Category: Insights

Insights

Recession Avoided, Private Credit Wins, and Other Predictions for 2024

01/10/24

Robert Grunewald

As another volatile year concludes, it is with great humility and deep respect for...

Insights

Are CLO BB Notes Investment Grade?

12/20/23

Shiloh Bates

CLO Ratings When a Collateralized Loan Obligation (CLO) is formed, a Nationally Recognized...

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Podcast: Demystifying CLO Myths

12/08/23

Shiloh Bates

Flat Rock Global CIO Shiloh Bates discusses CLOs (Collateralized Loan Obligations)...

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Common Mistakes in CLO Equity and BB Note Investing

07/13/23

Shiloh Bates

Collateralized Loan Obligation (CLO) Equity is the riskiest tranche of a CLO, but...

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Key Questions Regarding How to Use the Flat Rock Global Funds in Portfolio Allocation

09/26/22

Robert Grunewald

Over the years we have received numerous questions from financial professionals and...

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Dividend Payouts and Covenant Breaches: Do Middle Market Lenders have the Upper Hand?

01/27/22

James Bragg

When assessing the creditworthiness of senior secured corporate loans, we find that...

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Why Invest in Interval Funds?

10/07/20

Robert Grunewald

As reported by the SEC, there are 68 active interval funds offering unique access...

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The Underperformance of CLO Risk Retention Funds

04/23/20

Shiloh Bates

On October 21, 2014, the final rules implementing the credit risk retention requirements...

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Illuminating Credit Agreements

03/04/20

Robert Grunewald

While the proliferation of cov-lite loans has garnered significant press, the detailed...

Insights Podcast

Private Credit Loans and Trends

09/17/25

Shiloh Bates

Melissa Brady, Senior Director at Alvarez & Marsal, joins The CLO Investor podcast...

Insights Podcast

CLO Equity: Spreads, Loan Defaults, and Beyond

09/17/25

Shiloh Bates

Alex Navin, Managing Director, Performance Trust Capital Partners, LLC, joins The...

Insights Podcast

CLO Market Inefficiencies

08/05/25

Shiloh Bates

Amir Vardi, Head of Structured Credit at UBS Asset Management, joins The CLO Investor...

Insights Podcast

European CLOs and U.S. CLOs

07/01/25

Shiloh Bates

Brian Nolan, Head of European CLO Structuring at PGIM, joins The CLO Investor podcast...

Insights Podcast

Collateralized Loan Obligations (CLOs) and Tariffs

05/19/25

Shiloh Bates

In episode 20 of The CLO Investor podcast, host Shiloh Bates talks to Nuveen’s...

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Market Volatility and Flat Rock Funds Webinar Replay

04/17/25

Ann Hynek

Flat Rock Global CEO Robert Grunewald and CIO Shiloh Bates provided a collateralized...

Insights Podcast

Collateralized Loan Obligation (CLO) Business Case Studies

04/16/25

Shiloh Bates

Have you ever wondered what types of businesses can be found in middle market collateralized...

Insights Podcast

Collateralized Loan Obligation (CLO) Research

03/27/25

Shiloh Bates

Pratik Gupta, the CLO Research Head at Bank of America Securities, talks about collateralized...

Insights Podcast

Introducing Commercial Real Estate (CRE) CLOs

02/21/25

Shiloh Bates

Host Shiloh Bates discusses commercial real estate (CRE) CLOs with Mike Comparato,...

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Private Credit, CLO Equity and BB Notes, and the Growth of CLO ETFs

02/12/25

Shiloh Bates

Is Private Credit (PC) a bubble? We do not see evidence of a bubble. Even with recent...

Insights Podcast

Underwriting Broadly Syndicated and Middle Market CLOs

01/10/25

Shiloh Bates

Chris Gilbert, Head CLO Banker at Natixis, joins Shiloh Bates in Episode 16 of The...

News

Why Advisors Might Consider CLOs

12/19/24

Ann Hynek

In an interview with InvestmentNews, Flat Rock Global CIO Shiloh Bates explains why...

Insights Podcast

CLO Trading

12/06/24

Shiloh Bates

Shiloh Bates talks to the Bank of Montreal’s Head of CLO Trading, Bilal Nasir....

News

CLO Market Update with Shiloh Bates

11/27/24

Ann Hynek

Flat Rock Global CIO Shiloh Bates talks to Giovanni Amodeo, Chief Influencers Officer...

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Private Credit and CLOs in a Declining Rate Environment

11/19/24

Shiloh Bates

In September 2024, the Federal Reserve began its rate cutting cycle with a 50bps...