Big US banks pull back from CLO primary market to preserve cash
CLO triple As have tightened substantially in recent weeks to tights of 155 basis points in the primary market - but sources say the big US banks that typcially invest in these bonds are not buying

Don’t obsess over the state of your OC cushions
During Creditflux’s live CLO webinar last month, panellists agreed that fighting to keep an over-collateralisation test in compliance could do more harm than good in the long term

Euro CLO league tables: Apollo blasts its way to top spot
July marked the largest month of European CLO issuance since coronavirus pandemic-induced volatility hit financial markets

Global CLO league tables - July 2020 YTD
Global CLO league tables - July 2020 YTD

US CLO league tables: refis return as Apollo and Citi maintain leads
US CLO monthly issuance rose above $8 billion in July for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc across the globe

DoubleLine makes CLO comeback with first new issue in over a year
DoubleLine Capital has returned to the CLO primary market with Parallel 2020-1, its first new issue in over a year

Five Arrows prices same-day CLOs in US and Europe for first time
Five Arrows Managers broke new ground on Friday after pricing two CLOs on one day for the first time in its history

Credit Suisse's head of European CLO syndication to join Citi
Credit Suisse's head of European CLO syndication and origination is set to make a move to Citi, to partly fill the void on the bank's primary CLO desk

CBAM returns to US new issue CLOs with highly unusual twist
CBAM on Monday made its return to the US CLO new issues, pricing one of the market's most unusual transactions following the coronavirus outbreak

Carlyle prices fourth largest covid-era CLO with $499.4 million new issue
Carlyle Group has priced one of the largest new CLOs following the March sell off, teaming up with Citi to issue the $499.4 million Carlyle US CLO 2020-1

Nassau makes CLO primary return with one-year new issue
Nassau Corporate Credit has priced its first new CLO since the coronavirus sell off, with the $251.75 million deal set to run a short one-year non-call period

CLO pipeline: break's over - time to print deals
The CLO market has taken a slight pause after the independence holiday in the US last weekend, meaning the CLO pipeline includes a backlog

Anchorage prints its first loan-only CLO in a year
Anchorage Capital Group has priced a new $341 million CLO via Citi, the manager's first new issue following the coronavirus outbreak

CLO pipeline: Managers prepare to build on momentum in July
The demand for new issue CLO paper is strengthening with eight US CLOs, one mid market CLO and three European CLOs preparing to print in the coming days

BlueMountain makes US CLO primary comeback with first new issue since October
BlueMountain has returned to the US CLO primary market after eight months, according to market sources, bringing a new $394.35 million deal via Citi

Western issues first new money CLO since 2014
Western Asset Management made a grand return to the CLO primary market after issuing its first new deal since 2014, according to market sources

Jefferies completes shock raid on Citi's European CLO desk
Citi's head of CLO issuance Laura Coady is joining Jefferies, resulting in the bank making a big change to its global CLO platform

Western set to make CLO comeback after six-year absence
Western Asset Management is marketing its first new issue CLO in over six years, according to market sources

CLO pipeline: manager prepares crowning return as primary market gets busy
CLO secondary prices have rallied hard in recent weeks, providing impetus for the new issue deal pipeline to fill up quickly. But one surprise is that Western Asset Management has chosen this moment to return to the primary CLO market, after several years' absence

Fidelity upsizes two-year US CLO
Fidelity Investments has priced its first US transaction of the year dubbed BallyRock CLO 2020-1

Spread tightening allows Sound Point to drop delayed draw double Bs in new CLO
Sound Point priced a $399.32 million new CLO via Citi today amid signs the market is on track to return to normalcy following the coronavirus outbreak

Global CLO league tables - May 2020 YTD
Global CLO league tables - May 2020 YTD

Euro CLO league tables: fresh faces emerge with new deals
May was a month of fresh faces as three new managers entered the ring for the first time in 2020

HalseyPoint 'plays to its strengths' with $378 million US CLO
HalseyPoint Asset Management has priced its first new CLO following the coronavirus outbreak, and its second since making its debut in CLOs last year