last week in a relatively quiet reporting period.  314 deals are now reporting OC breaches as of the latest report, according to CLO-i.

LP round up: Pimco gets the Disco started as distressed managers win allocations
Insitutional investors allocated just over $1 billion to credit funds last week, according to board documents seen by Creditflux, with special situation funds from Farallon, Pimco and SSG taking the bulk of these commitments

CBAM become's Europe's first debut CLO manager of 2020
CBAM has become the first CLO manager to price its debut European transaction in 2020

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

Euro CLO league tables: fresh faces emerge with new deals
May was a month of fresh faces as three new managers entered the ring for the first time in 2020

CVC prices new CLOs in Europe and US
CVC Credit Partners has priced its first new CLOs post-covid 19 on both sides of the Atlantic - and dragged the US CLO market tighter in the process

Intelsat CDS set for deemed auction today at 100% recovery
Intelsat Investments CDS will be settled today at 100% recovery through a deemed auction, the Determinations Committee has said

BNP Paribas unit holds final close on special opportunities fund of funds
BNP Paribas Capital Partners has held a final close on its European special opportunities fund of debt funds

CBAM readies debut European CLO
CBAM is marketing its first ever venture into the European CLO market with a deal named Vendome Funding. The Eldridge Industries-backed CLO manager is expected to price the transaction this week, via JP Morgan

Patrimonium launches two private debt funds
The Swiss-based direct lender its targeting  €800 million for its second co-investment fund with Credit Suisse and has developed a new credit opportunities strategy

OC health check: some CLOs cure failures, but quarter of US deals still in breach
117 deals failed over-collateralisation tests in the last week, although only 46 of these were deals reporting breaches for the first time, according to the latest reports available on CLO-i

There will surely be jewels in the high yield dung heap, but the risk-reward is more compelling in IG
Whatever the long-term effects of the pandemic, one thing stays the same: IG looks attractive

Negative cash deal becomes first European CLO to fail OC test since sell off
260 US CLOs have failed an over-collateralisation test in the last two months and the first European CLO has breached a junior over-collateralistion since the credit sell off in March

A different kind of crisis
Panellists on Creditflux’s US CLO webinar were positive about the robustness of CLO structures and the role of cure contributions. But they warned about zombie defaults and gaming tests