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Another 2019 vintage deal gets refinanced
11 hours ago
Benefit Street Partners engaged JP Morgan to help price its first US refi of the year at the end of last week -
Sixth Street refis another US BSL CLO
1 month ago
Sixth Street yesterday reworked its second deal in as many weeks with its USD 373.65m reset of TICP CLO XI -
2018 vintage CSAM deal gets a refi
1 month ago
CSAM priced a partial refi of Madison Park Funding XXIX today, combining two triple-A tranches into one -
Demand for European loan format notes increases as Onex prices latest CLO
6 months ago
Consolidating its busy year, Onex Capital Partners has followed up its EUR 351.6m August CLO issuance with another transaction on Friday, arranged by BNP Paribas -
US CLO pipeline: Spreads and tenors disperse as six managers eye new issues
1 year ago
Dispersion has come to the fore in the US CLO market with higher tier managers able to price their triple As in the 180-185 basis points range and others up around 200bps. But this week’s pipeline shows there is some divergence in the length of CLOs coming to the market too -
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 pipeline: Oak Hill aims for tightest triple As since July, as other CLO markets at 245bp
1 year ago
Nine US CLO managers are in various stages of marketing their latest CLOs, and while Oak Hill is seeking a benchmark-setting deal, there are other CLOs that are expected to price well wide of this -
US CLO pipeline: Triple A dispersion coming to fore as Palmer Square aims to open market again
1 year ago
The US CLO market is set to reopen with five managers in various stages of marketing new issue CLOs, according to sources -
US CLO league tables: Blackstone and BofA rise above competition in volatile 2022
1 year ago
A tumultuous year in the US CLO market led to total issuance dropping from a record $391.2 billion in 2021 to $134.8 billion in 2022 -
Beneath the triple C: Winter is coming for CLOs as downgrades outstrip upgrades
1 year ago
Both US and European issuers have felt downward pressure from the rating agencies as we head towards the end of the year, with downgrades to triple C now firmly outpacing upgrades out of it. -
US CLO pipeline: new faces appear amid tightening price guidance
1 year ago
After many months, the US CLO pipeline is bursting with new life as two debutants market their inaugural deals – Empower’s Empower 2022-1 and Muzinich’s 1988 CLO 1 -
Beneath the triple C: US CLOs take a dip in the triple C as Europe watches from the sun lounger
1 year ago
The US CLO market bore the brunt of downgrades to triple C in July and August, with a total of $6.22 billion of paper affected. European CLOs enjoyed a more relaxing summer holiday, with only 1 name representing €33.88 million worth of bonds downgraded to triple C. -
Making the grade: CLO managers move into IG bonds
1 year ago
CLO managers have been using the incredible volatility in credit markets this year to add an unfamiliar asset to their portfolios – investment grade bonds -
Tikehau adds to triple-A discovery with first European CLO of year
1 year ago
Tikehau Capital on Tuesday night priced its first European CLO transaction of the year, via BNP Paribas -
CLO pipeline: only way is up after tier one price talk hits new wides
1 year ago
There is a build up of nine deals in the US CLO pipeline as the market heads to a CLO conference in Las Vegas. -
CLO pipeline: large managers defy loan drought to keep market moving
1 year ago
US CLO senior spreads may have blown out to 180-190 basis points over Sofr for five-year deals, and even wider for short-dated new issues, but that will not stop the market from soldiering on -
Beneath the triple C: CLOs take first knock since covid scrapes
1 year ago
CLO managers have been hit by a number of loan downgrades to triple C for the first time since the wave of pandemic-related cuts trickled to a halt in early 2021. Companies indirectly linked to the health sector suffered most in May -
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 -
CLO managers price with short, medium and long reinvestments as pricing widens
2 years ago
Ares Management, Golub Capital Partners and Partners Group each priced a new CLO on Friday, with each manager taking a different approach to the various duration structures that have arisen amid the current market volatility -
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 -
CLO pipeline: US manager base poised to hit 119 and Europe 57
2 years ago
The CLO market is open to newcomers as both the US and European are set to welcome first time CLO issuers – BlueBay Asset Management in the US and Acer Tree Investment Management in Europe -
Digital CLO refis show worth as way of sticking by Libor
2 years ago
When regulators outlined that Libor would not be used on primary market transactions in 2022, they probably did not contemplate CLO refinancings sticking to the benchmark (refis are deemed to be primary market transactions) -
European CLO market gets underway with two refis, one reset and bubbling pipeline
2 years ago
Managers priced two European CLO refis and one European CLO reset on Thursday as Barings, Blackstone and Carlyle all reworked deals -
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 -
Octagon to switch 2019 CLO to Sofr and upsize by $137 million
2 years ago
Octagon Credit Investors is set to upsize a 2019 CLO by $137 million as it plans to reset the deal next week, transitioning the structure to pay its liabilities off Sofr in the process
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