Fund performance: Wasserstein's early 2021 performance drives it to the top
The final top 10 of 2021 featured a variety of funds as five different strategies were ranked among the best. US high yield was the most highly represented with two BlackRock funds and an Angel Oak in the top 10

Ucits at a glance: Robus claims top spot in 2021 after tight race
Ucits funds have ended 2021 on a high as 62% made positive returns in December

CLOs at a glance (February 2022)
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month

CLOs and loans find footing as post-Sofr trends emerge
The US leveraged loan and CLO markets transitioned to a new base rate from 1 January without the lengthy issuance pause that was widely predicted in the months leading up to the switch

CLO managers to ramp up mid-market loan holdings
Mid-market loans may increasingly infiltrate broadly syndicated loan CLOs as managers seek to boost returns amid tighter leveraged loan spreads

Migration into floating rate kicks off with record loan inflows
The leveraged loan market received record-breaking inflows from retail funds in January as investors pivoted into floating rate products in advance of interest rate rises

Redding Ridge upsizes 2019 CLO by $321 million
Redding Ridge on Wednesday reset its 2019 CLO named RR 7 via Mizuho, greatly upsizing the transaction

Allstate and Apex refinance late 2020 CLOs
Allstate Investment Management Company and Apex Credit Partners has each refinanced a late 2020 CLO

Invesco tightens triple As to 130bp with its second largest CLO
Invesco priced a new US CLO on Wednesday with the triple A notes paying 130 basis points over Sofr

Canyon prints first new US CLO in six months
Canyon Partners has priced its first new US CLO in six months, pairing with Bank of America to print a $508.6 million transaction named Canyon CLO 2022-1

I’ll see your 2020 and raise you 2021
Discounted loans, Libor floors and bond flexibility helped make 2021 an even better year for CLO returns than 2020, as US CLOs distributed 15.54% and European CLOs paid 13.93% annualised

Ares and Octagon bring weekly CLO reset volume over $2 billion in just two days
Ares Management and Octagon Credit Investors each reset a CLO on Tuesday, bringing weekly US CLO reset volume up to over $2 billion

Lakemore lauds greater control afforded by supermajority CLO equity strategy
Lakemore Partners has shed more light on its supermajority CLO equity investment strategy through a roundtable discussion with Maples Group    

Carlyle and Oak Hill give $50 million upsizes to CLOs amid resets
Carlyle Group and Oak Hill Advisors each reset a legacy CLO on Monday, with both managers opting for a substantial upsize of the original deals

Former Wells Fargo CLO researcher joins Credit Suisse in New York
A former CLO and ABS researcher at Wells Fargo has joined Credit Suisse as a CLO trading desk strategist in New York 

Sound Point pairs with BofA on new US CLO
Sound Point Capital Management priced a US CLO on Friday 

Blackstone keeps up momentum with benchmark US CLO print
Blackstone Credit on Friday priced its first new CLO of the year, producing the largest and tightest 2022 transaction to date

CIFC prices second-tightest CLO of 2022
CIFC Asset Management priced its first CLO of the year on Thursday, securing the second tightest funding costs on a new issue this year

Madison Capital refis 2019 mid market CLO via Natixis
Madison Capital teamed up with Natixis on Thursday to refinance its most recent CLO from 2019

CLO pipeline: biggest managers come to market as Rockford Tower sets sight on CBO
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

NEPC adds CLO specialist to research team in Boston
The ex-Gapstow official will focus on public and liquid strategies in NEPC's credit and multi-asset group

Monroe markets first reinvesting middle market CLO linked to Sofr
Monroe Capital has launched a new middle market CLO with Deutsche Bank, which is believed to be the first reinvesting mid market deal linked to Sofr

Credit Rendezvous: the upside of inflation
It is clear, inflation is not transitory and central banks are acting with several interest rate hikes likely in store for the US this year. That makes loans and CLO debt tranches attractive, but there could be opportunities beyond these floating rate assets

CSAM and KKR make structural changes to 2019 CLOs with refis
Managers priced more than $1.1 billion of CLO refinancings on Tuesday as Credit Suisse Asset Management and KKR turned legacy deals from 2019 into Sofr-based transactions