Bankruptcies mount with CLOs not on level playing field
Over $2.4 billion of CLO collateral has been caught up in bankruptcies since coronavirus-related volatility began, according to CLO-i. Bankruptcies are not a level playing field for CLOs - and although documention ammendments on what a CLO can or cannot do in a restructuring are not happening yet, sources say talks may arise in the future

Black Diamond multi-currency CLO looks to buy back senior debt at 98.75%
Black Diamond CLO 2015-1 is voluntarily offering to pay down its senior debt

US and Europe diverge on credit spreads and more
US and European corporate credit performance has diverged since cities went into lockdown in March, with Europe tending to do better. But the CLO market gives a different picture, with 17 US transactions pricing to four in Europe since 1 April, and with tighter investment grade spreads

Rapid CLO M&A activity on the horizon as fee deferrals pick up
A flurry of M&A deals could soon sweep the CLO market as management fee deferrals become an increasing pressure point for small CLO managers

Negative cash deal becomes first European CLO to fail OC test since sell off
260 US CLOs have failed an over-collateralisation test in the last two months and the first European CLO has breached a junior over-collateralistion since the credit sell off in March

CLOs look at flipping frequency switch as corporates hold cash
European CLOs could be set to flick their ‘frequency switch mechanisms’ as a growing number of corporations go from paying quarterly to semi-annual coupons

CLOs face trading restrictions as bankruptcies mount
CLO managers could be handcuffed in impending bankruptcies if tranche downgrades continue and restricted trading periods kick in

Libor fall weighs heavily on loan and CLO portfolios
Libor floors are set to return to prominence after three-month rates tumbled to 0.38% by 18 May, returning the loan market’s base rate to its lowest level since the oil and gas crisis of 2014-16

Cure contributions come into play in CLOs amid pandemic
Some CLO investors are triggering a mechanism in their deals that lets them inject additional equity into structures to prevent them from failing over-collateralisation or interest coverage tests

CLOs at a glance: Momentum starts to gather in primary market
Primary issuance is picking up with 13 CLOs pricing globally in May as Creditflux goes to press

Early March European CLO makes it through the sell off with 5.4% risk retention
One of the last European CLOs to price before the primary market shut down in March has disclosed the fair value of its notes post-closing, which shows that it has a reasonable 38 basis point cushion against risk retention deficiency

GSO prices first post covid-19 European CLO
GSO has partnered with BNP Paribas to print its first post covid-19 European CLO, according to market sources, marking the seventh transaction in the continent since the pandemic began

Napier Park brings covid-era European CLO volumes to €1.5 billion
Napier Park Global today became the sixth CLO issuer in Europe since the onset of the pandemic, according to market sources, bringing volumes on the continent since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic to over €1.5 billion

European CLO trader set to join Axa IM
An experienced CLO trader in London is going to be taking on his first buy-side role, sources say

European CLO cushions fall with junior OC breaches expected soon, Fitch says
European CLOs have fared better against downgrades versus their US counterparts. But Fitch Ratings writes in a report that over-collateralisation (OC) cushions have been sharply declining with junior OC tests expected to be breached soon

European investors eye 180bp pick-up on triple B CLOs traded in April
A b-wic consisting of mostly European triple B CLOs that traded in late April is on offer at 9.30am New York time tomorrow, according to market sources, as data shows spreads for the rating band averaging 546 basis points over Euribor as of 27 May

Banks report billions in unrealised CLO losses
Some of the world's largest bank buyers of CLO tranches reported billions of dollars of gross unrealised losses in their their latest quarterly reports

Fitch takes action on 29 European CLO tranches
Fitch Ratings took action on 29 European CLO tranches yesterday, placing the majority of these on rating watch negative

Single Bs set to return to primary euro CLOs as Napier Park markets new issue
Napier Park Global Capital is set to become the first CLO manager to sell a single B-rated CLO since the covid-19 pandemic onset,

Europe’s newcomers find ways to stand out
Last year’s new European CLO managers needed to provide something different for investors. In general, they’ve succeeded, with Capital Four having one of the smallest overlap figures in our data

Fair Oaks spends on junior European CLO debt after raising funds
Fair Oaks Capital has invested $92 million in junior CLO debt tranches since the start of April after putting to work fresh commitments to CLO investment fund Fair Oaks Limited

CLOs seek ways to work around warf restrictions
Corporate downgrades leading to par haircuts in CLOs have been a primary focus for CLO investors since the start of the coronavirus-induced crisis. But one of the side effects of rating actions has been a rise in weighted average rating factor test failures

Global CLO b-wic round up: dealer bid strengthens secondary CLO market across the board
The US CLO secondary market had over $1 billion listed in b-wics last week, the first time at this level in three weeks according to CLO-i. A further €270 million went on sale in the European CLO secondary market, as the dealer bid returned to assist in continued tightening across the capital stack

Apollo and Barings defer equity payments on long-dated CLOs
Apollo Global Management and Barings have joined PGIM in deferring their scheduled April payment dates for a handful of European CLOs, according to the latest payment reports on CLO-i. Apollo also deferred payments on several of its US CLOs.

Junior spreads finally tighten as Fair Oaks prices Europe's fifth pandemic-era CLO
Fair Oaks Capital today became the fifth CLO manager to price a new issue amid the coronavirus pandemic