High yield / loan slowdown affects year-end projections and pricing: Barclays
A sharp decline in primary market activity means expectations for high yield bond and even leveraged loan issuance need to be lowered, say Barclays credit strategists. And that in turn has implications for relative value

"Faltering oil supply is lamentable at a time of strategic and moral shortfall"
We need to accept the pain and cut dependence on Russian oil today

"Having tighter CLO debt costs will not be enough for brand names to outperform more agile competitors"
The drop in loan and CLO prices today is unlike any previous downturn — but again it will pay to be agile

CLOs look attractive after corporate rally - but not all tranches: Barclays
Rallying corporate cash credit spreads over the past two weeks have widened the basis with CLOs and made these products look attractive again, according to Barclays strategists

CLO prices drop under weight of massive secondary volumes while CDS rallies
CLO spreads have underperformed versus liquid credit instruments in the past week after a massive $2.3 billion of paper hit the secondary US CLO market. But that could create opportunities for investors.

CLO sellers bide their time amid widening Ukraine crisis
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sent shockwaves across the world, and CLOs, despite limited exposure to either country, have felt its impact. Those signs are most visible in the secondary market

Global CLO trading lab: Payments season prompts equity to surge but short-dated bonds trade low
Over the last two weeks, $2.8 billion of US CLOs and €640 million of European CLO paper have appeared on b-wics, with equity making up 33% and 40% of the respective markets

CLOs and loans find footing as post-Sofr trends emerge
The US leveraged loan and CLO markets transitioned to a new base rate from 1 January without the lengthy issuance pause that was widely predicted in the months leading up to the switch

Former Wells Fargo CLO researcher joins Credit Suisse in New York
A former CLO and ABS researcher at Wells Fargo has joined Credit Suisse as a CLO trading desk strategist in New York 

HalseyPoint keeps Libor-linked CLO notes after digital refinancing
HalseyPoint Asset Management has cut the funding costs of its 2020 CLO named HalseyPoint CLO II, managing to keep the notes linked to Libor by selecting a digital dutch auction to reprice the notes

CLO pricing holds up against omicron as liquid credit takes a hammering
Being illiquid sometimes has its advantages, with the CLO market the picture of serenity as CDS swings imply volatility is afoot

CLO lower cap stack will outperform with $175bn new issuance in 2022: JP Morgan
Equity and lower rated tranche investors will do best as $175 billion of global new CLO issuance arrives in 2022, predict JP Morgan strategists in their annual outlook, taking market size to $1.2 trillion

Loans will be winners in bearish year for credit: BNP Paribas
Floating rate loans are best positioned for a year of widening credit spreads, but high yield bonds will outperform investment grade and EM credit is set for losses, says BNP Paribas in its 2022 outlook

Experienced CLO official joins GreensLedge in the US
GreensLedge has hired an experienced CLO official as a managing director

Citadel promotes credit head to co-CIO
Citadel has promoted its global credit head to co-chief investment officer

Treasury desk lists $818 million b-wic as hedge fund looks to offload control CLO equity in bumper day
State Street once again listed over $800 million of US CLO triple A bonds on Tuesday, having sold $834 million of triple A paper last month

Citi's former correlation trading star takes on new risk head role
Citi's former head of credit correlation trading has taken on a new role in the bank, becoming head of in-business market risk for global markets

Sofr transition timing puts CLO debt and equity at odds, says BNP Paribas
CLO investors look to have tough conversations ahead on the structure implications of the transition from Libor to Sofr, with BNP Paribas strategists noting CLO debt will benefit from an early move while equity tranches would do better to wait

Refi deluge casts shadow on b-wics

Global CLO trading lab: bank sells $834 million triple As in quarterly reallocation as hedge fund trades CLO equity
Thursday’s secondary CLO market was the busiest of 2021, with over $1 billion of US CLOs on offer. This featured an enormous b-wic worth $834.3 million, where sources have told Creditflux of the bank behind the aucton. While a large credit hedge fund is said to have sold out of control CLO equity 

Three control CLO equity blocks trade, including rare CIFC deal with ultra-low funding costs
Three US CLO anchor equity positions traded Tuesday courtesy of one b-wic at 9.30am New York time

Everyone’s ramping

Banks reject mandates amid loan surge as settlement lengthens
M&A bankers are turning down mandates and settlement times for US loan trades are extending as understaffed desks struggle to cope with record deal volumes