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Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis -10/31/2016

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U.S. CLOs posted their best month since June 2015 with issuance of $8.4 billion in October, taking year to date issuance to $54.5 billion. In addition to new issuance, much of the energy in October was focused on refinancings and resets in advance of the upcoming risk retention deadline. After the new regulation comes into effect on December 24, compliance with risk retention rules will be required for deals that refinance...

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Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis -10/24/2016

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Pricing soars on oil and gas borrowing base revolvers

After collapsing to a 10-year low of less than $30 in January, oil prices are now in the $50 per barrel range. While prices might have stabilized, the industry continues to suffer severe consequences. Defaults have escalated and recovery rates are down significantly from their historical levels. According to Moody's, loans that are backed by reserves for exploration and production companies have fared better than other debt types...

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Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis -10/17/2016

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Influx of second-lien issuance has investors pushing back on terms

Recently, investors have been more open to the lower rated, higher return type of loans that were more scarce earlier in the year. In particular, second-lien issuance has picked up. Just two weeks into October and there has already been US$1.5bn in completed second-lien loan issuance which would account for 57% of second-lien issuance for all of 2Q16. This influx of higher yielding assets into the market has caused more push back from investors during negotiations...

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Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis -9/26/2016

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The secondary market has continued to climb as the combined impact of robust demand for paper and the lack of sufficient net new deal flow puts upward pressure on loan bids. Steady CLO issuance and money entering retail funds have provided the impetus on the demand side. Month to date CLO issuance is at $7.1…

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Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis -9/19/2016

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Lender Survey: Are you seeing cracks in your portfolio?  Yes, we are seeing signs of cracks in credit quality in our portfolios, said roughly  35% of the attendees gathered at the Marriott in Times Square for Thomson Reuters LPC’s 22nd Annual Loan & CLO Conference on Thursday.  While these respondents said some companies are falling…

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Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis -9/12/2016

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Nearly half of U.S. CLOs see weighted average bids on underlying assets climb to 97 or higher  The upward trend seen in secondary loan bids is mirrored when tracking all the assets held by CLOs in LPC’s Collateral database. Through mid-February, bids on loans held by CLOS had been grinding down in line with other…

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Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis -9/5/2016

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Issuers largely continue to win out on flex, but investors are pushing back on riskier credits Similar to previous months, flex activity in August continued along the path of being mostly a borrower friendly market. Thomson Reuters LPC’s Flex Factor scored -0.6 in August, the fifth straight month in issuer friendly land. The Flex Factor…

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Leveraged Loan Insight & Analysis - 8/15/2016

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HY E&P Trailing 12-month default rate surpasses 31% There was $5.2 billion of U.S. high yield bond default volume in July, pushing the trailing 12-month (TTM) rate to 5.1% from 4.9% at the end of June, according to Fitch Ratings. Halcon Resources Corp.’s long-awaited bankruptcy comprised… Subscribe to Read MoreAlready a member? Log in here...

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