Top stories on creditflux.com: from MUFG’s shrinking team to take-off for Blue Owl
8 august
Global head of structured products leaves MUFG
MUFG’s structured products division continued to dwindle with the departure of Tricia Hazelwood, former managing director and global head of structured products. Hazelwood’s exit follows that of her former colleague Asif Khan.
Tricia Hazelwood: left in August after Khan, a managing director in MUFG’s structured products group, quit in June
1 august
New York Life Investments taps Jefferies credit team
Daniel Mena joined New York Life Investments as a director in its high yield and leveraged loans team. Mena was previously a vice president at Jefferies Credit Partners.
3 august
Nochu enters Redding Ridge-managed CLO at reset stage
Everyone’s favourite Japanese bank made waves as it anchored a reset that merged two 2022-vintage Redding Ridge CLOs.
8 august
Angelo Gordon brings in BlackRock exec for credit team
Brian Woo was hired by Angelo Gordon as a managing director working in its distressed debt and special situations team.
10 august
Proposed US bank regulations could create demand for CLO triple As
Recent proposals on bank capital requirements in the US may increase demand for CLO triple A paper, at the cost of decreasing market liquidity and mezz demand, according to Barclays.
11 august
Newcomer Warwick markets first-time CLO via RBC
In a month where even veteran managers struggled to get deals done, Warwick Capital priced its first deal, a $400 million CLO arranged by RBC.
14 august
Ex-Wellfleet CLO team issues first new CLO under Blue Owl branding
Blue Owl continued its growth in the broadly syndicated market following its acquisition of Wellfleet Credit Partners. The new CLO is the first to price under Blue Owl’s own branding.
14 august
Arini’s hiring spree continues with Rothberg as it builds out CLO platform
Arini hired Ben Rothberg from Rothschild & Co Credit Management to its new CLO platform. He follows Evangeline Lim who joined in May.
15 august
Manager tiering matters, but don’t rely on proxies like WAS or WARF
With manager tiering continuing to dominate CLO primary pricing levels, Creditflux took a look at the 2021 vintage to see how much difference a manager really makes to deal performance.
17 august
Neuberger Berman markets first-time CLO backed by ‘lightly syndicated loans’
Neuberger Berman broke new ground with LaSalle Street I. The CLO is backed by predominantly add-on loans sourced as part of smaller syndicates being arranged by SMBC Nikko, with Citi acting as placement agent.
18 august
BlackRock markets new CLO indicating spreads will tighten dramatically
Nomura was out in the market with Magnetite XXXVII for BlackRock, an otherwise vanilla deal with triple A price guidance of 160–165 basis points. This would make it the tightest print of the year.