News - KopenTech

Columbia embeds electronic AMR refinancing for a second time

December 04, 2020

Columbia Threadneedle prices the $409.3 MM Columbia CENT CLO 30 embedding AMR refinancing. CENT CLO 30 is the tightest five-year reinvestment US CLO since March.

KopenTech’s Barometric Tools Assess Secondary CLO Market Health

November 02, 2020

KopenTech presents the metrics found to be indicative of CLO secondary market health. See the full study published by AltCredit.

HalseyPoint CLO 3, Ltd. becomes 10th deal to utilize online AMR refinancing

October 22, 2020

Priced by Citi, HalseyPoint Asset Management’s $500.365M HalseyPoint CLO 3, Ltd. marks the 10th CLO to utilize KopenTech’s online AMR refinancing feature. With the deal closing on November 24, 2020, the total volume of CLOs featuring the AMR mechanism now exceeds $4.4 billion.

AMR Tranches are Favored in Secondary Trading

October 01, 2020

KopenTech’s Data Scientist, Andreas Kraus, finds AMR CLOs trade more frequently, and at slightly better prices, than non-AMR counterparts. Read the full study published by AltCredit.

Seix Mountain View XIV Auction DNTs Amid Wider Spreads

September 30, 2020

While the widening secondary market threw a curve ball in the Mountain View CLO XIV AMR refi, the auction highlighted AMR benefits: the collateral manager paid no fees for this auction, and it could hold another auction in as soon as eight business days.

Seix CLO is scheduled to refinance using AMR

September 25, 2020

The auction, taking place on September 29, 2020, will be facilitated by KopenTech, whose platform has seen increased functionality since the inaugural auction in January 2020. An Order Book bidding tool will allow for a more streamlined approach to gather client orders for the 14 platform broker-dealers.

Seix CLO becomes second deal to experience AMR Auction

September 21, 2020

KopenTech is set to host the refinancing of Seix Advisors Mountain View CLO XIV via auction on September 29, 2020. With only seven months of reinvestment remaining in Mountain View XIV, and a credit market rally, this CLO is expected to be well in the money, Creditflux reports.

Seix Mountain View CLO XIV to be refinanced via AMR Auction

September 21, 2020

KopenTech’s AMR platform will facilitate the refinancing of Seix’s Mountain View CLO on September 29, 2020. BNP priced the deal for Seix in March 2019 – this was the second new issue deal to embed the AMR feature. Since the inaugural auction in January 2020, the number of platform broker-dealers has increased from 5 to 13.

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