CLO boom encourages new ideas
Volumes are up, spreads are down and risk retention is a doddle. That must mean it’s time to push the boat out and innovate

Citi upsizes US manager’s planned fifth CLO amid strong demand
US manager puts majority equity into planned CLO number five: the rest of he sub notes are also spoken for

Brigade cruises into Europe with debut Armada CLO
Brigade is the 40th manager to price a 2.0 European CLO after pricing Armada Euro CLO. 

ICG splits the difference with 4.5-year CLO reinvestment period
ICG has priced its second US CLO of 2017, working with Citi to bring to market ICG US CLO 2017-2

Citi prices two US CLO resets in a day
Post-reinvestment resets are becoming popular with Carlyle pricing this type of transaction yesterday.

Citi upsizes 2016 CLO by 64% as part of reset
A CLO originally designed as a short-duration deal has been repackaged into a regular way deal. As part of the transformation, Citi has upsized the CLO by 64%

BlueMountain sets new record for tightest CLO refi print
CLO triple As come in at 89bp for a CLO which has three months of reinvestment capability remaining

Benefit Street prices second CLO reset in as many months
With CLO 2 experiencing a reset in June, Benefit Street moved on to CLO 3 

Silvermine continues comeback with second CLO refinancing
Man Group’s Silvermine Capital Management has cemented its return to the CLO market after Citi repriced a 2014 US deal

Mariner gives new lease of life to short-dated CLO after reset
Market sources say that Mariner Investment Group has reset its 2016 CLO at the first available opportunity

HPS sets new benchmark for CLO triple A pricing after resetting 2014 deal
Senior US CLO spreads continue to grind tighter with HPS Investment Partners yesterday resetting a 2014 deal and in the process achieving a 118 basis point print on its triple As

Proactive Palmer Square resets another US CLO
Palmer Square Capital Management has completed its third CLO reset in under two months

Octagon gets reset over the line as it reshapes 2013 CLO
Octagon Credit Investors has reset a 2013 CLO after delays which saw the deal pushed back several months

Carlyle matches tightest European triple-A CLO print since the crisis
Senior CLO notes price at 83bp in Carlyle's new European CLO, matching GSO's Clontarf Park CLO earlier this month

Citi brings two five-year reinvestment CLOs for US managers
Citi brings two US CLOs with five-year reinvestment periods and split triple A tranches

Two 2014 US CLOs bring triple As down close to 100bp
Two similar vintage deals were refinanced yesterday with similar results, at least in terms of their triple A pricing

CBAM earns investor support on debut US CLO as triple As price at 125bp
Recently-established credit manager CBAM has made its entrance into CLO management in style. The manager has priced the largest broadly-syndicated loan CLO of 2017 and Creditflux data shows its triple-A print is in the top ten for this year

Junior CLO spreads tighten as Halcyon prices new European CLO
While spreads at the top of the capital structure have edged wide of 90bp in recent weeks, a new Halcyon European CLO indicates there is strong demand for lower-rated notes

CIFC makes up for lost time with its third new CLO of 2017
CIFC Asset Management has become the second manager this year to price three new US CLOs

Citi cuts 2014 CLO’s triple As to 100bp in latest US refi
Citi has priced a refinancing of a 2014 US CLO, according to market sources

Apollo subsidiary prices $1.2 billion mid-market CLO
While the field of middle-market CLO managers is relatively small, newcomers to this business have been able to successfully raise large amounts of capital with Midcap Financial Services Capital Management the latest to produe a $1 billion-plus CLO

Carlyle keeps pushing into new territory with another six-year reinvestment CLO
Carlyle has notched up an impressive double with sources reporting that the asset manager has priced another US CLO with a six-year reinvestment period

CLO structurer joins Citi in London
Citi has strengthened its European CLO team by hiring from a rival.

Ellington opts for high-spread strategy as it prices debut US CLO
Ellington Management has become the second debut US CLO manager of the year after yesterday pricing a $375 million deal, which has a unique set of parameters

Citi introduces tiered pricing model for CLO b-wics to boost participation
Market sources say that Citi – one of the largest CLO market-makers in the business – has launched a new CLO b-wic pricing initiative, which could improve liquidity in the secondary market for CLOs