Bain Capital's head of European credit says he’s still a strong believer in services
PODCAST: Speaking with Lisa Lee on the latest episode of Credit Exchange, Gauthier Reymondier says he is still a “strong believer” in the European services sector

Europe on default watch following Bain downgrade
The most junior tranche of Bain’s Euro CLO 2018-1 has been downgraded to default in a first for the CLO 2.0 regime

Bank of England outlines details of latest private market stress test
The central bank is exploring how private markets would respond during a severe global downturn

Bain CLO’s F-note downgrade could signal incoming trend – Fitch
The recent downgrade of class-F notes in Bain Capital Euro CLO 2018-1 may not prove an isolated case among European CLOs, according to the ratings agency

Bain takes haircut on single Bs for 2018-vintage Euro CLO, first in post-GFC era
Bain has issued a redemption notice for the eight-year-old European CLO, marking the first haircut for a single B tranche on a European deal amongst post-crisis ‘CLO 2.0’ transactions

Bain closes third CLO captive equity fund
EXCLUSIVE: The fund, which primarily targets majority equity investments in the firm’s US and European CLOs and warehouses, is valued at around USD 1.5bn, the firm’s global head of credit John Wright told Creditflux

Spreads widen and issuances pause as CLO managers react to market volatility
EXCLUSIVE: Triple-A tranches are widening by up to 10bps amid a slowdown in CLO reset and issuance activity, according to multiple sources

European CLO issuance restarts after brief lull as Bain prints new issue
European CLO issuance kicked into gear on Wednesday morning after a short lull, as Bain Capital priced its first new Euro print for the year with a EUR 403m print via BNP Paribas

Bain special situations, SMBC launch European lending joint venture
The two will provide up to EUR 1.5bn in senior secured debt to borrowers across the UK and Europe in a flexible strategy

New Euro deals issue from BlackRock and Bain
The managers priced new European CLOs via Natixis and SocGen

This has been a year of avoiding the losers – Bain
Gauthier Reymondier, head of Bain Capital Credit Europe, says avoiding losing companies has become more important than choosing winners

Expect wider credit spreads, compelling opportunities in CLOs – Bain Capital’s John Wright
PODCAST: Latest guest on the Credit Exchange podcast is "pretty excited" about CLO debt and expects spreads to widen

New Bain Euro issue prints wide of guidance in mezz
The deal suggests investor demand is weakening in the middle mezz, even as triple A demand remains strong  

Bain markets new CLO with price talk at fresh European AAA tights
Hot on the heels of a new year-to-date triple A tight for European CLOs, Bain Capital Credit is attempting to drive spreads even lower  

Bain and CVC are marketing new European CLOs looking to price next week
Price talk is circulating for two new European CLO issues from Bain and CVC, both valued at around EUR 405m and arranged by Jefferies  

Bain Capital fundraising for third captive CLO equity vehicle
Bain Capital Credit has become the latest CLO manager to start fundraising for a new captive equity fund

Bain prices new Euro CLO issuance
Bain has priced its third new-issue European CLO print of 2024 arranged by Morgan Stanley 

Bain hits the trigger on early-22 vintage Euro CLO reset
Bain has reset a deal from the first half of 2022, another European CLO that have benefited from tightening market conditions in 2024

New European CLO sees triple-As at 141bps
Bain Capital yesterday kick-started new European issuance with a EUR 404m transaction that matched the tightest triple-A print this year

Bain Capital hires North American head of special situations from Brookfield
Boston-headquartered Bain Capital has hired a partner and head of special situations in North America, as well as head of corporate special situations in Europe

CLO round-up: blinded by the tights
Secondary CLO spreads continued to grind tighter this week and, at last, the primary market began to follow in both the US and Europe

CLO round-up: secondary market rallies amid increased primary supply
CLO primary activity increased across the board this week, with US new issue supply amounting to $1.8 billion - up 48.7% on the week prior - while in Europe supply increased 208.8% to €1.2 billion

New Bain CLO prices tight and sees Europe's longest reinvestment period of 2023
Bain Capital Credit priced its first European CLO of 2023 on Monday, scoring some of the tightest prints in the market since the first quarter in the process

Bain becomes first European CLO manager to fund delayed drawn single Bs
A notice to investors in Bain Capital Credit European CLO 2022-2 on Friday 21 April notified them the deal’s equity holders resolved to sell the full €14 million class F notes 

Bain reveals $4bn of direct lending investments in 2023
Bain Capital Credit says it invested $4 billion in private equity-sponsored, middle-market companies last year.