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

Beneath the triple C: $31.6 billion of CLO credits feel downgrade pain
March madness took a toll on CLOs as Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s downgraded 4.25% of the portfolios in the US and 1.84% in Europe to triple C or below in just one month (some of these were already triple C rated, only to fall further).

Pretium adds Pimco official as it expands business development with string of hires
Pretium Partners has made several hires to its business development and data teams including a new business development co-head from Pimco

S&P puts 48 triple C-heavy CLOs on negative watch
A spike in loan assets rated triple C as a result of the coronavirus pandemic has led S&P Ratings to put 48 CLO tranches on negative watch

S&P adds to CLO negative watch list as loan downgrades pick up
Standard & Poor’s has added to the list of tranches in CLOs it has on negative watch as coronavirus concerns mount. This follows the rating agency last week highlighting 22 tranches across 15 US CLOs for having big exposure to downgraded corporate borrowers across impacted industry sectors

CLO trading head leaves job to rejoin Macquarie
Macquarie has rehired a former member of its asset management unit as an associate director focused on principal trading of CLOs, ABS and other structured credit products

S&P puts US CLOs on negative watch including seven failing triple C test
Standard and Poor’s put focus on the recent volatility by placing tranches in 15 US CLOs on a negative watch for having large exposures to energy related sectors such as oil and gas, consumable fuels and commodities. In total, 25 tranches have been affected by this.

Beneath the triple C: mighty CLO buckets from Akorns grow
Rating agencies went on a downgrading spree in February, with Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s cutting 20 corporate names to triple C or below – affecting $2.78 billion of paper in US CLOs and €316.6 million in European CLOs. 

Two CLO researchers leave Nomura in New York
Two CLO researchers have departed Nomura Securities this month, Creditflux has learned

Past returns: Would-be CLO buyers turn sellers
Five years ago in Creditflux, we reported that the new generation of US 2.0 CLO managers were striving to grow their CLO AUM through manager acquisitions; namely, Benefit Street Partners and Triumph Capital Advisors, the pair having issued their debut CLOs in 2012 and 2014, respectively.

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.

CLO giant casts eye on CSOs with plans to hire credit derivatives trader
An asset manager with almost $40 billion in CLO investments is looking to hire a credit derivatives trader in Newark in a role which would include coverage of index tranches and CSOs

Global CLO b-wic round-up: equity, equity everywhere, but trading volumes sink
For the second week in a row, over $230 million of US CLO equity went on sale and multiple control equity positions were listed in the CLO secondary market

Deutsche Bank's global CLO head moves to big US manager
The head of Deutsche Bank's global CLO business has left after working at the firm for 16 years, with sources indicating he has taken a buy-side structuring job at one of the most prolific issuers in the business

Apollo CLO and CSO specialists earn promotion to partner
Apollo Global Management has promoted two members of its global structured credit team, according to market sources

CRE CLO volume grew 40% in 2019, says Kroll, as Bridge preps first 2020 deal
$19.2 billion of CRE CLOs were issued last year - a 40% increase from 2018 figures. The first deal of 2020 is underway

If you’re worried, you should be investing in higher rated companies
Gretchen Bergstresser of CVC takes our credit quiz

First Eagle buys US CLO manager THL Credit
Two years after establishing its credit business with the acquisition of NewStar Financial, First Eagle Investment Management is aiming big again after striking a deal to buy THL Credit Advisors

Flexible CLOs grow in popularity as two managers eye triple C-heavy deals
Two credit managers - Anchorage Capital Group and Gateway Credit Partners - are in the market with their inaugural CLOs featuring high allowance for triple C assets

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 

Fidelity issues first three-year CLO since June
Fidelity has brought a CLO with a three-year reinvestment period, the first new issue deal with this shorter duration to come to the US market since June

Global CLO b-wic round-up: volumes jump as investors get their triple A fix
The US CLO secondary market brought over $1.2 billion in total listings last week with the main driver behind last week’s supply being an increase in US CLO triple A bonds and an anchor equity position.

Voya prices short reset of its oldest active CLO from 2012
Voya Alternative Asset Management has brought back the three-year CLO reset, pricing the first of these short transactions since August

CLO pipeline: Capital time to debut in Europe as liability spreads drop
CLO managers are showing no signs of slowing down, as a further 16 US and five European new issue CLOs, including Capital Four's CLO management debut, appear in the pipeline

Global CLO b-wic round-up: control stake trades as junior notes come to the fore
The European and US CLO secondary markets produced high volumes of junior and subordinated notes last week. Over 30% of listings were rated as equity, single B or double B.