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We’re drifting apart
1 year ago
Everyone’s issuing US CLOs these days and it is tempting to believe the crowd of managers is blending into one. However, overall portfolio overlap has dropped to 37.7% across 2021 CLOs -
Arb work pays off
2 years ago
With day-one arbitrage alone delivering projected CLO cash-on-cash returns of 20-25%, 2021 may have been the best year ever for equity investors — at least until CLO spreads began to widen -
Global CLO league tables - March 2022 YTD
2 years ago
Global CLO league tables - March YTD -
Mid market CLO league tables: $1.1 billion Golub deal shuffles the pack
2 years ago
Mid market CLO issuance slowed last month amid market volatility with just one new issue and two resets pricing in March, worth a combined $1.9 billion -
US CLO league tables: BofA marches on as Elmwood climbs to top in new issues
2 years ago
Last month, for the first time since June 2020, no resets or refinancings priced in the US CLO market as market volatility took repricings out of the money. This meant a month-on-month decline of $13.4 billion in overall issuance, but new issuance was still healthy with $11.6 billion pricing in March -
Euro CLO league tables: Jefferies takes huge lead as managers bunch up
2 years ago
The increased volatility and geopolitical risk brought about by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine meant European CLO issuance dropped off in March after a strong February -
Global CLO trading lab: Payments season prompts equity to surge but short-dated bonds trade low
2 years ago
Over the last two weeks, $2.8 billion of US CLOs and €640 million of European CLO paper have appeared on b-wics, with equity making up 33% and 40% of the respective markets -
Global CLO league tables - January 2022 YTD
2 years ago
Global CLO league tables - Jan YTD -
CLO pipeline: biggest managers come to market as Rockford Tower sets sight on CBO
2 years ago
The Sofr-era of CLOs is well and truly upon us judging by the pipeline, with 14 US CLO managers marketing their first Sofr CLOs. and six European CLO managers are locked in a race to bring the first new issue of 2022 -
US CLO league tables: Blackstone and Citi win new issues but CSAM and JP Morgan take overall issuance crown
2 years ago
The US CLO market had an extraordinary 2021 with almost $400 billion of overall issuance pricing as records were set for all forms of issuance -
Euro CLO league tables: Upstarts Jefferies and Palmer Square fall just short of market leaders
2 years ago
ABC as easy as 1, 2, 3: Apollo leads new issuance as Barclays and CVC emerge as overall leaders, despite the efforts of newcomers Jefferies and Palmer Square. The European CLO market had a record year in 2021 as overall issuance fell just €3.2 billion short of €100 billion, more than double the previous record set in 2017 of €45.7 billion and a 325% increase on the coronavirus-impacted market in 2020 -
Mid market CLO league tables: Late flurry takes Wells Fargo top as Golub leads again with records tumbling
2 years ago
For the second year in a row, and for a fourth time in five years (when Creditflux’s CLO league tables began), Golub Capital and Wells Fargo finished atop the manager and arranger mid market CLO league tables, respectively -
Global 2021 CLO league tables
2 years ago
Global 2021 CLO league tables -
Euro CLO league tables: Record new issuance month as CVC and Barclays jump back to top
2 years ago
November set yet another record for the European CLO market as managers priced €6.3 billion of new paper, the most in a month in the 2.0 era -
Mid market CLO league tables: deal record breaks as Wells Fargo gains new issue lead
2 years ago
The mid market CLO space had a record-breaking month in November on three counts -
Global CLO league tables - Nov 2021 YTD
2 years ago
Global CLO league tables - Nov 2021 YTD -
US CLO league tables: Blackstone takes new issue lead amid monthly new issue record
2 years ago
The US CLO market priced $23 billion of new issues in November, setting a record for most new issuance in a month in the 2.0 era -
US CLO league tables: Palmer Square stands tall in land of the CLO giants
2 years ago
The US CLO market has extended its run of incessant issuance with October having added $39.98 billion of CLO paper to the year’s tally, making it the second most productive month this year for overall and new issue volumes -
Euro CLO league tables: Jefferies nips ahead of Barclays as overall leader
2 years ago
The European CLO market has added laurels to a record-breaking year with one of the highest issuance months for new paper. -
Mid market CLO league tables: the only record left to break in 2021
2 years ago
New issuance is still shy of the $16 billion set in 2018, but stands not far off at $15.62 billion -
Global CLO league tables - Oct 2021 YTD
2 years ago
Global CLO league tables - Oct 2021 YTD -
Credit Fundraising: Private credit and CLO captive equity feature strongly as closes mount up
2 years ago
Credit funds have made a fair start to the fourth quarter, although the $21 billion raised during October is down substantially on September’s impressive record for 2021 -
Global CLO trading lab: Seasoned equity prices lag as debt spreads level out
2 years ago
The CLO secondary market took a back seat to the surging primary market in August and September with secondary US CLO volume accounting for just 3.7% and 4.2% of the total US CLO market (primary and secondary volumes). But opportunities are there in CLO equity tranches -
Mid market CLO league tables: No change up top but KKR and Silver Point enter race
2 years ago
The mid market CLO space welcomed two new faces to its ranks last month as Silver Point Capital and KKR priced a new issue CLO each -
Euro CLO league tables: deal flurry takes Barclays and CVC to the top
2 years ago
The European CLO market machine swatted away any suggestion of a summer slowdown in August with €6.74 billion of issuance coming to market
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