Political risk puts December in focus as CDS investors play index volatility
Selling implied volatility has been prominent among CDS investors since last month’s iTraxx and CDX index rolls, says BNP Paribas in a research piece, with December a popular point of focus for trades

Investcorp looks to become first manager to reset a 2017 CLO
Investcorp Credit Management is setting itself up to be the first CLO manager to reset a deal that first priced in 2017

PGIM scores Europe's tightest CLO print of 2019 as resets make a comeback
PGIM yesterday reset its 2016 CLO named Dryden 48 via BNP Paribas, according to market sources, scoring the European market’s tightest triple A print of the year at 101 basis points over Euribor

PGIM to join exclusive list of managers to reset, rather than refi, a euro CLO
PGIM is set to join the small but growing list of managers to reset a European CLO this year, as the manager teams up with BNP Paribas to bring a reset of Dryden 48 Euro CLO

European CLO spreads show signs of tightening as BNP Paribas AM prices new issue
BNP Paribas Asset Management returned to the CLO primary market yesterday, issuing its first new deal of the year, named BNPP AM Euro CLO 2019

BNP Paribas AM targets Europe's tightest CLO print since April
BNP Paribas Asset Management is targeting a 111 basis point triple A spread on its forthcoming CLO, according to market sources

Arrival of five-year bespokes draws in CLO investors
Synthetic bespoke tranches are undergoing a major shift, with dealers projecting five-year business to supersede previously dominant shorter tenors by the end of 2019.

Oaktree refinances 2016 European CLO with triple As at 87bp
Oaktree Capital Management yesterday refinanced its 2016 vintage CLO named Arbour CLO IV, producing the European market’s first sub-90 basis point print in over nine months

Credit traders' kickstand: Trump gives Europe the ghoulies as single B spectres haunt CLOs
Trade tariff terrors and things that go triple C rated in the night are top of the list of items spooking credit market sentiment at the end of this week

Bespoke gains pull CLO buyers as market tipped to hit $100bn
Synthetic bespoke issuance could catch up with the more visible CLO market this year, say structured credit specialists

Past Returns: Repacking in land of the rising sun
Five years ago in Creditflux, we reported that Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ was embarking on a strategy of buying repackaged CLO triple A notes denominated in Japanese yen

Triple B fightback has begun, says BNP Paribas
Fallen angel risk – the possibility that a wave of triple B credits could be cut by rating agencies to sub-investment grade – should begin to decline, according to strategists at BNP Paribas

Redding Ridge crosses Atlantic for new euro CLO
Redding Ridge Asset Management - the capitalised manager vehicle (CMV) launched by Apollo Global Management - priced its first European CLO on Friday

Carlyle prices Europe's second CLO of the year as triple As stick at 108bp
Carlyle Group has priced Europe’s second CLO of 2019, following a €409.1 million transaction arranged by BNP Paribas

Carlyle Group and BNP Paribas market new issue euro CLO
Carlyle Group is in the market with its first CLO transaction of the year, according to market sources

Credit spread improvement is calm before the storm, warn strategists
European and US credit markets have begun 2019 with a more buoyant tone than they ended 2018, but strategists warn that bearish factors still outweigh and suggest the overall direction of spreads this year is likely to be wider

JP Morgan makes big hire to its global credit trading desk
An experienced banker who has covered CLOs, CSOs, loan TRS and credit derivatives, has joined JP Morgan after leaving BNP Paribas 

Cash-CDS basis set for comeback after "falling knife" mishap, predicts BNP Paribas
The beginning of 2019 should revive interest among credit investors to trade the basis between cash bonds and credit default swaps, according to BNP Paribas strategists – following what they term “falling knife” dynamics in this year’s fourth quarter

European CLO volumes to drop in 2019, but mezz could benefit, says BNP Paribas
Demand for European leveraged loans will be lower in 2019 due to lower CLO issuance, predicts BNP Paribas

CVC prices €409.6 million new issue CLO via BNP Paribas
CVC Credit Partners is back in the primary CLO market today

CVC markets new issue CLO via BNP Paribas
Europe’s CLO pipeline continues to add more names, with CVC Credit Partners the latest to target a new issue transaction on the continent in coming weeks

GSO's Phoenix Park CLO is reborn following reissue
GSO Capital Partners has reissued its 2014 CLO Phoenix Park via BNP Paribas

GSO set to reignite 2014 vintage Phoenix CLO
GSO is marketing a reissue of its 2014 CLO that left its reinvestment period in July

Axa IM wastes no time resetting 2016 deal as spreads head wider
European CLOs still reset straight out the gate, with Axa Investment Managers yesterday resetting its 2016 deal Adagio V CLO just days after it left its non-call period on 15 September

Dealers show appetite to retain tranches amid CSO growth
There are increasing numbers of dealers involved in the CSO market and their approach to issuing bespokes is evolving, attendees at Creditflux’s Credit Dimensions conference heard last month.