Market Commentary
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19 January 2021
AAA CLO
USD CLO AAA
No trading yesterday given MLK day and today has opened the week sharply with 46 trades. AAA (all 1st pay) trade 117dm-129dm in familiar tone to end of last week with clean metrics on these trades, the bonds are trading generally at or around par in line with NAVs continuing to tick up.
Mezz/Equity CLO
USD CLO Mezz/Equity
One AA bond CEDF 2016-5A BR covers above par 100.17 at 172dm / 5.6y WAL, once again in similar context to recent trading. Single-As trade 218dm-318dm with bonds continuing to grind towards par, with lower coupon bonds trading at a bigger discount, eg. VENTR 2018-31A C1 (MJX) covers 96.75 at 256dm / 5.8y WAL (coupon +195bps) trading in the middle of the Single-A range today and has a profile with a low WARF 2926, high WAS 408 but from a weaker manager which seems to be the drag. BBB trade 279dm-369dm, with higher coupon bonds (360-370bps) trading at a slight premium to par but remain at the wide end in dm terms (359-369dm). At the ‘tight’ end is GLD11 2015-11A DR2 279dm / 6.3y WAL (cover px 97.76 / coupon +240bps) trading similar to its nearest comp YCLO 2015-1A DR that covers last week 306dm / 6.1y WAL / coupon +260bps with a cash px 97.5. BB trade 588dm-864dm, the range of coupon here is narrower 550bps-600bps but the range of reinvestment period ends is wider with WALs from 4y-7y, MVOC and ADR have a larger part to play here in terms of tiering. For instance at the wide end is MVW 2015-9A DR (Seix) cover 86.5 at 864dm / 6.7y WAL (EoRP 2023) with the lowest MVOC 102.6 of the bonds today – the bond has a very high ADR 1.9 and cuspy IDT / Jnr OC cushions. Single-Bs trade in a very wide dispersion 640dm-1018dm, with original BB bonds dominating the tighter end of this 640dm-830dm (original B rated trade 785dm-1018dm). There is one interesting trade within this mix that breaks this mould - MAGNE 2015-16A F (Blackrock) covers 785dm / 4.8y WAL which is inside some original BB single-B bonds, Blackrock has an exceptional manager record and their deals are more conservative with ADR low at 0.48, WARF low 3052, CCC low 4.9 and IDT/Jnr OC cushions very healthy. At the wide end is SHACK 2015-8A F that is an original single-B covers 1018dm / 4.5y WAL (EoRP 2019) but has a low MVOC 101.9 and very cuspy IDT / Jnr OC cushions (0.2 / 1.2) with MVAP only 1.8%.
AAA CLO
EUR AAA CLO
There are 5 x AAA trades. The traded DM to mat range is 117dm to 139dm. The tight end of the range is Harvest 14 which traded at 100.04 / 117dm and has a 63bps margin. The wide end of the range is Toro 4 which traded at 100.20 / 139dm and has a 92bps margin.
Mezz/Equity CLO
EUR MEZZ/EQUITY CLO
There are 6 x orig AA trades. One of them is Sorrento Park which is paying down and has been upgraded to AAA. This traded in between a AAA and a AA spread at 151dm. The other trades ranged from 201 dm|mat to 217dm|mat. We are widening our AA curve by around 15bps.
There are 6 x Orig BB trades. The widest trade is Toro 6 which traded at 748dm. This bond has been downgraded to single B. The other 5 trades ranged from 574dm to 711dm. The tightest is Jubilee 2015-15 which is paying down. The widest is Armada 3. Man GLG 6 DNT’d. The best bid was 93.64 (711dm) but the seller’s reserve was 95.00 (683dm).
There are 3 x B trades which ranged from 752dm to 908dm. The Ares 7 and Sound Point 3 are in line with our curve but Voya 3 is around 25bps wider, so perhaps this indicates some widening pressure.
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15 January 2021
AAA CLO
USD CLO AAA
16 trades today to round off the week heading into the holiday weekend with the firm tone continuing in trading activity, whilst S&P US LLI is up 37bps week on week. AAAs continue to remain firm and drift above par with the market ripe for refi’s and resets, trading range today is 87dm at the short end (1.2y WAL) to 121dm at the wide end, with AAA bonds with cuspy cushions sheltered with the protection of deleverage in those scenarios whilst being able to take profits since the turn of the year as prices have rallied.
Mezz/Equity CLO
USD CLO Mezz/Equity
One AA bond today APID 2016-25A A2R (CVC) covers above par (100.13) at a 168dm / 5.8y WAL which is flat to recent context and remains around 60dm wide to similar profile AAAs, this is the same basis we have seen back more than a month now. Two double-B bonds today, one is original BBB and the other is original BB. The original BBB is CGMS 2013-4A DRR (+265bps coupon) covers 374dm / 6.8y WAL (cash px 93.55). A comparable Carlyle bond traded earlier this week CGMS 2017-2A C 420dm / 7.1y WAL carrying a higher +370bps coupon with similar fundamentals, with the higher running coupon having more of a bearing on the higher cover px 97.01 translating into a higher dm albeit a similar WAL. The original BB is PGIM’s DRSLF 2013-26A ER 617dm / 5.3y WAL which is tighter to similar bonds seen 250dm+, this bond is from a benchmark manager, MVOC is strong 104.6, WARF is low 2884, IDT cushion is 1.4 and WA Collateral px is strong 98.5, WAS is 3.4 which is some guide as to credit risk along with WARF and MVAP is also healthy for a BB bond at 4.4%.
AAA CLO
EUR AAA CLO
There are 2 x AAA trades. Both traded at a premium. The DMs to Mat are 136dm for Dryden 27 and 147dm for Accunia 2. Accunia 2 has a much worse performance than its peers. Its MVOC is 158% (172% for Dryden 27) and it has a Jnr OC cushion of -0.23% (3.77% for Dryden 27).
Mezz/Equity CLO
EUR MEZZ/EQUITY CLO
There are 8 x AA trades. The range of DMs to mat is from 145dm to 216dm. The tightest trade is Contego 2 which does seem to have a low margin at 145bps over unfloored Libor but nevertheless traded at par. The widest trade is Barings 2019-1 which has the highest margin of 175bps over floored Libor.
The single A trade is Tikehau which traded at 99.66 / 207dm to mat.
The BB trade is Madison Park 5 which traded at 97.78 / 614dm.
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14 January 2021
AAA CLO
USD CLO AAA
A busier day to yesterday with 42 covers with levels overall remaining firm with some isolated tightening of specific mezz curves. AAA trade 97dm-128dm (1st pay) with all bonds covering at or near par, clean metrics all round. This theme is aligned with a market that is buoyant for refi / resets as US LLI Index continues to post gains.
Mezz/Equity CLO
USD CLO Mezz/Equity
One single-A trade TICP 2017-9A C cover 191dm / 5.6y WAL and cover px reflects further profit taking and is close to par at 99.82 with coupon +188bps / MVOC 122.8, the curve has tightened slightly here with a comparable York CLO bond (+185bps coupon) cover 217dm / 5.6y WAL towards the start of this month since when NAVs have improved, reflected in MVOC. BBB continue to trade firm 288dm-408dm, with a clean Blackrock bond MAGNE 2015-15A DR at the tight end 288dm / 6.9y WAL (ADR 0.3, MVOC 111.7, Sub80 1.2). There are two outlier trades today both from KKR 11 (benchmark manager) that cover 364dm-368dm / 6y WAL at a significant discount (cash px 94 area) – the WARF is high 3428, CCC are high 16.2 and WA collateral px are lower than peers 97.6 area (vs 98+). BB (orig BBB) trade 402dm-420dm which tracks back to BBB as above, the MVOCs on these bonds are slightly back 107.8-108.7 versus 109+ at BBB with cuspy IDT/Jnr OC cushions. Orig BB bonds trade 594dm-788dm with the tight end dominated by benchmark managers CSAM and Blackrock 594dm-615dm trading closer to par (MVOC 106-107.6) whilst the most liquid profiles (EoRP 2023) trading flat 708dm-787dm to recent levels so there is no significant shift tighter in the generic curve. Single-B (orig BB) trade 694dm-900dm vs 660dm-820dm recent context, the outlier is LCM 13A ER 900dm / 5.3y WAL – accounted for by a low MVOC 102.3 and tripped IDT cushion -0.5 and a cuspy Jnr OC cushion 0.1. Orig single-B bonds trade 939dm-1018dm in line with recent context (see PriceABS trade listing for details).
AAA CLO
EUR AAA CLO
There are 6 x AAA trades. All six have traded at a premium price and so, of course, all these traded prices are being limited by their callability. The DM to mat ranges from 129dm to 144dm. Obviously these are on the high side since the prices were held back by refi risk.
Mezz/Equity CLO
EUR MEZZ/EQUITY CLO
There are 2 x AA trades. Both traded around 100.32 and both take into account their refi risk. Their DMs to mat are around 205dm.
The BBB, Madison Park 10, traded at 98.27 / 333dm to mat. We are tightening our BBB spread curve by around 50bps.
There are 5 x BB trades. They have traded in a DM to mat range from 550dm to 680dm which is very margin dependent. The two that stand out to us as being wider than we expected are Oak Hill 5 and Euro-Galaxy 4 which are both around 15bps wider than we expected. This is after allowing for the fact that Oak Hill 5 does have a slightly lower MVOC than the others (107.67%) and a lower Jnr OC cushion (1.30%).
The only single B trade, Barings 2019-2, traded at 99.75 / 919dm to mat.
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13 January 2021
AAA CLO
USD CLO AAA
A quieter day today with only 13 covers. With 1 x AAA PLMRS 2018-2A A1A cover 107dm / 4y WAL, this bond has clean metrics all round and trades in line with AAA this week.
Mezz/Equity CLO
USD CLO Mezz/Equity
AA trade 166dm-196dm with bonds continuing to migrate to par, small ticket trades today. SHACK 2017-10A BR trades at a discount to par 99.55 166dm, the MVOC is weaker 124.1, WARF is higher 3312 and the manager Alcentra’s performance is slightly weaker to peers. BBB trade 328dm-436dm across a number of different profiles, at the tight end is a bond more than 2y post reinvestment so heavily delivering BOWPK 2014-1A D1R (GSO) 328dm / 3.4y WAL cover price above par 100.21 with performance metrics relatively clean for a bond that has not had the ability to actively trade the underlying for such a long period. At the wide end are two Steele Creek bonds that have EoRP in 2022 and trade in 92 and 93 cash price areas, these bonds have lower coupons (late 200s bps), cuspy IDT/Jnr OC cushions, higher ADRs 1.5-2% and weaker manager record versus its peers. One BB bond today trades, DRSLF 2013-28A B2LR (PGIM) covers at par 645dm / 6.4y WAL, this bond has clean metrics from a benchmark manager and with recent BB bonds trading typically at a discount this is evidence of some tightening effect for original rated BB bonds, but this is just one datapoint and a small 1m clip. Single-B trades today are both original BB rated bonds and have EoRP 2022 and trade 706dm-766dm, at the tighter end of the range ARES 2016-41A E behaves like the PGIM BB trade with a cover pf 99.5 and 706dm / 6.1y WAL (coupon +700) with relatively clean fundamentals. At the wide end is OZLMF 2013-4A D1R (Sculptor) cover px 92.75 with a coupon +630bps but a weaker MVOC 103.8 (vs 104.5 on ARES), higher ADR 1.3 and most pertinently breached IDT/Jnr OC tests meaning this bond is also PIKing (last 3Q) and hence also trades wide to ARES.
Mezz/Equity CLO
EUR MEZZ/EQUITY CLO
There are 3 x A trades today. Dryden 56 and CVC Cordatus 3 traded to maturity. They both traded at a small discount and around 223dm. This is around 35bps tighter than where we had our single A curve from last year. OCP 2020-4, which closed in June 2020, has a much higher margin (280bps vs around 175bps for the other two) and traded at 100.91 which is priced to call date. OCP 2020-4 does have much weaker MVOC than the other two - 117.70% vs around 126.50%, but since it has priced to a likely refi this doesn’t make much difference.
The only BB trade, Palmer Square 2020-2, also closed in 2020 also has a high margin at 648bps.It traded at 101.27 which is also to call date.
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12 January 2021
AAA CLO
USD CLO AAA
We observed heavy liquidity today with just under 50 covers with levels overall remaining firm whilst US LLI Leveraged Loan Index continuing to tick up. AAA continues to trade firm in a 92dm-131dm similar to yesterday keeping up the trend of migration towards par across AAA. There is an outlier at the tight end BSP 2015-VIIA A1AR (Benefit St) covers 100.05 which is at a tight 73dm but with a very short 1y WAL (EoRP July 2019) and a slim running coupon of +78. Away from that the remainder of AAA trade in uniform format as we have seen lately as mentioned above.
Mezz/Equity CLO
USD CLO Mezz/Equity
AA trade 149dm-222dm with CIFC 2012-2RA A2 at the tight end 149dm / 2.8y WAL, this bond covers under par 99.33 (coupon +125bps), is 1y post reinvestment and has a lower MVAP 20.33, lower MVOC 125.5 (vs127+ benchmark) and all other metrics clean (eg. WA collateral px has not suffered 97.2). At the wide end is STCR 2019-1A B 222dm / 6.1y WAL, this trades under par as well 99.91 with a slightly weaker MVOC 127.1 vs 128-130 benchmark and a weaker manager record with other metrics clean. Single-A trade a shade tighter 204dm-213dm vs 210dm-250dm recent context in similar cohort. Two very different profile bonds, firstly a short dated CRNPT 2015-3A BR (Pretium) 204dm / 3y WAL covers above par 100.035 (coupon +205) with a strong MVOC propping this up despite some natural fundamental weakness given the bond has not had the luxury to trade out of credit issues and access distressed prices throughout the pandemic. At the wide end is BLUEM 2013-2A CR (Assured) that covers almost 1pt below par 99.05 at 213dm / 5.6y WAL – the MVOC is weak 115.9, ADR is running high 1.75, CCC are high 14.1, IDT/Jnr OC cushions both tripping whilst WA collateral px weak at 96.9. BBB trade 329dm-401dm which is flat to recent context with all but two of the ten x BBB bonds trading above par, these bonds are TIA 2017-1A D (TIAA) 99.14 (364dm) and CEDF 2014-4A DR (Aegon) 99.85 (368dm) with the MVOC on both of these bonds (108-109) lagging benchmark (111+). BB trading is heavily tiered today, for original BBB rated bonds the trading range is 349dm-382dm (slightly tighter to 360dm-410dm recent context) with these bonds trending towards par. For original BB the range is 755dm-803dm (wider to 610dm-750dm recent context in similar cohort), at the wide end the key outlier is STCR 2017-1A E (Steele Creek) which has an elevated ADR 1.5 and cuspy IDT / Jnr OC cushions from a weaker manager profile. Single-B trade 737dm-820dm (all ex BB rated) which is flat to recent trading context which has been as tight at 670dm sharing very similar records to BB trading seen above.
Mezz/Equity CLO
EUR MEZZ/EQUITY CLO
There are 3 x BB trades today. After what appeared like a rally last Fri we have seen a retreat in today’s traded prices. Whereas on Friday the BB trades had a mean price of 99.20, today that number is 96.30. The range of DMs today is from 618dm to 759dm. The higher DMs are for the higher margin bonds.
There are 2 x B trades. There has been a similar widening for this rating class. Both trades took place at a price of around 96.80 and a DM of around 880dm. This is an average widening of around 80bps.
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11 January 2021
AAA CLO
USD CLO AAA
21 trades today to kick off the week, predominantly senior and low mezz. AAA trade 91dm-129dm. At the tight end is a very short dated Assured IM bond BLUEM 2015-2A A1R cover px 100.025 at 91dm / 1.6y WAL, EoRP was July 2020 with a coupon of +93bps this started to delever by amortisation and interest diversion from Equity for the past 3Q. GSM 2020-IIA A1A2 covers 100.31 128dm / 2.6y WAL (EoRP October this year) which is a 3.0 CLO callable in a few months time. This bond has typical 3.0 conservative metrics like a high MVOC 165, low WARF 2630, low CCC 1.5, low Sub80 0.2 and a high WA collateral px of near par 99.5.
Mezz/Equity CLO
USD CLO Mezz/Equity
The one AA bond today is DRSLF 2014-33A BR3 which has also migrated towards par and resulted in profit taking, this covers 99.955 at a 141dm / 3.8y WAL which is a near 50dm tightening effect since year end for this cohort. BBB trade 421dm-462dm, mainly driven by the wider running coupons on the bonds, at the wide end is VENTR 2017-26A D that covers 98.395 at 462dm / 4.8y WAL with a coupon +425bps with a negative IDT cushion and cuspy Jnr OC from a weaker manager MJX (ADR running 1.92%). At the tight end is a related story with GLGU 2018-2A CR (Man Group) cover 421dm / 4.6y WAL – coupon is +348bps but with these bonds trading mid 300s dm recently the impact of the manager is more pronounced. BB trade in a wide dispersion 555dm-812dm with an outlier at the tight end, SIX10 2015-1A CR 415dm / 5.4y WAL – this is an original BBB and trades broadly in line with recent context for this cohort that has traded ml 300s-400dm with lower coupons. With generic BB trading recently 700dm area with bonds either side of this today trading more or less in line with this recent context based upon it’s coupon structure. At the wide end is STCR 2019-2A E (Steele Creek) 812dm / 7.6y WAL which is an outlier with performance issues and attaches right above equity – lower MVOC 105.9, high ADR 1.8 and a weaker manager profile. Single-B trade 667dm-718dm and are all original BB with these profiles trading 660dm-820dm this month to date todays dm’s are broadly in line.
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8 January 2021
AAA CLO
USD CLO AAA
Predominantly senior bonds trade today – 14 x AAA and 6 x AA. AAA trade in a wide dispersion today 103dm-140dm, all 1st pay and 2.0 CLO. At the tight end are 2 bonds with EoRP passed in early 2020 with low coupons KVK 2013-1A AR +90bps and CECLO 2015-24A A1R +107bps and trade 103dm / 113dm both with 1.1y WAL. These bonds are delivering from amortisation and with cuspy cushions (IDT/Jnr OC) have the protection of interest diversion should these breach. The metrics of these 2 bonds are not poor given their inability to trade out of credit migration nor into deeply discounted bonds. At the wide is an outlier NCC 2018-IA A 140dm / 4y WAL cover px 99.05 and has a running coupon +115bps along with weak fundamentals – MVOC low 144, ADR elevated 1.9, Sub80 assets high 7.7% , WA collateral px 94.6 despite a reinvestment period end of 2023 and a weak manager profile versus peers.
Mezz/Equity CLO
USD CLO Mezz/Equity
AA trade 158dm-221dm across 2024/2025 EoRP profile bonds, so seeing a little tightening of the curve for these longer WAL profiles with profit taking since virtually all bonds now trading above par, most recent context pre year end around 200dm. At the tight end is OHALF 2016-1A B1R (Oak Hill) which reset just before the pandemic set in (Feb 2020) to a low coupon +160bps. At the wide end is an outlier STCR 2019-1A B (Steele Creek) 221dm / 6.1y WAL – this bond is a 2019 vintage from a weaker manager, trades a shade under par 99.95 and carries a high coupon +220bps versus 2019 benchmark +190bps so carried a premium for credit risk has materialised into weaker performance – MVOC 127 v 129 benchmark, ADR 1.5 and WA collateral px is 97.7 v mid98s benchmark.
AAA CLO
EUR AAA CLO
There are 6 x AAA trades. The range for dm|mat is 114dm to 146dm. The tightest trade is Aurium 3 which traded at 100.17 / 114dm to mat. Elm Park, which has started paying down, traded at 100.05 / 115dm to mat. The widest trade is GLG Euro 2 which traded at 99.93 / 146dm. Overall we see the AAA curve being around 15bps tighter than the end of last year.
Mezz/Equity CLO
EUR MEZZ/EQUITY CLO
There are 7 x BB trades. For the 6 bonds that traded below par the range in dms is from 583dm to 665dm. The tight end of these trades is CVC Cordatus 11 and Dryden 62. The wide end is Dunedin Park. One bond, RRE 4 which has a high margin at 685bps, traded at 101.84 / 693dm to mat. We have tightened our BB curve by 77bps compared to the curve we had at the end of last year.
There is 1 x single B trade. ALME 4 traded at 95.08 / 765dm. This is 126bps tighter than our predicted level based on last year’s curve.
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7 January 2021
AAA CLO
USD CLO AAA
Today saw the heaviest liquidity of the year so far with 57 covers. AAA (1st pay) trade 100dm-139dm, with fairly uniform tiering across the 19 trades with virtually all bonds trading above par. Lower margin / shorter WAL bonds trade at the tight end and the inverse at the wider end. One ‘outlier’ bond that trades below par 99.81 is Marble Point’s MP11 2017-2A A 123dm / 3.6y WAL (EoRP 2023), this bond has weaker metrics across the board – MVOC is low at 144, ADR is high 1.6, IDT cushion -0.2, low Snr OC cushion 4.9, high 2nd lien concentration 2.6%.
Mezz/Equity CLO
USD CLO Mezz/Equity
AA trade 133dm-210dm with similar context to AAA (as mentioned above), note at the tight end 133dm-134dm are two of the only AA bonds today that are post reinvestment, these bonds (BSP 2015-VIIA A2R and OCT25 2015-1A BR) are almost identical profiles in that they were refi’d/reset in 2017/2018 with low coupon (120bps) and delevering now on their respective senior tranches which is increasing CE and have MVOC characteristics close to AAA (MVOC 147-150). Single-A trade 211dm-299dm which is flat to trading context over the past few weeks, at the wide end is OCTR 2013-4A DR 299dm / 1.6y WAL (Five Arrows) which is an original BBB tranche high coupon +300bps and has now upgraded since to A+ mainly due to deleverage since reinvestment ended more than 3 years ago, factor on the bond immediately senior is 0.65. Without the benefit of reinvestment through turbulent markets the ADR has migrated to 3%, WARF to 4228, CCC to 32% and WA Collateral px to 92.7 which are not dreadful. BBB trade 325dm-465dm, with outlier bonds at both ends of the range (325dm and 465dm). At the tight end SYMP 2013-12A DR covers 325dm / 2.3y WAL – this bond has a low coupon +325bps and having ended reinvestment in 2017 has performed well with IDT cushion still positive, ADR at 1.26, CCC 10 and WA collateral px 95.9. At the wide end is CIFC 2019-FAL D which covers 465dm / 8.2y WAL, a high coupon +471bps with MVOC trending lower 110.4 whilst all other metrics in line. The mid-range of BBB trading today is 370dm-394dm which is flat to recent context. BB trade 671dm-748dm which is flat to context this side of year end. However there is an outlier bond at the tight end CSAM’s MDPK 2015-17A DR which is an original BBB and covers 364dm / 6.4y WAL which is tight to recent context in similar profile bonds 400dm-470dm and shares MV metrics similar to BBB bonds despite being 1 notch off IG. Single-B trade 665dm-1019dm, at the wider end of this range are original single-B (second loss) bonds that trade 876dm-1019dm, MVOC are both firmly > par with respectable ADRs whilst the dm’s are in line with context this side of year end. For bonds that were original BB these trade 665dm-818dm which again is more or less in line with recent context albeit in a narrow range than 670dm-910dm recent trading context.
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6 January 2021
AAA CLO
USD CLO AAA
25 covers today across the stack. AAA continue to tighten and trade in a narrow range 101dm-109dm (all 1st pay). 2 x PGIM AAA’s trade within this range (2023 and 2022 RP profiles) DRSLF 2018-64A A 101dm and NBCLO 2016-1A A1R 109dm with highly comparable metrics (aside from ADR on the 2018 vintage 1.6 v 0.5 for the 2016 vintage which has limited effect) with the running coupon on the 2018 vintage lower by 13bps and trades at the tighter dm level of the two.
Mezz/Equity CLO
USD CLO Mezz/Equity
Single-A trade 205dm-217dm across numerous maturity profiles (all bonds in reinvestment period) which represents tightening of the curve with trading context 230dm-280dm going into year end. There is one outlier Single-A trade today wide of this range BLUEM 2019-24A C (Assured) 267dm / 6.6y WAL, this bond has a 90% cov-lite exposure which is extremely high and carries a much higher coupon +270bps versus other Single-As that trade today with late 100s/200bps spread. BBB trade 281dm-392dm, at the tight end is a short dated bond VOYA 2014-3A CR 281dm / 3y WAL which is delivering given it’s post reinvestment, this tranche was refi’d back in 2017 at +265bps with an original AA (now Single-A) Class B tranche senior to this carrying a +305bps coupon. This CR tranche is also PIKable (Class E tranche currently PIKing last 2Q given failing IDT test) but unlikely this will defer interest given the rate of deleverage. BB trade in a narrow range as well 690dm-734dm but these levels do not represent tightening we have seen higher up the capital stack, levels are flat to those in the run up to year end. Single-B trade 692dm-924dm with Apollo’s RRAM 2019-6A D at the tight end 692dm / 6.4y WAL – this is a Class D tranche (downgraded from BB) so has a higher MVAP (6%) than other single-Bs (4-4.5%) and naturally also a higher MVOC 106.3 (vs 104-105). With the remaining ‘Class F’ original single-B bonds trading 890dm-924dm which is tightening to 1000dm-1100dm comparables seen pre-year end. The bonds are all clean with IDT and Jnr OC cushions all intact whilst ADRs all sit below 1% (see PriceABS trade listing for full details).
AAA CLO
EUR AAA CLO
Trading has resumed in the EUR CLO market after the holiday season. There are 9 trades in total with 4 of them at the AAA level. All 4 x AAA have traded at a premium price (from 100.16 to 100.58). Therefore they have all priced to call. Until we see trades pricing to maturity it is hard to evaluate how much the middle of the curve has moved – but certainly pricing in refi risk for 2020 and some 2019 vintage is being factored in.
Mezz/Equity CLO
EUR MEZZ/EQUITY CLO
There are 3 x A trades. These have al traded close to par. Madison Park 8 traded at 99.86 (the only discount price trade) even though it has the highest margin at 250bps. We could have expected it to trade higher but it travelled at 295dm to mat which is quite wide because of its low MVOC of 122.07% and low Jnr OC cushion of 0.92%.
The only BBB, Toro 6, traded at 99.67 / 452dm to mat.
The only BB, St Pauls 2, traded at 98 / 773dm to mat.
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5 January 2021
AAA CLO
USD CLO AAA
4 trades today to open out the year’s trading – 2 x AAA and 2 x BBB. 2 x 1st pay AAAs trade tight 116dm-119dm for 2021/2025 RP profiles which last traded mid December 100dm-140dm. Both bonds are clean with strong metrics, incidentally an early 3.0 CLO KAYNE 2020-7A A1 (Kayne Anderson Cap) which carries a coupon +120bps trades around par at 119dm with all the hallmarks of a 3.0 CLO but with a ‘lower’ coupon – strong MVOC 156.7, ADR 0, Sub80 0.4, strong cushions and WA collateral price of 98.9.
Mezz/Equity CLO
USD CLO Mezz/Equity
BBB trade 344dm-375dm (EoRP 2022/2023) which is largely flat to 340dm-390dm context prior to Christmas. The metrics on the 2 bonds are fairly comparable. At the tight end is BSP 2018-14A D (Benefit St) 344dm / 6.5y WAL with a margin +260bps and all other metrics not dissimilar to AMMC 2017-21A D (American Money) 375dm / 6.1y WAL with a 50bps higher margin +310bps, with subtle weaker nuances including WA collateral px on AMMC is 97.2 (v 97.4 BSP), slightly lower IDT/Jnr OC cushions on AMMC v BSP, ADR 1.4 (v 1.2 BSP), Sub80 3.1 (v 2.3 BSP) and American Money has a weaker manager record than BSP across their respective shelves.
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28 December 2020
Mezz/Equity CLO
USD CLO Mezz/Equity
Two single-As trade today 246dm-250dm which is flat to the DM curve pre Christmas, US LLI is up 7bps from Christmas Eve. Furthermore the 2 bonds CGMS 2015-1A CR2 and OZLM 2014-6A B1S (Carlyle and Sculptor) have healthy MVOCs 117.3-118.6 that override other relatively weaker metrics like ADR (1.2-1.4), CCC (11-13) and a cushion breach (IDT/Jnr OC) in the OZLM bond which isn't direct;y impacted given it's not deferrable, note howvever that CE is marginally improving on this bond given the AAAs are delevering due to the interest diversions to the senior tranches on this deal.
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22 December 2020
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5 covers today, all mezz. BBB trade 339dm-363dm (2021/2023 RP profiles) at the tighter end of trading this week 330dm-420dm with Neuberger’s NEUB 2016-22A DR 339dm / 6.6y WAL at the tight end – strong MVOC 109.3, low ADR 0.88, low WARF 2956, strong cushions and a strong WA collateral px 98.2. Eaton Vance’s EATON 2014-1RA D covers 344dm / 6.7y WAL which is 5dm wider for the same 2023 EoRP profile bond but despite a higher MVOC 110.4 (vs 109.3 on NEUB) the ADR is higher 1.64, IDT/Jnr OC cushions are weaker whilst WA collateral px is 97.8 vs 98.2 on NEUB. Note that both bonds are PIKable so the focus on cushions is particularly important at this end of the capital structure. BB trade 369dm-402dm which is only narrowly wider to the BBB, note that both BB bonds today are original BBB rated and short dated (EoRP 11/20 & 04/21). Original BB rated comps have traded 600dm-950dm and original BBB have traded 400dm-470dm since the middle of December as an illustration of the basis dependent upon where the bond sits in the waterfall irrespective of the rating. The outlier trade today is PGIM’s DRSLF 2013-30A DR that breaks the 4-handle for an original BBB with cover 369dm / 5y WAL – this bond is now post reinvestment with reasonable metrics and carries a running coupon of +260bps which is 90bps tighter to the wider end of the range CIFC 2017-1A D +350bps which comes out of reinvestment in April 2021.
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21 December 2020
AAA CLO
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28 covers today across the capital structure – 2 x AAA, 10 x AA, 4 x A, 12 x BBB. AAA trade 127dm-135dm (both 1st pay) versus 110dm-140dm recent context with both bonds clean. OZLM 2017-19A A1 127dm / 3.6y WAL at the tighter end from Sculptor (slightly weaker to benchmark manager) trading below par 99.83 whilst carrying an elevated ADR 1.8 / CCC 10.4 and PIPK 2019-4A A from Partners Group (which is a benchmark manager) with cleaner metrics trading above par 100.08 given 0 ADR and 0.75 Sub80 assets driving the strong MVOC 153. With the PIPK bond is 1.5y WAL longer this largely accounts for the +8dm basis between the 2 bonds.
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AA trade 162dm-206dm which is flat to a 160dm-230dm dispersion over the past week in same profiles, with manager performance, bond coupon and WARF the key levers to the tiering. Single-A trade 230dm-262dm, once again flat to 220dm-260dm context over the past week and follow similar credit profiling path to the Double-As. BBB trade in a relatively small dispersion 337dm-391dm at the tighter end of fairly wide trading horizon 290dm-500dm over the past week. One outperforming bond is OAKC 2019-3A D (Oak Hill) 355dm / 7.8y WAL covers at 100.00 with excellent fundamentals across the board - +0.16 par build, strong MVOC 111.6, low ADR 0.68, ‘low’ WARF 3032, very strong cushions and an exceptionally high WA collateral px of 98.16 whilst managing to a low WAS 3.4 (only 3% cov-lites).
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18 December 2020
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A more tame end to a week of heavy liquidity, the final full trading week of 2020, with US LLI ticking up again another 24bps on the week. Nineteen covers today – 1 x AAA, 1 x AA, 1 x A, 5 x BBB, 7 x BB, 3 x B. The sole AAA trade is VENTR 2014-19A ARR (MJX) 128dm / 4.53y WAL (2024 EoRP) which, given the credit profile, is flat to similar bonds over the past few days – this bond has a reasonable MVOC 152.8 but ADR is high at 2.3, whilst ‘benefitting’ from potential deleverage from cuspy IDT/Jnr OC cushions, the WA collateral px is weaker to benchmark at 95.4 along with the WAS which is 409bps which some believe to be a barometer of credit risk, despite the WARF being under 3000 at 2935.
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The AA bond is SCOF 2015-2A B2R cover 185dm / 3.1y WAL (EoRP Jul-20), a rare profile which was last seen 10 days ago 167dm (LCM Asset Management). There is credit weakness in this bond despite the MVOC being 2pts higher than the LCM bond (some of which due to asset price market evolution over the past 10 days), but the ADR is elevated 1.4, Sub80 assets is high at 9.5, WARf is high 3602, IDT and Jnr OC cushions are cuspy whilst WA collateral px is low at 94.3. Single-A trade 245dm-247dm (EoRP 2022) which is tighter than the 250dm-300dm range seen over the course of this week in the same profiles. The performance of Voya and Columbia single-As is relatively good with lower WARFs 2862 and 3006 respectively, with the elevated ADRs 1-2% having little of an impact the WA collateral px of both bonds are strong around 96.8 whilst both bonds carry equivalent coupons +235bps and close MVAP 13.6 v 15. BBB trade 335dm-427dm with trading horizon 290dm-500dm this week in similar shorter dated profiles (2019-2022 EoRP). All bonds are current despite being PIKable, eg. OZLM 2014-7RA DR (subordinate to the Baa3 rated CRR tranche that covers at the wide end today 423dm) and now B1 rated has been deferring interest for the past 3 quarters. BB trade 634dm-866dm which is within recent 600dm-950dm context this week, at the wide end is DoubleLine’s PARL 2017-1A E 866dm / 5.3y WAL – cuspy MVOC 101.7, ADR >1% (1.2), cuspy IDT / Jnr OC cushions and WA collateral px 1-2pts below benchmarks (96.3). Single-B trade in similar context to BB 673dm-870dm, with strong metrics all round, eg. MVOCs 103+, ADR range 0.9-1.4, strong cushions and WA collateral px 96.3-97.5. At the wide end is Kramer Van Kirk’s KVK 2016-1A E 870dm / 5y WAL, which is the most subordinate debt tranche of this deal which has just refi’d on the more senior notes - AAA, AA and A tranches – not impacting this tranche materially.
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17 December 2020
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Yet another day of good liquidity with 42 covers. AAA 1st pay 2.0 CLOs trade 99dm-141dm whilst a 3.0 1st pay AGL 2020-4A A covers 209dm / 2.4y WAL. At the tight end is VOYA 2015-1A A1R which is the first trade since the pandemic inside 100dm – this bond is short dated (EoRP in 1m) with reasonable metrics and CE / MVOC expected to improve as this delevers (AAA +90bps so no path for refi/reset). At the wide end of the 2.0 range is a very short dated bond from Marathon MCLO 2014-7A A1R 141dm / 0.9y WAL (EoRP Oct 2018) – this carries a high Sub80 11.3, high WARF 4075, high CCC 29 with the subs deferring interest and diverting to delever this note.
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One single-A bond ATCLO 2018-11A C covers 255dm / 6.2y WAL (EoRP 2023) which is in the middle of a 220dm-275dm trading range over the past 10 days in this profile. BBB trade 291dm-493dm which is flat to recent context, at the wide end is Carlson’s CATLK 2015-2A DR 493dm / 5.4y WAL which has a lower MVOC than benchmark 107.3 v 110+, high ADR 1.8 and tripped IDT cushion -0.1 and a cuspy Jnr OC cushion from an inexperienced manager with a weak record. This bond trades at the wides seen recently at BBB. BB trade 407dm-842dm with BBs trading as wide as 950dm over the past week. At the wide end is an outlier which is Sculptor’s OZLM 2014-6A DS 842dm / 6.8y WAL – this has a low MVOC 102.9, high CCC 13.9, normal WARF 3231 and now tripping Jnr OC and IDT tests so will be deferring interest soon. The margin on the note is also high so reflects the point in the cycle this bond was priced and the credit risk in the bond and associated structural protection at that time which the manager Sculptor has had to work through the cycle. 2 x single-Bs trade 686dm-823dm which is in line with trading levels over this week, with neither bond yet deferring cashflow despite high ADRs 1.5+.
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There is one single A trade. ALME 4 traded at 236dm / 98.95.
The only BBB, Laurelin 2016-1 traded at 440dm / 97.00.
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16 December 2020
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Heavy liquidity again with > 50 covers. 18 x 2.0 1st pay AAA trade 106dm-142dm (all within the most liquid profile - EoRP 2023), with 110dm-150dm context over the past week. 4 bonds cover tighter to this range so there has been a tighter shift today, whilst manager tiering is a large influence in the distribution of dm’s within the 2023 EoRP profiles today, Angelo Gordon and DFG at the wide end and PGIM and Ares at the tighter end with some subtle differences in fundamentals – eg. CCC levels, cushions and ADR.
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Double-A trade 200dm-254dm which is wide to late 100s recent context with high ADRs on the 2 outliers wide of 200dm along with weaker managers MidOcean/Marathon. Single-A trade 220dm-301dm across 2018-2022 EoRP profile bonds flat to 220dm-300dm trading context over the past week, no material shifts here with MVOC the key influence in tiering. BBB trade 307dm-535dm versus 290dm-500dm context over the past week, with 2 x 3.0 CLOs at the ‘wide end’, both trading above par (100.2-100.32) with high coupons (525 & 541), 3y reinvestment periods, strong MVOC (113) and defensive portfolios. BB trade 593dm-869dm versus 400dm-800dm, with one outlier bond Medalist Partners’s JMP 2014-1RA E 869dm / 4.7y WAL with very tangible weaker fundamentals – lower MVOC 102, high ADR 2%, elevated Sub80 6.9, high WARF 3666, high WAS 406, high CCC 22 and neg IDT cushion / Jnr OC cushions. Single-Bs trade 685dm-1080dm which is tight to a 800dm-1150dm trading range this week, whilst around 80dm firmer at the tight end to single-Bs seen this month. Furthermore Pinebridge’s GALXY 2016-22A ER 685dm / 5.3y WAL is near equal tightest single-B trade post pandemic, we have seen levels as tight as this for downgraded BB tranches and as tight as 600dm and originally single-Bs as tight as 800dm.
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We’ve got 2 x BBB trades to look at today. Penta 5 traded at 99.75 / 413dm. Cairn 4 traded to call date at 100.29.
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15 December 2020
AAA CLO
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As expected a heavy day of trading with 66 covers right across the capital structure. 3 x 1st pay AAA trade flat 117dm-123dm, whilst a 4th AAA (2nd pay) WINDR 2018-1A A2 (First Eagle IM) naturally trades wider 153dm / 4.9y WAL. This bond has reasonably good metrics suffers from an elevated CCC (11.9), lower MVOC 147.8 and a slightly weaker manager record. This DM is in line with recent 2nd pay AAA trading context near the end of November 150dm-160dm, which had similar MVOCs.
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AA trade 160dm-176dm which is at the tight end of a 160dm-230dm range over the past week in the same profiles (EoRP 2021-2023). 15 x single-A trade 218dm-298dm with context this month to date in the same profiles 210dm-380dm. At the tight end is a clean bond from TPG TICP 2018-10A C 218dm / 5.9y WAL – MVOC 121, ADR 0.18, strong IDT cushion 2.5 despite an elevated CCC 13.8. At the wide end is Seix’s MVW 2013-1A C1R 298dm / 5.7y WAL, this has a lower CCC (8.8) than the TPG bond but has a much higher ADR 2.3 and significantly lower (-9pt) MVOC 111.7 with a cuspy IDT cushion. BBB trade 286dm-502dm (across an array of RP profiles) with Blackrock and GoldenTree both managing breach into 2-handle territory for high quality bonds, with comparable profiles trading 290dm-500dm over the past week today’s trading is fully reflective of themes this month. Tiered to the ‘wide’ end is PGIM’s 3.0 CLO DRSLF 2020-77A D1 502dm / 6.3y WAL, which again has high quality metrics (strong MVOC 113, strong cushions, low WARF 2618, low CCC 3.2) but given the high coupon 514bps / high cash price dynamic 100.67 these 3.0 bonds tend to tier in this way. BB trade in a wide dispersion 401dm-951dm which is in line with dispersion seen this month to date. At the wide end is a significant outlier from Sound Point SNDPT 2013-2RA E which covers in mid-80s price context 951dm / 5y WAL – cuspy MVOC 100.8, high ADR 1.8, neg IDT cushion -0.3 (with a closely followed cuspy Jnr OC cushion +0.6). Single-B trade 722dm-1294dm with month to date context 670dm-1150dm, with the outlier trade Apex’s JFIN 2015-1A E 1294dm / 4y WAL – there is a MV shortfall on this bond (MVOC 99.5), high Sub80 bucket 13.4, high ADR 2.6 and Jnr OC cushion is highly negative and as such this bond is deferring interest for the past 2Q but is met with a bid nonetheless.
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Quite a busy day today with 21 trades in total. There are 12 x AAA trades. Unfortunately the colour received from the seller is not very granular with most bonds being reported as trading with 99h and a few with L100h. This makes it hard to draw any conclusions about spread moves.
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There are 3 x AA trades. Again we only have cvr prices in which the handle is disclosed – however we can still see that the AA curve has widened somewhat. It could be anything from just a handful of bps to around 20bps.
The only BBB trade, St Pauls 2, traded at L99h / 426dm. It’s hard to draw too firm a conclusion from one trade but our methodology predicted a trade price around par. The fact that it has traded L99h could indicate a widening in the curve. We have been conservative and widened by 25bps.
There are 2 x BB trades. Dryden 2017-52 traded at 635dm (520bps margin) and Harvest 22 traded at 738dm (611bps margin). Both are clean deals with MVOCs around 108.80% and Jnr OC cushions around 3.2%.
There are 3 x B trades. BlackRock 1 (620bps margin) traded tightest at 832dm / 91.74. Grosvenor Place 2015-1 (725bps margin) traded at 882dm / 95.13. Mackay Shields 1 (906bps margin) priced to call, but then more on the bid side, at 98.05.
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14 December 2020
AAA CLO
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22 covers today, so the level of liquidity continues to taper off from the end of last week, with levels flat overall, with some high quality BBB names trading tighter to the curve. However there are large lists in the market for tomorrow. 1 x AAA LOOM 2015-2A A1R covers 122dm / 1.4y WAL which is in the middle of 110dm-130dm context for 2020 RP profile bonds this month to date.
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2 x BBBs trade 308dm-312dm (2022 RP profiles) which trade firmer to the tight end of this profile this month 330dm. Both the Blackrock MAGNE 2014-8A DR2 and GSO GILBT 2017-1A D bonds have very clean metrics (MVOC 110-111), ADR 0.1-0.5, low Sub80 2.7-3.6 and strong cushions from benchmark managers. There are 12 x BBs that trade 601dm-754dm which is in the middle of 540dm-950dm recent context in the same cohort. At the tight end is CSAM’s MDPK 2014-12A E 601dm / 3.2y WAL – strong MVOC 106, elevated ADR 1.5 and Sub80 11 but since the EoRP was 2018 the bond has been picking up CE whilst keeping cushions healthy and WA collateral px not migrating to below 90 (94.5). Also given the portfolio is static investors can take a firm view on the portfolio as opposed to the manager’s ability to trade in the middle of a pandemic. The 7 x single-Bs trade 747dm-1142dm with trading context this month to date 710dm-1100dm. The outlier today is Sculptor’s OZLM 2018-20A E 1142dm / 7.3y WAL – this has a cuspy MVOC 101, high ADR 1.5, cuspy IDT cushion 0.2 and WA collateral price is lower to comparable bonds at 95.8 (vs. 96.5-97.5 benchmark).
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14 December 2020
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Just the one AA trade today. ACLO 2 BRN traded at 100.04 / 190dm. This is 10bps tighter on the AA curve. This bond has an MVOC of 135.27% and a Jnr OC cushion of 3.65%.
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11 December 2020
AAA CLO
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With a week of heavy liquidity, there were ‘only’ 28 trades today with the majority senior – 22 x AAA, 4 x BB, 1 x B and 1 x CCC, US LLI has ticked up 16bps on the week with dm’s firm across the board for high quality credits. 2.0 AAA trade in familiar tone 108dm-148dm whilst high coupon 3.0s trade 187dm-189dm which is wide to comps seen recently 150dm-185dm. The reason being the 2 managers Pretium and WAMCO are inexperienced CLO managers (8 CLOs between them) with weak records across their programmes, so their 1st pay AAAs have tiered accordingly, despite strong fundamental metrics. At the wide end of the 2.0s is a small clip of Barings’s BABSN 2017-1A A2 148dm / 3.9y WAL – this carries a high coupon +135bps, high CCC 11.4, low MVOC 145.7 but most importantly the transaction has 84% cov-lites so trends wider.
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BB trade 671dm-735dm which is flat to 600dm-850dm context post month end, at the wide end is Columbia’s CECLO 2015-24A DR 735dm / 4.6y WAL – the MVOC on this bond is lower than comp trades in 700dm context (103-104 MVOC) whilst other metrics are very comparable. The single-B trade is CECLO 2018-27A D 810dm / 4.8y WAL which is wide to mid-700s dm context for similar 2020 EoRP profiles – the ADR is very high 2.5, CCCs are high at 10.4 whilst other metrics broadly in line. The ADR is the key influence in bonds at this level of the capital structure (along with MV coverage) given the proximity to loss.
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There are 12 trades today. All 3 x AA have priced to their call date, around 190 over in the 0 to 2 yr part of the curve.
The 2 x A have traded around 250dm, which are unchanged levels.
The 7 x BB trades have traded in a range from 650dm to 710dm. On average this is 24bps tighter. The tightest trade is CVC Cordatus 4 at 650dm. The widest trade is Harvest 22 which has a relatively high margin at 611bps.
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10 December 2020
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A third consecutive day of significant liquidity with 48 covers with focus again on lower mezz – 8 x AAA, 6 x AA, 4 x A, 10 x BBB, 16 x BB, 4 x B. AAA trade in a narrow dispersion 116dm-131dm (2.0 CLO) and fairly flat to trading levels this week.
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AA trade 157dm-202dm which once again is flat to recent 160dm-210dm context. A familiar bond at the tight end MAGNE 2015-12A BRRA from Blackrock covers 157dm / 6.2y WAL, strong MVOC 127.5, low ADR 0.6, low Sub80 bucket 2.6, strong IDT cushion 5.3 and a high WA collateral px 97.49 from a benchmark manager. Single-A trade 239dm-280dm (2020-2022 RP) which is largely flat to 230dm-270dm trading context in similar profiles this week, with Guggenheim’s SBF 2016-2A B at the wide end 280dm / 4.95y WAL with reasonable metrics overall (only IDT cushion cuspy 0.15) and a manager record only marginally weaker to its peers. BBB trade 289dm-477dm which means this is the first time a BBB security has traded 2-handle since the pandemic set in, granted this is a bond from a defensive benchmark manager Blackrock MAGNE 2012-7A CR2 289dm / 5.2y WAL – low ADR 0.5, low Sub80 3.7, cushions strong and a high WA collateral px 97.7. BB trade 568dm-925dm which is comfortably in the trading zone seen this week in similar cohorts. The key outlier today is Steele Creek’s STCR 2018-2A E 925dm / 7y WAL (2023 RP profile) which compares to 650dm-970dm context in this profile this week highlighting some of the tiering we are seeing just within this liquid 2023 RP profile. The bond itself covers 150dm wide to another 2023 RP profile WELF 2017-3A D. So digging deeper into the basis….Steele Creek has been more active buying bonds at a discount typically around 87 cash price which is 5pts lower than Wellfleet, it has also lost a lot more par on sales activity than Wellfleet, avg credit risk sale px is around 79 which is around 13pts lower than Wellfleet whilst Steele Creek’s BB MVOCs are around 70bps lower than Wellfleet across their respective shelves. Single-B trades 736dm-1111dm which compares to 770dm-1100dm seen in equivalent profiles this week where there has been more liquidity than usual. At the tight end is ARES 2017-43A E 736dm / 6.3y WAL which has a strong MVOC 103.5 which is 1.5pts higher than VOYA 2018-2A F which trades 1001dm whilst other metrics fairly comparable aside from a higher WARF 3451 (Ares) vs 2933 (Voya) but this is counteracted by a lower ADR 0.75 (Ares) v 1.3 (Voya).
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There are 8 x AAA trades today. All bar one (Voya 1 A) traded at a significant premium and therefore were priced to call date, because they are 2020 vintage deals with high margins. Voya 1 A traded at 99.95 / 135dm.
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There are 5 x BB trades which traded in a range from 660dm to 760dm. After yesterday’s tightening we now see a widening that reverses yesterday and widens another 50bps. It could be that yesterday’s BB levels were an artifact.