RR ABS issuance continues as AB prices new deal
ABPCI has become the latest manager to price a recurring revenue 2024 ABS deal, a securitization of loans to high growth tech companies which sits somewhere between CLOs and ABS

2020 CLO gets a reset and a big upsize
AGL Credit Management has priced a reset of AGL CLO 9, a 2020 BSL CLO, with a USD 123m upsize in the debt tranches 

Third time's the charm for serially reset US BSL CLO
Benefit Street Partners has reset a 2014 vintage CLO for the third time, bringing triple-A spreads down to 135bps

Four fixed rate tranches featured in latest Apex US CLO
Apex Credit Partners has returned to the primary issuance market for the first time in almost two years, market sources said, pricing a new USD 322.725m deal on Friday with Jefferies as sole arranger

Scotia continues growth with new CLO for Fortress
The middle market has continued its strong start to the year, with Fortress Investment Group yesterday setting a new benchmark for middle market pricing

New research says that CLO arb is better than you think, but still not good enough
New research by Barclays’ Powell Eddins and Pranava Boyidapu suggests that CLO arbitrage is in a better place than many investors think, but that BBs are still more attractive

Investor wades into debate on whether CLO BB notes are literally underrated
The latest piece of thought-provoking research from Flat Rock Global broaches the thorny topic of structured credit ratings, asking “Are CLO BB Notes Investment Grade?”

End on a high: institutional loan and HY bond issuance rises 44% YoY
Leveraged finance (LevFin) issuance across the US institutional loan and high-yield (HY) bond markets totalled USD 529bn in 2023, representing a 44% year-on-year (YoY) increase

Generate and Citi breathe new life into old CLO
Generate Advisors, the CLO management arm of Kennedy Lewis Investment Management, crowned a successful year in the US market with the shock reset of a 2016 vintage deal

Citi prints new US CLO for Rockford Tower
Rockford Tower Capital Management priced its first new US CLO for 2023 on Thursday in a USD 397.55m deal arranged by Citi

Credit PMs predict global recession
Respondents to the latest IACPM credit outlook survey were feeling particularly gloomy, with a strong majority predicting recessions in both the US and Europe next year

Octagon 68 prices with triple As at SOFR +167.5bps
Wells Fargo arranged a new US CLO for Octagon Credit Investors on Friday

European CLOs win out against US deals
Last month, our analysis explored the performance of US CLOs that were previously reset. We found that they delivered higher distributions than deals which weren’t reset, with the exception of the 2017 and 2018 vintages (Creditflux September 2023 — Do resets help CLOs perform better?). This article expands that analysis to the European market, and compares the performance of US BSL and EU CLO equity tranches.

Refinancing range expands as 2020 vintage deal prices
The CLO refinancing market opened up last week with the pricing of the first refi of a US 2020 vintage deal in more than a year

Brightwood returns to CLO market for first time this year
Brightwood Capital has priced a new middle market CLO, Brightwood Capital MM CLO 2023-1, arranged by GreensLedge with RBC as co-placement agent

Monthly new US CLO volumes highest since May as MJX prices new deal
US new CLO volumes for August surpassed $6 billion on Friday after MJX Asset Management priced its second deal of the year named Venture 48

Manager tiering matters, but don’t rely on proxies like WAS or WARF
With manager tiering continuing to dominate CLO primary pricing levels we take a look at the 2021 vintage to see how much difference a manager really makes to deal performance

Private credit default index shows surprise decrease in the second quarter
Proskauer’s Default Index of the US private credit market was 1.64% in the second quarter, a significant decrease from 2.15% in 1Q23.

Nuveen breaks ground with reset of a short-dated 2022 CLO
Bank of America priced an intriguing reset of a 2022 CLO for Nuveen last week, despite challenges on the arbitrage

Bain is back with first mid market CLO in four years
Bain Capital is back just two weeks after pricing their last CLO with a new US middle market CLO, the first for the Boston-based manager since 2019.

Aegon prices first deal in Lakemore partnership
Aegon priced Cedar Funding XVII on Wednesday, according to market sources. The Baltimore-based manager turned again to Jefferies to arrange the deal.

DoubleLine breaks US CLO issuance deadlock with first deal in 18 months
DoubleLine Capital priced its first new CLO in over 18 months on Friday, breaking the issuance deadlock that bound the US market this last week

Global CLO league tables - May 2023 YTD
Global CLO league tables - May 2023 YTD