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US CLO refis continue with tight print from 2018 vintage Octagon deal
21 days ago
Continuing its hectic start to the year, Octagon Credit Partners priced its fourth deal of 2024 on Tuesday. The partial refi of its 2018 US BSL CLO saw one of the tighter prints this year. -
Octagon adds new life to 2017 vintage US CLO
28 days ago
Octagon Credit Investors has refinanced Octagon Investment Partners 31, a frequently refinanced deal dating back to June 2017. -
The Last Tranche with Octagon's Lam: CLO equity makes sense again
1 month ago
In this episode of our podcast The Last Tranche, Octagon Credit Investors' new CEO Gretchen Lam discusses whether recent changes in the arb for US BSL CLOs is making third-party equity attractive again, and what that means for the market. -
Octagon Credit Investors names Gretchen Lam as new CEO
5 months ago
Octagon announced today that Gretchen Lam will succeed Andrew Gordon as Chief Executive Officer as he steps into new Executive Chair role -
Octagon 68 prices with triple As at SOFR +167.5bps
5 months ago
Wells Fargo arranged a new US CLO for Octagon Credit Investors on Friday -
Bank of America prices three CLOs in a day
6 months ago
The bank managed to make the triple with a new CLO for Octagon, a reset of a 2022 vintage deal for Voya, and a highly unusual partial refi of a static CLO for Marathon -
Lender on lender violence increasing as defaults tick up, conference hears
9 months ago
CLO managers are seeing an increase in aggressive lending practices as the long-anticipated rise in loan defaults begins to materialise, panelists at Debtwire's US Private Credit Forum said in New York on Wednesday -
US CLO league tables: BofA takes CLO lead as new issues keep calm and carry on
11 months ago
US CLO issuance dropped last month as the banking crisis gripped financial markets when Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank failed and troubled Credit Suisse was sold for below market value -
US CLO pipeline: issuers takes credit sell-off in their stride as supply picks up
1 year ago
Despite the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank in the last week, the CLO machine has continued to churn with just shy of $5 billion of US and mid market CLO issuance this week -
Octagon partners with RBC on its latest new CLO
1 year ago
Octagon Credit Investors priced a new CLO named Octagon Investment Partners 61 on Thursday, teaming up with Royal Bank of Canada to print the deal -
US CLO triple As settle near 180bp as Octagon prices
1 year ago
Octagon Credit Investors has got off the mark in the primary US CLO market with Octagon 67 -
US CLO pipeline: busy January sets the tone for the year
1 year ago
US CLO new issuance in January has exceeded 2022’s volumes with $6.4 billion priced last month compared to $4.6 billion last year, and the market is showing no signs of slowing down -
US CLO league tables: Usual suspects keep market rolling as Citi moves within $1 billion of BofA
1 year ago
October experienced $7.1 billion of US CLO issuance with over half of that priced by the managers that occupy one to eight in the US CLO new issue league tables -
Carlyle and Octagon bring first reinvesting US BSL CLOs since 19 October
1 year ago
Carlyle Group and Octagon Credit Investors each priced a new US CLO on Friday, bringing the first reinvesting transactions backed by broadly syndicated loans to the market in nine days -
US CLO pipeline: issuance expected to slow as blockages emerge
1 year ago
Only three new deals have been added this week to the list of forthcoming CLOs. The pipeline is suffering from some blockage after only four US CLOs priced last week -
Leveraged loan issuance unlikely to return in force until late 2023, conference hears
1 year ago
The leveraged loan primary issuance pipeline is headed for an elongated pause and primary loan activity is unlikely to return dramatically until late in 2023, attendees at IMN's ABS East conference in Miami heard on Monday -
US CLO league tables: BofA’s big month opens gap with Citi but Palmer Square closes in on Blackstone
1 year ago
After a quiet August, the US CLO market returned to what is the new normal (or new, new normal depending on the timeframe you're using). Managers priced $11.3 billion of US CLO paper last month, extending a trend -
Identity of sellers emerges as CLO equity blocks change hands
1 year ago
Two majority equity positions have changed hands in the secondary market over the last two days, with details behind the cover price and sellers coming to light -
Three control CLO equity positions hit market with another to follow
1 year ago
Three anchor US CLO equity positions were listed on the secondary market yesterday in what was a busy day for investors -
190bp emerges as senior triple A benchmark as Octagon prints new CLO
1 year ago
Octagon Credit Investors priced a new CLO via Nomura on Thursday, placing its senior triple A notes at the market tights of 190 basis points over Sofr -
US CLO pipeline: Dispersion comes to fore, while Capital Four goes static
1 year ago
The CLO market is heating up once again after the summer lull and pricing has tightened, with at least three US CLO managers looking to match or even best Palmer Square Capital Management’s triple A print of 200 basis points -
The Last Tranche with Octagon's Nechamkin: Investors were selling the larger loans that were easier to sell
1 year ago
In this episode of the Last Tranche, Mike Nechamkin, chief investment officer and senior portfolio manager at Octagon Credit Investors, discusses the reasons behind the recovery in loan prices in recent weeks -
Quick! Avaya has ignited and $1 billion of CLO assets are at risk
1 year ago
Sparks are flying in the leveraged loan and high yield market after communications company Avaya Holdings slashed its forecasted earnings mere weeks after syndicating new debt. The rapid decline of Avaya's debt has left CLO managers little time to avoid the blaze -
US CLO league tables: Heavyweights knock deals out as familiar faces stay top
1 year ago
In June 25 managers braved the US CLO market, among which only Columbia Management priced its first deal of the year -
CLOs at a glance (June 2022)
1 year ago
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month
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