Seven points basis opens up in CLO triple Bs - but Investcorp trades well to defy trend
Triple B rated tranches once again swamped the secondary CLO market yesterday and trading levels suggest the basis between bonds on negative watch/outlook versus those not subject to a downgrade is about seven points

Fitch places five BDCs on negative outlook
Fitch Ratings has changed the outlooks of five business development companies from stable to negative folllowing a review of its rated BDCs

CLOs nurse $172 million of Quorum's debt following bankruptcy - but recovery prospects look good
CLOs hold $172.9 million of the debt of US hospital operator Qurum Health Corporation, which filed for Chapter 11 in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware last week

Secondary CLO debt trades well but Trace suggests CLO equity trading at 12 cents
A variety of CLO paper was in for the bid yesterday with US secondary CLO volumes reaching $281 million, and European volumes hitting €74 million

Credit funds at a glance

A round-up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Asset manager takes new approach with special sits fund as co-head leaves
A large global asset manager is looking to allocate to junior debt in performing comapnies after parting ways with the co-head of its special situations business

BlackRock hires former KKR official to head European private capital markets
A leveraged finance veteran has joined BlackRock as European head of the firm’s private capital markets business in London, according to an internal memo seen by Creditflux

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

KKR beats CIFC's European CLO benchmark one day later
KKR Credit brought new issue CLO Avoca XXI via Bank of America last night and in doing so, set a new triple A spread benchmark for European CLO managers of 89bp and a cost of debt of 164.5bp

KKR closes $1.3 billion global impact fund
KKR has made a final close of its KKR Global Impact Fund SCSp at $1.3 billion  

US CLO league tables: old deals get a fresh start in the new year
The majority of CLO issuance last month was in all forms of repricings, which totalled $4.8 billion and accounted for 54.5% of US CLO volumes

US CRE CLO growth spurt encourages Europeans
The US CRE CLO market hit a record $19.2 billion in 2019 and sources say that a first ever European deal will be issued this year. They cite the growing commercial mortgage direct lending market on the continent as laying the foundations for a European CRE CLO.

KKR goes for three years of reinvestment to capitalise on steep CLO term curve
KKR Credit has priced the first three-year CLO of 2020 as the manager looks to capitalise on a steeper term curve

CLO pipeline: Medalist ascends podium as new issues pace themselves
CLO managers are biding their time before re-entering the primary CLO market, but this week Investcorp Credit Management, KKR and Medalist Partners are marketing new issue US CLOs

Global CLO b-wic round-up: Junior mezz covers return while triple A supply drives big week
Narrowing of the bid-ask gap that has plagued junior mezzanine tranches could bring a change of fortunes in the US CLO secondary market 

Euro CLO league tables: refi market opens up to give KKR best of both worlds
European CLO issuance in October crossed €5 billion for the second month this year as managers took advantage of falling spreads and increased demand. In one example, KKR obtained tight senior CLO financing to go with tight mezz spreads from 2017 in a demonstration of expert timing 

KKR bucks trend to refinance older vintage CLO from 2014
KKR Credit partially refinanced its 2014 vintage European CLO named Avoca CLO XI yesterday, according to market sources

Kroll fires back at ‘factual errors’ in WSJ CLO rating report
Kroll Bond Rating Agency has hit back at the Wall Street Journal article that suggested the firm gives higher ratings to CLOs than its competitors

Euro CLO league tables: repricings take centre stage in bumper month as CVC leaps into first
The European CLO market returned with a bang in September as €4.8 billion of issuance priced of which €2.7 billion was in repricings.

KKR bolsters global impact team
Investment firm KKR has appointed two senior professionals within its global impact team, as it looks to strengthen its geographic reach and local impact  

PE firms take hands-on approach to syndication
European private equity firms are building out their debt capital market capabilities in a move which could radically improve information flow.

Euro CLO round-up: debt investors own the floor as tempo picks up
It was one of those rare weeks in Europe when volumes surpassed the much larger US CLO market and, to cap it all off, spreads made a big jump tighter.

US CLO round-up: Fed up of waiting
The US CLO market made a bright start this year, but 2019 now lags 2018 and 2017 after a weak August checked its momentum. This has left some pinning their hopes on a favourable outcome to the US Federal Reserve meeting this week, amid political overtures to up its game in the wake of the European Central Bank's stimulus package

KKR becomes latest CLO manager to adopt mascot feature
KKR Financial Advisors yesterday became the latest manager to adopt the 'mascot' feature in its latest new issue CLO, known as KKR CLO 27

KKR adds CLO mezz and private credit to mix with opportunistic credit fund
The new interval fund will invest in opportunistic credit, including CLO mezzanine debt, as well as private debt