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☆ Banks’ buyout-debt machine defies quick jumpstart
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Neil Unmack | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Asset managers like Blackstone (BX.N) or Axa (AXAF.PA) pick the underlying loans, while investment banks underwrite the CLO securities and place them with credit investors. Many of the bonds that come out the other side get an ultra-safe AAA credit rating. The combination of higher funding costs and slower private-equity dealmaking has pushed sales of European CLO securities down 67% year-on-year, according to JPMorgan analysts. So, for example, 70% of the whole portfolio would have to default, with the creditors recovering just half of their money, before AAA tranches see a loss. That means banks’ biggest CLO risk is an even sharper slowdown, not a blowup.

☆ From Apollo to DZ Bank, funds snap up bargains in UK pension scramble
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Nell Mackenzie | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File PhotoSummarySummary Companies Pension funds still need to raise cashCredit funds pick up bargains from pension fund salesSome credit funds already sitting on profitsLONDON, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Credit funds at Blackstone, Apollo, DZ Bank and Astra Asset Management picked up bargains from UK pension funds during their scramble for cash, and some say pension schemes are still offloading assets as pressures persist. Hedge funds and private equity firms have taken advantage of the forced sales to snap up deals - including certain portions of collateralised loan obligations (CLOs), securities that pension funds invest in. The credit funds are already sitting on juicy profits on some of these trades. This is because these pension funds must match their portfolios to what they will owe retired members. Even though the markets have calmed, some pension funds are still dealing with the implications," said Mody.

☆ Factbox: Ticking bomb: The risks the IMF sees to financial stability
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Oct 11 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund warned on Tuesday of a disorderly repricing in markets, saying global financial stability risks have increased, raising the potential of contagion and spillovers of stress between markets. The IMF's Global Financial Stability Report, which warned of the risks to markets, came as the Fund also cut its growth outlook in its latest World Economic Outlook. read moreHere are key indicators of stress and risks the IMF sees to financial stability:Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register* LIQUIDITYDeteriorating market liquidity conditions may poserisks to financial stability, the IMF said. * CURRENCY SWAPSInternational short-term dollar funding markets have begun to show signs of concern with a widening of the cross-currency basis swap spreads, a proxy for the marginal cost of offshore US dollar funding, the IMF said. * LEVERAGE LOAN MARKET CREDIT CRUNCHTighter financial conditions, mounting liquidity strains, and decelerating earnings growth could presage ratings downgrades and eventual defaults and lower returns for collateralized loan obligations (CLO) investors, the IMF said.

☆ U.K. Crisis Spills Into U.S. Junk Debt
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Matt Wirz | Caitlin Ostroff | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Fallout from the crisis in U.K. financial markets has hit a faraway corner of Wall Street: the trillion-dollar market for collateralized loan obligations. Once a niche product, CLOs are now widely held by investors around the world, including the British pensions, insurers and funds that got caught by the recent crash in U.K. currency and government-bond markets. Many of them sold CLO bonds to meet margin calls, sending prices of the securities tumbling well below their intrinsic value, analysts and fund managers said.

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