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Be-Spoke one week away from pricing breakthrough SME CLO
Be-spoke Capital has moved a step closer to pricing its SME loan securitisation, with price talk emerging for the forthcoming Alhambra SME Funding 2019-1

Man hires real estate loan specialist from JP Morgan
Man Group has hired an investment director to its European private debt team

CLO supply set for double-digit drop in 2020, says JP Morgan
US CLO supply in 2020 will be as much as 20% down on 2019, while European issuance will fall 13% year-on-year, predict JP Morgan strategists in a research note. Even so, new CLOs should still outpace existing deal paydowns, as well as high yield primary market net new issuance

Reality bites after credit traders abandon Brexit hedges
Rediscovered faith in the ability of the UK and European Union to reach an agreement before the 31 October Brexit deadline has helped fuel a surge tighter of credit spreads, led by UK financial names. But that break with caution faces an immediate reality check today, following admissions a lot more work is needed

CLO pipeline: newcomers look to impress at debutante ball
The pace of CLO issuance accelerates with each passing week, with debutantes lining up to join more prolific managers as Europe builds momentum and the US floodgates open 

MacKay Shields prices first ever euro CLO
The European CLO market welcomed another new manager on Friday as MacKay Shields issued its first ever deal via JP Morgan

Two managers market their first ever European CLOs
Two CLO managers are in the process of marketing their inaugural European CLOs to investors, according to market sources

Go long CLO triple-A and pick cash bonds over CDS, says JP Morgan
Going long European CLO triple A paper remains one of JP Morgan strategists’ favourite trades following the European Central Bank stimulus announcement last week, despite these tranches having rallied 14bp on average since the bank first backed them. They also predict cash credit to outperform CDS

Euro CLO league tables: back to earth in tandem as issuance nosedives
August brought just €1.12 billion of issuance in the European CLO market across two refinancings and one reset, the quietest month since January when only €0.51 billion of European CLOs priced

Buy iTraxx Europe equity tranche risk but sell Crossover mezz, says JP Morgan
Investors should stick with ‘search for yield’ ideas in investment grade credit, say JP Morgan credit strategists, including selling iTraxx Europe 0-3% equity tranches delta hedged, going long the 10-year Europe index, and selling credit volatility through index options while buying equity market volatility

Index tranches and Sub Fin basket among top picks after ECB meeting, says JP Morgan
The European Central Bank’s statement that rate cuts will likely be paired with tiered deposit rates suggests a boost for the iTraxx Sub Financials index, as well as tier two and additional tier one bank bonds, says JP Morgan in latest credit research. The bank also advocates selling iTraxx Europe 0-3% tranches delta hedged

ResponsAbility closes impact securitisation at $175 million
ResponsAbility, a Zurich-headquartered impact assessment manager, has closed a $175 million securitisation of loans to microfinance and SME-finance providers in emerging markets

They said it: "I saw a CLO OM which ran 484 pages"
At Creditflux’s Credit Dimensions event, JP Morgan’s Zaheen Mir argues that CSOs are simpler to understand than CLOs

CLO pipeline: Barclays and Goldman branch out to mid market
The US CLO pipeline has been full in recent weeks and this continues, with 18 new issue CLOs and a further nine refinancings appearing this week.

Arrival of five-year bespokes draws in CLO investors
Synthetic bespoke tranches are undergoing a major shift, with dealers projecting five-year business to supersede previously dominant shorter tenors by the end of 2019.

CLO pipeline: refinancings to make a comeback
CLO refinancings look set to continue their recent surge in the US CLO market, with another five refinancings and two resets appearing in the pipeline.

Onex prices European CLO triple As at 94bp in short-dated deal
Onex Credit Partners priced a €431 million CLO yesterday with a two-year reinvestment period in a rare example of a short-dated new issue in Europe

Bespoke gains pull CLO buyers as market tipped to hit $100bn
Synthetic bespoke issuance could catch up with the more visible CLO market this year, say structured credit specialists

Short CLOs come to Europe as Onex markets first new issue since 2017
Short CLO paper is coming to Europe, as Onex Credit Partners is marketing a new deal via JP Morgan with just two years of reinvestment capability

Tabula launches ETF to capture iTraxx Crossover and CDX HY volatility premia
Tabula Investment Management, a European fixed income exchange traded fund (ETF) provider, has launched a product aimed at capturing the volatility premium embedded in index options on iTraxx Crossover and its US counterpart CDX HY

Senior CLO spreads tier up as CarVal prices its second deal
US CLO spreads remain dispersed in the opening weeks of 2019 with CarVal Investors pricing a CLO which saw triple-A debt price with a coupon of 148 basis points

CLO equity a "top trade" for 2019, but beware ratings risk, says JP Morgan
CLO equity is one of the top trades of 2019, according to research analysts at JP Morgan in a research paper published on Friday, noting that the asset class offers ‘sticky capital in a volatile cycle'

JP Morgan makes big hire to its global credit trading desk
An experienced banker who has covered CLOs, CSOs, loan TRS and credit derivatives, has joined JP Morgan after leaving BNP Paribas 

JP Morgan embraces Euribor cap with new issue CLO for Partners Group
Partners Group has priced its fourth new issue CLO of 2018, following a €413.9 million deal arranged by JP Morgan