Fed grants bank CLO holders Volcker extension
The CLO market was given a reprieve of sorts yesterday after the Fed granted a two year extention to the Volcker rule - but that does not solve the problem according to the LSTA

Health care companies join lobby against ill-treatment of CLOs
The CLO industry is getting used to lobbying regulators for leniency and late last week US corporates put their names forward as a gesture of support

SEC investigates electronic credit trading platforms, says Bloomberg
Regulators look into different prices being offered to different clients 

New Alcentra European CLO is 3a-7 compliant, says Weil
Alcentra's Jubilee CLO 2014-XI, the first European CLO to price this year, was structured as a 3a-7 compliant deal, according to Weil

Older CLOs win reprieve from Fatca tax threat, says LSTA
US tax authorities have lifted a threat to impose withholding tax on older CLOs

Axa looks at risk retention compliance for future US CLOs
Axa Investment Management has announced that it has closed its first US CLO, named Allegro CLO I

Volcker dominates conference CLO discussions
A series of CLO panels at the ABS Vegas 2014 conference were dominated by discussion of the proposed regulations hanging over the US market

You can hold onto your trups CDOs, Volcker regulators tell banks
Bank investors in trups CDOs can breathe easier after the regulators tweaked the Volcker text yesterday

Regulators' Volcker response leaves banks little wiser on CDOs
Regulators responded yesterday to pleas for guidance on how CLOs and trups CDOs would be treated according to the final draft of the Volcker rule

Major trups CDO investor prepares to sell because of Volcker rule
The first major impact of the Volcker rule on the structured credit market happened yesterday

CLOs are good, senior UK regulator tells the Financial Times
Bank of England senior official calls for greater use of securitisation, including for corporate debt

Mixed results for CLO market as Volcker Rule gains approvals
US regulators yesterday approved the final draft of the Volcker Rule in which they have softened their stance on the CLO market - but not by much

Trace reporting expansion could drive 144a bonds tighter, says Barclays
The difference in spreads between registered corporate bonds in the US and 144a bonds could reduce

New risk retention route is not viable for CLOs, says RBS
US regulators yesterday published the latest version of the proposed rules on risk retention for securitisation

Interdealer broker GFI applies for SEF status
New-York based inter-dealer broker GFI has applied to become a multi-asset swap execution facility with the CFTC

EU threatens to fine CDS dealers $67 billion
 The European Commission accuses dealers, Isda and Markit of blocking exchanges from entering the credit derivatives market