Key ARC Findings for the Week of April 29, 2023:

• ARCs declined slightly last week from $332 billion to $320 billion.
• The difference between face amount and market value is $81 billion, providing abundant opportunity for up tier exchanges and other liability management transactions (See Odinbrook’s posts on LinkedIn of strong coverage by the Financial Times on this topic).
• Financial services continues to be the largest industry category for the ARCs.
• 39% of the ARCs are B or split-rated.
• Federal Reserve press conference at 2pm ET on 5/3. 
• Recent notable bankruptcy filings include:
  • Whittaker, Clark & Daniels, Inc. (talc manufacturer-NJ)
  • Internap (2nd-time filing, Delaware)
  • Tritek International (363 sale-Del.)
• Notable liability management transactions: Carvana extends exchange deadline to May 3, 2023 (See Odinbrook post on LinkedIn). Note that Carvana has 5 bond issues in the ARC list with a total face amount of $5.725 billion trading at a discount of more than $2.6 billion.

See full At-risk Credits (ARC) report for April 29, 2023.