RR ABS returns with new Vista deal
The growing market for recurring revenue securitizations saw a boost last week with the pricing of VCP RRL ABS III

MUFG loses global head of structured products as departures continue
Another senior official has exited MUFG's structured products team, following Asif Khan's departure in June 

Blackstone hires sell-side CLO trading head
Blackstone Credit is beefing up its team with a new hire to the liquid credit strategies group. 

Sound Point becomes 5th largest CLO manager as Assured deal completes
Sound Point announced the completion of its partnership with Assured Guaranty yesterday jumping Sound Point into position as 5th largest CLO manager in the world.

Managers scramble to launch captive equity funds as they become best route to market
A plethora of CLO managers are eyeing captive equity fund launches in 2023 with the lack of such vehicles cited as the “main hurdle” for issuing deals.

Senior CLO officials leave Natixis in shock round of resignations
Natixis has been rocked by the departure of four senior members in its CLO and structured credit team

Euro CLOs have better 2023 entry point than US in $140 billion issuance year: Barclays
CLO performance and issuance may have to wait until the second half of next year for improvement, say Barclays credit strategists in a 2023 outlook piece. But Europe could fare better than the US given starting levels in a year the market faces some challenging regulatory hurdles

Apollo reaches for bigger slice of pi(e) with 5% Diameter stake
Apollo Global Management has bought a 5% stake in credit fund and CLO manager Diameter Capital Partners, cementing the relationship between the firms

Putnam adds to CLO comeback with second new issue
Putnam Investments, which made a return to CLOs in 2021 after a 17-year absence, has priced its second new issue deal of that comeback with triple A coupons starting at 200bp

Manager selection stakes are heightening as CLO pain points intensify: Barclays
CLOs’ slump in market value and piling of distressed assets have made differentiation between managers much more acute on key metrics, regionally and by vintage, according to Barclays credit strategists

Oaktree prints new US CLO while Deerpath resets mid-market deal
The US CLO market has added to its June transaction tally, with Oaktree Capital pricing a new issue while Deerpath Capital Management reset a 2018 vintage mid-market deal

ICG breaks CLO market silence with first US deal of 2022
Intermediate Capital Group looks to have been the manager to restart new CLO issuance after this week's brief primary market pause, bringing its first US deal of the year

CarVal ties in climate landmark with first CLO of 2022
CarVal CLO Management highlighted ESG criteria as it brought its first CLO of the year - and also the first since the firm's buyout by AB

Anchorage leapfrogs up CLO league table with first bond-flex deal of year
Anchorage Capital moves back into the top 20 US CLO managers in 2022 by volume, having priced its first bond-flex deal of the year

Carlyle brings first new US CLO of 2022
Carlyle has priced a $407 million US CLO named 2022-1, its first new deal and second overall CLO transaction of 2022

CLO equity could get hurt by mismatch in credit spread adjustments: Barclays
The possibility that borrowers and sponsors start to use their clout to scrap credit spread adjustments from leveraged loans poses a risk for new CLO equity, while legacy deals also face transition challenges

Zais scores first for new issue CLOs under Sofr regime
Zais Group has priced what sources say could be the first five-year new issue broadly syndicated loan reinvesting CLO issue of 2022 

Sculptor chisels fixed rate tranches into CLO with reset
Sculptor has reset a US CLO it signed in 2017, cutting the size of the overall debt stack but adding fixed rate tranches

CLO lower cap stack will outperform with $175bn new issuance in 2022: JP Morgan
Equity and lower rated tranche investors will do best as $175 billion of global new CLO issuance arrives in 2022, predict JP Morgan strategists in their annual outlook, taking market size to $1.2 trillion

Anchorage closes in on US CLO top 10 with bond-flex issue
The contest between managers for US CLO new issuance league table standing this year has tightened, with Anchorage Capital bringing a bond-flex deal that moves it closer to 10th placed Neuberger Berman

Fidelity rocks personal records with tightly priced US CLO
Fidelity has signed its biggest ever new US CLO and priced triple As at the tighter end of the marke

Ex-NatWest Markets CLO structuring head lands on buy side
A European credit manager has hired Luca Giancola for the "repositioning of its private structured credit business"

MidOcean employs rare tranche structure with 2016 US CLO reset
MidOcean Credit Fund Management has reset a 2016 vintage US CLO via Jefferies, upping the deal size slightly and shaving its funding costs in an unusual reconfiguration of tranches