CDOs

Wellfleet and NXT Capital Debut 2017 CLOs

Presale reports were issued Monday for the $407.35 million Wellfleet CLO 201-1 and the $406.35 million NXT Capital CLO 2017-1; the two deals are the latest of four new offerings noted by ratings agencies since last week and among 14 this month.

Defaulted Holdings in CLOs Ticked Up in 4Q

The monthly change for defaulted holdings in CLO 2.0s – which now comprise 95% of the market for outstanding CLO issues – rose 0.1% and now stand at 0.12%. The rate for CLO 1.0s rate 0.12%, now standing at 3.13%.

GoldenTree Debuts Dual-Risk Compliant $609.6M CLO

The $609.6 million GoldenTree Loan Management US CLO 1 is the first broadly syndicated loan offering from a new collateralized loan management asset firm that was launched in January after entering into a services agreement with GoldenTree Asset Management.

Barings’ Euro Warehouse CLO Structured at €320-€400M

Barings U.K. is serving as manager for a new collateralized loan obligation warehouse funding structure that will have a target notional value of between €320-€400 million (US$338-$422.8 million), according to a report from bond rating agency DBRS.

PGIM Adds Higher-Risk Loans in New CLO Pool

PGIM is placing its first collateralized loan obligation offering of the year with an tilt toward lower-quality credits, as well as deferred interest across a large segment across the subordinate tranches of the $612 million transaction.

Best of SFIG Vegas 2017

Securitization pros compared notes on regulatory compliance and learned about the risks and rewards of fintech; here are the highlights of the Structured Finance Industry Group;s annual confab.

SFIG Vegas: How Low Can CLO AAAs Go?

The slow pace of new issuance is likely to compel CLO investors to accept even smaller risk premiums, according to participants polled at an industry conference Monday.

SFIG Vegas: Cautious Optimism on Trump, Reg Relief

Securitization pros are guardedly optimistic about the Trump Administration’s impact on the industry, even if no one expects to see a rollback of regulations imposed by the Dodd-Frank Act in the immediate future.

Moody’s: GSO/Blackstone Tops ’16 US CLO League Tables

GSO/Blackstone Debt Funds Management earned the top spot in deal-count of U.S. CLO transactions by registering 28 deals totaling $13.3 billion in 2016, according to a tally of manager activity in the collateralized loan obligation market by Moody’s Investors Service.

LPC: CLO Trading Volume Spiked in 4Q

Trading volume of $56.6 billion in the fourth quarter was the second-highest level for the market since the first quarter of 2014. Loan prices selling near or above par also rose last fall.

CLOs Continue Surprising Strong Start to 2017

New collateralized loan obligation volume through Feb. 10 has already topped $3.2 billion with at least nine new deals in the pipeline, the LSTA reported. That adds to $4.8 billion in refinancing activity for the month, after two more refis were priced on Thursday.