All Loans articles – Page 5
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Public/Private Investing: Fixed Income at a Crossroads
As the line between public and private debt markets appears to blur, the ability to draw on the full suite of fixed income asset classes can help investors navigate a wide range of market environments—through complementary sources of risk and return prospects, enhanced diversification and improved return potential.
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CLOs: Supply/Demand Dynamics Driving Opportunities
As heavy supply creates bottlenecks for investors and dealers, refinancing and reset transactions continue to look attractive, particularly BB tranches.
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Asset Manager News
Antirion and Generali: co-investment agreement about the Tour Saint-Gobain in Paris
Generali Real Estate S.p.A. and the independent asset management company Antirion announce the signature of a co-investment agreement whereby Antirion acquires 50% of the shares of the vehicle owner of the Tour Saint-Gobain in Paris La Défense.
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Q&A With ARRC’s Tom Wipf: The Shift to Term SOFR
CME Group’s Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) Term Rates have seen extensive client interest since the Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC) endorsed them on July 29, with the move marking the last step in the ARRC’s Paced Transition Plan from LIBOR.
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How to unlock opportunities in the sponsor-less SME loan market
Sponsor-less transactions are largely misunderstood. With greater liquidity and mounting interest from institutional investors, can we expect an influx of non-sponsor transactions funded by direct lenders?
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Research Report
Managing risk amid uncertainty with commercial real estate debt
The healthy appetite for commercial real estate (CRE) debt from investors around the world continues. Not a single investor wanted to reduce their exposure to debt, according to the 2020 INREV/ANREV/PREA survey covering CRE debt vehicles.
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Private Debt, Capital Solutions and the Early-Cycle/Later-Cycle Paradox
Early-cycle growth prospects should incentivize investment, but later-cycle valuations can give pause: Private debt and capital solutions could resolve the paradox.
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Deja vu for CLOs?
Heavy supply around quarterly payment dates has led to predictable periods of spread widening in the CLO market—creating attractive relative value opportunities up and down the capital structure.
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CLO equity: Where does it fit in investor allocations?
CLO equity has garnered increasing levels of investor interest, primarily due to the potential for high returns driven by a robust yield profile – a relative rarity in today’s low-yield investment landscape.
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Podcast
The Great Housing Diaspora of COVID-19
As a result of mass deurbanization during the pandemic, where fleets of people left cities for more suburban areas, residential housing markets have seen unprecedented buyer activity over the last several months. But as buyer demand continues to saturate the market, where does that leave supply? Could deurbanization continue as a post-COVID trend? And what else might investors want to consider in this space?
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Private credit in a post-Covid market
With 2020 behind us, investors have now witnessed private credit behaving as advertised. Specifically, the asset class provided confidence around the durability, low price volatility and predictive income streams middle market loans afford through downturns.
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The Wind Remains at High Yield’s Back (For Now)
Accelerating economic growth and improving corporate financial conditions, coupled with a manageable default picture, continue to bolster high yield.
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CLOs: The Proof is in the Process
In this Q&A, Adrienne Butler discusses Barings’ longstanding presence in the CLO market and shares her views on what it takes to navigate the often-misunderstood asset class.
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Fiorino: banks versus shadow banks, a heavyweight battle emerges from new financial fields
Money gives weight to power, with the all-pervasive field of banking typically behind this transformation. However, as Fiorino discovers, a previously hidden force in the banking universe is now revealing its massive influence…
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Sustainability-linked LBO loans - fad or future?
The ‘green’ finance revolution shows no signs of slowing down, with sustainable debt issuance continuing to set new records.
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Asset Manager News
Natixis Investment Managers International provides loan to new Barcelona metro line
Private Debt - News: Natixis IM International Private Debt has taken part in a direct lending transaction to help complete the building of Barcelona’s newest metro line. When completed, Line 9 will be the longest fully-automated metro line in Europe, with 52 stations.
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Quick Thoughts: Why Our Managers Disagree On Inflation, Rates, and Growth
Chief Market Strategist Stephen Dover believes when thinking about fixed income investing, it is important to think beyond rising interest rates and focus on the many ways to obtain total return.
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Why Now May Be a Good Time to Consider CLOs
A wave of refinancings has tested the CLO market’s capacity, but it has also created relative value opportunities up and down the capital structure—particularly in seasoned, BB deals.