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

CLOs prove resistant to omicron in boost for new issue market
The CLO market has withstood the impact of the omicron coronavirus variant with barely a dent on CLO liability pricing

Brace yourself for tiers, tightening and titanic CLO issuance
The European CLO market has shattered post-global financial crisis new issuance records in 2021 with €38.4 billion pricing, as Creditflux goes to press. But 2022 could prove even more abundant

Infra CLO becomes first to opt for solely Sofr benchmark
The first CLO to dine completely on Sofr tranches wasn’t a run-of-the-mill deal. Instead it was an infrastructure-loan securitisation issued by Starwood Capital at $500 million, named STWD 2021-SIF2, according to market sources

Record US CLO volumes predicted as warehouses boom
CLO market forecasts for 2022 suggest another strong year for US primary market volumes

Market ponders Sofr spread adjustment amid investor lag
The CLO market is waving goodbye to Libor as a benchmark rate and transitioning to alternatives for the first time in the history of the asset class. But there is no consensus as to what the Sofr spread adjustment should be, and some of the largest buyers are said to be slow to consider the impact of a benchmark transition

CVC shakes up structure with Apidos CLO reset
CVC has reworked the capital stack of a US CLO it signed last year, with a reset that shaves pricing but also shifts the size of tranches

Voya cuts CLO costs across stack with 2019 reset
Voya has reset a US CLO it printed in 2019, slightly increasing the size of the deal and shaving the price of every debt tranche in the capital structure

CLO extremes will do well in '22 but mezz needs caution: BNP Paribas
The extreme parts of CLOs' capital structures will offer best value in 2022, but investors should be cautious on mezzanine tranches and consider hedges, say BNP Paribas strategists

Job opportunity with Clarion: structured credit associate
Clarion Capital Partners has released details of the following vacancy: Structured credit associate, New York

Citi's former European CLO head earns promotion to MD
A long-time European CLO specialist is among the 306 promoted to managing director at Citi, according to reports

Sculptor chisels fixed rate tranches into CLO with reset
Sculptor has reset a US CLO it signed in 2017, cutting the size of the overall debt stack but adding fixed rate tranches

PGIM expands all debt classes with Euro CLO reset
PGIM has reset a European CLO it signed late last year, greatly increasing the size of the deal in the process

MidCap returns to mid market CLO primary with first new deal in year
MidCap Financial has returned to the CLO primary market with its first new middle market deal in over a year

AMMC and Assured refinance CLOs to the tune of $715 million
American Money Management Corporation and Assured Investment Management together refinanced $714.8 million worth of CLO liabilities on Friday

Jefferies European securitised markets co-head set to leave role
One of Jefferies' co-heads of Emea securitised markets is set to leave their role 

Nassau resets post-reinvestment CLO from 2020
Nassau Corporate Credit has reset a 2020 CLO that has exited its reinvestment period

BlackRock and Irradiant refinance legacy CLOs
BlackRock and Irradiant Partners each refinanced a legacy CLO on Thursday

Panagram takes on 'structure advisor' role for mid market CLO as two deals price
Panagram Structured Asset Management has taken an advisor role for a BlackRock mid market CLO - one of two mid market deals Natixis arranged this week, with another for Nuveen Asset Management

Unique Onex CLO draws in ABS crowd with replenishment structure
Onex Credit Partners struck a compromise between debt and equity investors last week when it created the first CLO to feature a replenishment period, according to market sources. Creditflux analysis of the CLO's execution suggests it was well recieved. 

Barings prices short-dated reset of 2016 CLO
Barings priced a reset of Barings 2016-II last night, according to market sources, and opted for a short-dated 2.1 year reinvestment period

AGL and Blackstone place new CLO triple As at 113bp
AGL Credit Management and Blackstone Credit each priced a new CLO on Tuesday, with both deals securing triple A prints of Libor plus 113 basis points

GreensLedge takes reins and maps out Deerpath CLO
Deerpath Capital on Monday priced its second middle market CLO of the year, named Deerpath CLO 2021-2

Capital Four becomes seventh debut US CLO manager of 2021
Capital Four has become the latest debutant in the US CLO market by printing its first transaction via JP Morgan on Friday

Correction: ArrowMark, Octagon and Trimaran print five-year CLOs
ArrowMark Partners, Octagon Credit Investors and Trimaran Advisors each priced a five-year CLO on Monday