KKR inserts loan triple A tranche to new US CLO
KKR Credit on Wednesday followed up the CLO refinancing transaction it completed in late January with its first new CLO of 2022 

European CLO benchmark could drop to 90bp for triple As as Cairn markets new issue
The European CLO triple A benchmark look set to drop to 90 basis points over Euribor this week, following an updated price guidance on Cairn’s latest new issue

HPS upsizes US CLO equity tranche and lowers deal leverage with reset
HPS Investment Management priced a $472.2 million CLO reset on Tuesday, upsizing the deal's equity tranche by $7.65 million in the process

Neuberger Berman refis 2019 US CLO with fixed rate triple As
Neuberger Berman has teamed up with BNP Paribas to refinance the entire capital stack of its 2019 CLO named Neuberger Berman Loan Advisers CLO 34

CIFC plans second US CLO in philanthropic series with new payment profile
CIFC Asset Management is preparing the second deal in its CLO Initiative for Change series, with the parties behind CIFC Funding 2022-II committing “over $200,000” to the Teak Fellowship

Elmwood prints first new Sofr-linked CLO to include single B-rated notes
Elmwood has priced the first new Sofr-linked CLO to feature single B-rated notes

Sculptor prices European CLO and establishes 92bp as triple A benchmark
European CLO new issue floodgates have opened with Sculptor Capital Management’s European CLO IX the latest deal to price, following the first four new issues of the year to price end of last week

Franklin makes it back to CLOs as parent company looks to issue through two channels
Franklin Advisers has made a return to CLO management after 10 years in a deal arranged by JP Morgan

TCW refinances 2019 CLO at $370 million
TCW teamed up with Jefferies on Friday to refinance its CLO named TCW 2019-2

AIG, BlackRock, First Eagle and GoldenTree bring weekly CLO reset volume to $5.9 billion
Four managers capped off a huge week for US CLO reset activity by reworking 2019 deals, bringing weekly reset volume to $5.85 billion across 12 transactions

US CLO league tables: No static shock as Palmer Square conducts CLO traffic yet again
It was a slower start to the year for US CLO new issuance as  managers printed $4.56 billion of new paper against an average new issue volume of $5.88 billion in January in the last five years. But then again, the CLO and loan industries have had to contend with the not-so-small issue of replacing their favourite floating rate benchmark

Euro CLO league tables: Dry January means focus switches to refis and resets
It is healthy to take a break after what was a bumper 2021. And Europe's CLO market has taken that to heart by abstaining from new issues and instead reworking older CLOs

Global CLO league tables - January 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - Jan YTD

PineBridge collects $1.7 billion for second US direct lending strategy
The fundraise brings PineBridge’s private credit assets under management to $3.3 billion

Asset manager to launch debut 'public' CLO with Apollo backing
A large global asset manager is making its long-awaited move into US CLOs with market sources indicating it is launching a deal with support from Apollo, having executed a private CLO in partnership three years ago 

PGIM achieves tightest five-year CLO of 2022
PGIM on Thursday issued its first new CLO of the year, scoring the tightest liability pricing of any five-year reinvestment deal to date this year

Bain navigates market volatility with new US CLO
Bain Capital Credit priced its first Sofr-linked CLO on Thursday, despite a backdrop of sharply widening credit markets

Three new deals bring weekly US CLO reset volume to $3.9 billion
Three US CLO resets priced on Thursday, bringing weekly reset volume for the week to $3.9 billion across eight transactions

JP Morgan prints Palmer Square and Neuberger Berman Euro CLO new issues
JP Morgan brought just over €800 million of European CLO paper to the market on Thursday, partnering with two of the market's newer managers Neuberger Berman and Palmer Square for new issues

BlackRock resets 2019 European CLO with strong single B execution
BlackRock has reworked its 2019 European CLO BlackRock European CLO VIII

Digital CLO refis show worth as way of sticking by Libor
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)

Past returns: Ares constructs private CLO
In Creditflux 10 years ago we reported on Ares Management putting together a quasi-CLO in a bilateral transaction involving senior debt investor Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

Direct lenders look to support venture backed businesses
European direct lenders are exploring deal transactions based on annual recurring revenue (ARR) financings, according to market sources

Sofr spike boosts CLO debt as Europe and US go out of sync
The sharp rise in three-month term Sofr has caused CLO relative value to shift decisively towards primary US CLO debt tranches in January as the floating rate benchmark shot up from 9.11bp to 17.06bp (from 1-20 January)

"This is the CLO market’s time to shine and prove it deserves to be a mainstream asset class"
The CLO market shouldn’t fear inflation — in fact, 2022 could be a very good year indeed