AIG, BlackRock, First Eagle and GoldenTree bring weekly CLO reset volume to $5.9 billion
Four managers capped off a huge week for US CLO reset activity by reworking 2019 deals, bringing weekly reset volume to $5.85 billion across 12 transactions

CLO pipeline: US manager base poised to hit 119 and Europe 57
The CLO market is open to newcomers as both the US and European are set to welcome first time CLO issuers – BlueBay Asset Management in the US and Acer Tree Investment Management in Europe

US CLO league tables: No static shock as Palmer Square conducts CLO traffic yet again
It was a slower start to the year for US CLO new issuance as  managers printed $4.56 billion of new paper against an average new issue volume of $5.88 billion in January in the last five years. But then again, the CLO and loan industries have had to contend with the not-so-small issue of replacing their favourite floating rate benchmark

Global CLO league tables - January 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - Jan YTD

Asset manager to launch debut 'public' CLO with Apollo backing
A large global asset manager is making its long-awaited move into US CLOs with market sources indicating it is launching a deal with support from Apollo, having executed a private CLO in partnership three years ago 

PGIM achieves tightest five-year CLO of 2022
PGIM on Thursday issued its first new CLO of the year, scoring the tightest liability pricing of any five-year reinvestment deal to date this year

Bain navigates market volatility with new US CLO
Bain Capital Credit priced its first Sofr-linked CLO on Thursday, despite a backdrop of sharply widening credit markets

Three new deals bring weekly US CLO reset volume to $3.9 billion
Three US CLO resets priced on Thursday, bringing weekly reset volume for the week to $3.9 billion across eight transactions

Digital CLO refis show worth as way of sticking by Libor
When regulators outlined that Libor would not be used on primary market transactions in 2022, they probably did not contemplate CLO refinancings sticking to the benchmark (refis are deemed to be primary market transactions)

CLOs should realise gains from reorg equity positions: Pearl Diver
Reorg equity sitting within CLOs has risen in value over the last year and Pearl Diver Capital says it may be a good time to exit these positions “and realise value for CLOs”

Sofr spike boosts CLO debt as Europe and US go out of sync
The sharp rise in three-month term Sofr has caused CLO relative value to shift decisively towards primary US CLO debt tranches in January as the floating rate benchmark shot up from 9.11bp to 17.06bp (from 1-20 January)

Whitestar swoops for US CLOs as it readies European deals
MacKay Shields has completed its exit from CLO management after it emerged that the asset manager has transferred the rights to two of its US CLOs to Whitestar Asset Management

CLOs at a glance (February 2022)
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month

CLOs and loans find footing as post-Sofr trends emerge
The US leveraged loan and CLO markets transitioned to a new base rate from 1 January without the lengthy issuance pause that was widely predicted in the months leading up to the switch

CLO managers to ramp up mid-market loan holdings
Mid-market loans may increasingly infiltrate broadly syndicated loan CLOs as managers seek to boost returns amid tighter leveraged loan spreads

Migration into floating rate kicks off with record loan inflows
The leveraged loan market received record-breaking inflows from retail funds in January as investors pivoted into floating rate products in advance of interest rate rises

Redding Ridge upsizes 2019 CLO by $321 million
Redding Ridge on Wednesday reset its 2019 CLO named RR 7 via Mizuho, greatly upsizing the transaction

Allstate and Apex refinance late 2020 CLOs
Allstate Investment Management Company and Apex Credit Partners has each refinanced a late 2020 CLO

Invesco tightens triple As to 130bp with its second largest CLO
Invesco priced a new US CLO on Wednesday with the triple A notes paying 130 basis points over Sofr

Canyon prints first new US CLO in six months
Canyon Partners has priced its first new US CLO in six months, pairing with Bank of America to print a $508.6 million transaction named Canyon CLO 2022-1

Ares and Octagon bring weekly CLO reset volume over $2 billion in just two days
Ares Management and Octagon Credit Investors each reset a CLO on Tuesday, bringing weekly US CLO reset volume up to over $2 billion

Lakemore lauds greater control afforded by supermajority CLO equity strategy
Lakemore Partners has shed more light on its supermajority CLO equity investment strategy through a roundtable discussion with Maples Group    

Carlyle and Oak Hill give $50 million upsizes to CLOs amid resets
Carlyle Group and Oak Hill Advisors each reset a legacy CLO on Monday, with both managers opting for a substantial upsize of the original deals

Former Wells Fargo CLO researcher joins Credit Suisse in New York
A former CLO and ABS researcher at Wells Fargo has joined Credit Suisse as a CLO trading desk strategist in New York 

Sound Point pairs with BofA on new US CLO
Sound Point Capital Management priced a US CLO on Friday