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Sheil Aggarwal


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  • 28 February 2024

    USD CLO AAA
    Muted activity with SF Vegas, US LSTA +20bp on last CLO trading day, AAA Index unchanged 144dm.

    USD CLO Mezz/Equity

    AA post reinvestment trade 196dm context near our AA Index 194dm.  Little other activity to note with month end today.

    EUR MEZZ/EQUITY CLO

    Premium priced AAs trade at 313 dm today.

    Similarly high margin single A’s trade around 383 dm.

    HAYEM 9X E (BB) traded at 818 dm.

    RRME 1X SUB traded strongly at 14.1% yield.


  • 27 February 2024

    EUR MEZZ/EQUITY CLO

    Benchmark single A’s trading around 245 dm today.

    BBBs look a little softer today with benchmark secondary spreads around 381 dm.


  • 23 February 2024

    EUR AAA CLO

    Secondary AAAs look a little softer again to us, trading today around 139 dm.

    EUR MEZZ/EQUITY CLO

    Just one AA trade, DUNEP 1X B1R, at 206 dm today.


  • 22 February 2024

    EUR MEZZ/EQUITY CLO

    AAs unchanged in secondary today at around 205 dm.

    BBs trade around 642 dm.

    Single B’s look a little softer to us at around 971 dm.

    ACLO 9X SUB traded at 15.3% yield.


  • 21 February 2024

    EUR AAA CLO

    Secondary AAAs have drifted wider today by a handful of bps. Taking both high margin and low margin trades together the average traded spread is 143 dm.

    EUR MEZZ/EQUITY CLO

    Single A’s also look slightly weaker at around +257 today.

    BBBs are unchanged in secondary at 365 dm.

    BBs are static at 627 dm.

    Single B’s traded around 895 dm.

    Four EUR equity clips traded via BWIC and yields range from 15% to 20%.


  • 20 February 2024

    EUR AAA CLO

    Low margin AAAs have traded around 110 dm and the high margin GLME 6X A at 174 dm.

    EUR MEZZ/EQUITY CLO

    High margin AA ICGE 2023-1X B traded at 305 dm.

    Single A’s look to have drifted slightly wider and traded around 253 dm today.

    BBs are steady at around 615 dm.


  • 16 February 2024

    USD CLO AAA

    $26m of flow, mostly AAA, US LSTA 100 Index +10bp dod.  AAA trade 118dm-151dm with benchmarks 143dm-145dm (AAA Index 144dm).

    USD CLO Mezz/Equity

    Very little flow with 3 mezz trades at AA, BBB and BB, all non benchmarks, indexes unchanged.


  • 15 February 2024

    USD CLO AAA

    $323m of flow today, US LSTA 100 Index +6bp and CLO spreads continue to show a firmer tone, especially at AAA.  AAA trade 101dm-154dm with benchmarks 136dm-147dm with our AAA Index now 144dm.

    USD CLO Mezz/Equity

    AA and A bonds are all post reinvestment profiles and non benchmarks.  BBB trade 340dm-552dm with benchmarks 340dm-372dm (BBB Index 348dm), bonds wide of the index are weaker MVOC post reinvestment profiles / high coupon bonds.  BB bonds are non benchmarks and trade in a wide dispersion 584dm-963dm.


  • 14 February 2024

    USD CLO AAA

    $88m of flow today with a firmer tone, US LSTA 100 Index +5bp dod.  AAA trade 118dm-143dm with benchmarks tighter 138dm-143dm (AAA Index 146dm).  

    USD CLO Mezz/Equity

    AA trade 193dm-216dm with benchmarks 193dm-199dm (AA Index 194dm).  14 x BBB trade 309dm-530dm with benchmarks tighter 348dm-361dm (BBB Index 348dm) with AIMCO 2021-14A D right on the index CVR 98.8 at 348dm / 6.3y WAL (EoRP 2026) - MVOC 110.03, coupon +290bps and clean credit metrics.  BB trades are all post reinvestment profiles / non benchmarks.

    EUR AAA CLO

    AAAs trade around 125 dm today.

    EUR MEZZ/EQUITY CLO

    BBs have traded around 684 dm.


  • 13 February 2024

    USD CLO AAA

    $210m of flow today, US LSTA 100 Index -2bp dod and some rebalancing of BB/B spreads.  AAA Index unchanged 147dm with only a post reinvestment short wal bond trade well inside this level.

    USD CLO Mezz/Equity

    Quite a fair amount of flow, AA trade 177dm-223dm with benchmarks 191dm-195dm (AA Index 194dm), single-As trade 225dm-295dm with benchmarks 242dm-263dm (Single-A Index unchanged 252dm).  BBB trade 318dm-541dm with no benchmarks (post reinvestment bonds / high coupon profiles), BB trade 642dm-803dm with benchmarks 699dm-701dm with our BB Index firming slightly to 697dm, BCHPK 2019-1A ER covers 97.9 at 699dm / 7.8y WAL from Blackstone, MVOC 105.8, EoRP 2027 and very clean metrics.  We shifted our single-B Index slightly today, 2 x single-Bs trade 950dm-989dm which are short wal post reinvestment profiles but of good quality and our single-B Index is now a touch tighter 999dm.

    EUR MEZZ/EQUITY CLO

    Two Bilbao AAs traded around 202 dm.

    Single A’s traded around 275 dm.

    BBBs are at 347 dm.

    BBs traded around 646 dm.

    In single B trades GLGE 3A F is an outlier due to its poor performance. It traded at 1448 dm whereas all the others were around 931 dm.


  • 12 February 2024

    USD CLO Mezz/Equity

    US LSTA 100 Index +3bp dod, only $17m of BBB flow today, trading range 338dm-385dm with our BBB Index firmly in the middle 362dm.  BCC 2021-6A D covers 97.88 at 385dm / 6.8y WAL (EoRP 2026) - MVOC 110.6 vs benchmark 110.9, ADR elevated 1.3%, coupon +310bps and other metrics broadly clean with Bain the manager so does trade only slightly back from the index given default track record.

    EUR AAA CLO

    A quiet day today. Two AAA trades, at around 128 dm.

    EUR MEZZ/EQUITY CLO

    OCPE 2022-5X SUB traded at 16.5% yield.


  • 9 February 2024

    USD CLO Mezz/Equity

    Little activity today with $40m of flow all in mezz today, US LSTA 100 Index +10bp dod, BBB Index tightens to 360dm which is the only notable movement.  AA trade 172dm-200dm (AA Index 193dm) and Single-A trade 238dm-257dm (Single-A Index 252dm).

    EUR AAA CLO

    AAAs traded at 125 dm.

    EUR MEZZ/EQUITY CLO

    BBBs bifurcate into discount prices to mat at around 347 dm and premium prices to mat at around 551 dm.

    BBs traded at 778 dm.


  • 8 February 2024

    USD CLO AAA

    US LSTA 100 Index +3bp dod and CLO spreads flat/firm feel.  AAA 131dm-148dm (AAA Index 147dm) with a high quality Blackstone AAA at the tight end.

    USD CLO Mezz/Equity

    Majority of flow in BBB and BB, BBB trade 360dm-550dm (364dm index) with one benchmark OZLM 2014-6A CS CVR 99.29 at 360dm / 7.2y WAL - MVOC 111, coupon +313bps, post reinvestment but metrics are clean.  BB trade 637dm-944dm with benchmarks 687dm-699dm (BBB Index 701dm).  Bonds with strong MVOC >106 and low coupon structures trade inside index level with the inverse the case wide of the index.


  • 7 February 2024

    USD CLO Mezz/Equity

    $94m of flow, spreads flat and US LSTA 100 Index +7bp dod.  AA trade 173dm-203dm with benchmarks 191dm-203dm (AA Index 193dm) - post reinv short wal bonds inside the index.  BBB trade 338dm-404dm with benchmarks 356dm-364dm (BBB Index 364dm) and 2 x BB bonds trade wide of the index 786dm-820dm with high coupon / low MVOC profiles non benchmark.

    EUR AAA CLO

    AAAs at 128 dm in secondary.

    EUR MEZZ/EQUITY CLO

    AAs at 191 dm.

    Single A’s at 218 dm

    DRYD 2017-52X ER (BB rated) at 682 dm.

    BLUME 5X SUB traded at 16.6% yield.


  • 6 February 2024

    USD CLO AAA

    $170m of flow today, US LSTA 100 Index +3bp dod and slight tightening at BBB / BB.  AAA trade 125dm-229dm with a number of high coupon bonds firing up the tail of this range, 1 benchmark bond AGL 2021-11A AS CVR 100.19 at 147dm / 3.7y WAL - EoRP 2026 and a clean bond managed by AGL.

    USD CLO Mezz/Equity

    AA trade 173dm-244dm with benchmarks 198dm-199dm (AA Index 195dm) with coupon structure and post reinvestment bods driving either side of the index.  BBB trade 312dm-350dm with all bonds post reinvestment / inside BBB Index level of 363dm.  BB trade 631dm-928dm with benchmarks 691dm-715dm (BB Index 701dm) whilst single-Bs trade wide of the single-B Index (1015dm) 1129dm-1709dm given weaker MVOC profiles with the wider end cuspy / MV shortfall.

    EUR MEZZ/EQUITY CLO

    Single A’s have traded around 263 dm.

    BBBs have ground in to 331 dm in secondary.

    CADOG 8X ER (BB) traded at 734 dm.

    Single B’s have traded around 975 dm.

    Six equity line items traded, all at very strong levels. Yields ranged from 15% to 18.5%.


  • 5 February 2024

    USD CLO AAA

    $37m of flow in high grade, little movement in CLO spreads and US LSTA 100 Index +5bp dod.  AAA trade 104dm-131dm with virtually all profiles post reinvestment short wal and inside the Index level.

    USD CLO Mezz/Equity

    AA trade 164dm - 264dm with a post reinvestment bond at the tight end and a high coupon long reinvestment end at the other end of the range, index unchanged 195dm.

    EUR MEZZ/EQUITY CLO

    Just two single B trades, at around 1004 dm.


  • 1 February 2024

    USD CLO AAA

    $160m of flow today, US LSTA 100 Index -8bp dod.  AAA trade 108dm-142dm with no benchmarks (AAA Index unchanged 147dm).

    USD CLO Mezz/Equity

    BBB trade 293dm-404dm with benchmarks 370dm-374dm (our BBB Index 367dm) with top tier manager bonds inside the index.  BB trade 901dm-1312dm, non-benchmarks with inherent credit and MVOC weakness (BB Index 703dm).

    EUR MEZZ/EQUITY CLO

    SPAUL 4X BRRR (A rated) traded at 258 dm.

    SPAUL 3RX DR (BBB) traded at 338 dm.

    BBs look a few bps softer today. They traded around 658 dm.

    PENTA 2020-8A FR (B rated) traded at 917 dm.

    Three equity trades today ranged from 16% yield for ANCHE 4X SUB to 35% yield for BABSE 2014-1X SUB.


  • 31 January 2024

    USD CLO AAA

    $91m of flow today across the stack, low mezz spreads soften slightly and US LSTA 100 Index is flat dod.  AAA unchanged with a trading range of 135dm-156dm with our AAA Index 147dm.

    USD CLO Mezz/Equity

    Single-As trade 211dm-286dm with no benchmarks to note (Single-A Index 252dm).  BBB trade 365dm-444dm with our BBB Index shifting to 365dm given weaker slightly weaker execution levels, BB trade 710dm-1270dm with BB Index shifting slightly wider to 703dm, one benchmark trade today ARES 2020-56A ER CVR 710dm / 7.6y WAL - EoRP 2026, MVOC 105.9, coupon +650bps and Ares the manager along with clean credit record on the bond.

    EUR AAA CLO

    AAAs are steady. Two low margin bonds traded around 117 dm.

    EUR MEZZ/EQUITY CLO

    AAs are also steady at around 199 dm today.

    BBBs traded around 363 dm.

    BBs traded around 675 dm.

    Single B’s are around 938 dm.

    AVOCA 15X M1 equity traded at 19.8% yield.


  • 30 January 2024

    USD CLO AAA

    Very little change in sentiment today, spreads broadly flat with some minor rebalancing at BB and US LSTA 100 Index -1bp dod.  2 x AAA trade 161dm-173dm for higher coupon longer reinvestment period end.

    USD CLO Mezz/Equity

    Most of liquidity in mezz is in BB which trade 608dm-822dm with one benchmark OCP 2021-21A E CVR 98.71 at 688dm / 7.3y WAL - MVOC 106.7, coupon +628bps, clean credit and Onex the manager and this bond trades slightly inside our BB Index 699dm given benchmark MVOCs 106.1 area.

    EUR AAA CLO

    AAAs are steady. Two recently issued high margin bonds traded around 180 dm. Two very seasoned, amortising bonds traded around 95 dm.

    EUR MEZZ/EQUITY CLO

    AAs traded around 196 dm today.

    Single A’s traded around 242 dm.

    BBs are steady at 712 dm.

    NEUBE 2022-5X FR (B rated) traded at 936 dm.

    A lot of equity traded. Yields ranged from 16% to 31% with an average of 21%.


  • 29 January 2024

    USD CLO Mezz/Equity

    $55m of BBB/BB activity today with only neglible slight softening in BB, US LSTA 100 Index -3bp dod.  BBB trade 388dm-477dm with all profiles with weaker MVOC (<110) non benchmarks (BBB Index 351dm).  BB trade 598dm-653dm for higher quality post reinvestment profiles (BB Index 701dm).

    EUR AAA CLO

    AAAs are steady at 129 dm in secondary.

    EUR MEZZ/EQUITY CLO

    BBBs traded around 347 dm today.

    One BB trade at 677 dm.


  • 26 January 2024

    USD CLO AAA

    $51m of liquidity today in AAA and BB, with spreads flat and US LSTA 100 Index +3bp dod.  AAA trade 126dm-167dm for 1st pays (AAA Index 147dm) and 2nd pays 148dm-209dm with the tight end of the 2nds post reinvestment short wal bonds.

    USD CLO Mezz/Equity

    2 x BB trade 710dm-731dm both post reinvestment profiles with weaker MVOCs and the BB Index 700dm.