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Ares, Hayfin and Octagon reset $1.4 billion of CLOs
2 years ago
$1.4 billion of US CLO resets priced on Thursday after Ares Management, Hayfin Capital Management and Octagon Credit Investors each reworked a legacy transaction -
Livermore reveals latest US CLO anchor equity position
2 years ago
CLO equity investor Livermore Investments Group has revealed its latest anchor equity stake investment -
CLO refi and reset volumes surge with $2.3 billion priced on Friday
2 years ago
CLO refi and reset volumes surged on Friday with $2.3 billion priced across the US market, according to market sources. Brigade Capital Management, MidOcean Credit Partners and New Mountain Capital reset regular-way CLOs, Blackstone Credit scored a regular CLO refi, Sculptor Capital Management refinanced a bond-heavy CLO, and Ivy Hill Asset Management reset a middle market CLO -
New issues take a backseat as US CLO market absorbs three resets and a refi
2 years ago
CLO primary market activity was briefly diverted away from heavy new issue supply on Thursday and attention turned to resets and refinancings, with four deals printing in total -
Ares refis former Crestline Denali CLO debt via Natixis for third time
2 years ago
Ares Management has refinanced the senior-most tranches of a 2016 CLO it bought from Crestline Denali last year -
Global CLO league tables - Aug 2021 YTD
2 years ago
Global CLO league tables - Aug 2021 YTD -
US CLO league tables: CSAM and JP Morgan reign supreme after record month
2 years ago
The US CLO market set a record in August as $17.6 billion of new issues priced, beating the previous record set in March 2015 when new issues accounted for $15.5 billion -
TriMark court ruling encourages peace between lenders
2 years ago
Many CLO managers breathed a sigh of relief in August, with one source indicating a recent court case decision sent a “clear signal that the spate of lender-on-lender violence in the leveraged loan market will not remain unchecked” -
Triple As edge tighter as Ares prints second US CLO of the month
2 years ago
Ares Management has priced its second new US CLO in August, proving there is no such thing as a summer slowdown. -
Global CLO league tables - Jul 2021 YTD
2 years ago
Global CLO league tables - Jul 2021 YTD -
US CLO league tables: CSAM and JP Morgan refi run leaves rivals behind
2 years ago
Credit Suisse Asset Management and JP Morgan have been leading the US CLO manager and arranger league tables, respectively, since the start of the year. And the two CLO giants are showing no signs of letting up -
Ares prints CLO backed only by loans
2 years ago
Ares Management has produced its third new US CLO of the year and has adopted a new shelf name for a deal that appears to consist solely of loans -
CLO pipeline: Birch Grove and Fort Washington dish out first 2021 deals as Carlyle goes for sevenths
2 years ago
CLO investors can feast on a range of deals in the new issue market over the next month. -
Ares tightens 2019 CLO by 19bp with reset
2 years ago
Ares Management reset its 2019 CLO, Ares LI, via Barclays on Monday, tightening the deal's capital structure by 18.94 basis points in the process -
US CLO pricing lab: expensive legacy deals take priority as two-three year point on term curve tightens
2 years ago
The US CLO market may have gapped out in recent weeks, but expensive 2019 and covid-era CLO refis and resets are still in the money -
Ares and Black Diamond become latest CLO managers to refinance
2 years ago
US CLO refi supply climbed to $3.2 billion for the month of July on Thursday after Ares Management and Black Diamond Capital Management became the latest firms to refinance -
No summer slowdown for US CLO refis as July volume passes $2.7 billion
2 years ago
Two CLO managers refinanced legacy transactions on Tuesday, bringing total refinancing volume for July to above $2.7 billion -
Ares scores rare refi of 2018 CLO
2 years ago
Ares has teamed up with Goldman Sachs to print a lesser-seen refinancing of a 2018 CLO: Ares L -
CLO equity fluctuates as resets trigger upsizes and downsizes
2 years ago
A once-rare move of CLO issuers upsizing or downsizing their equity tranches in resets is entering the mainstream -
Two managers reset huge 2017 CLOs, boosting supply by $2.25 billion
2 years ago
Ares Management and CBAM have each priced resets of CLOs issued in 2017, adding $2.25 billion of supply to the market -
Not all resets created equal as some managers opt to keep triple C exposure high
2 years ago
A split is emerging in the CLO market, with some managers choosing to keep triple C concentrations elevated following a refinancing or reset transaction. As part of the trend, which began this month, some deals even refinanced while being in breach of portfolio concentration limits, typically set at 7.5% by rating agencies -
New issue CLO dry spell ends as Ares produces tight US deal
3 years ago
Ares Management has broken a six-day new issue CLO drought, teaming up with Goldman Sachs on its second deal of 2021 named Ares LX -
CLO pipeline: go long! new issues and resets push refis aside
3 years ago
The CLO market is ready to go beyond refinancings - after this year's opening blitz of those deals - into the longer tenored territory of resets and new issues -
Ares brings CLO's leverage down to less than five turns in $1 billion-plus reset
3 years ago
Ares Management has upsized its second largest CLO in a reset, bringing the deal to a par value of $1.19 billion - the seventh biggest CLO backed by broadly syndicated loans in the market -
Ares affiliate re-emerges in mid market with first primary CLO for three years
3 years ago
Ivy Hill Asset Management, the direct lending affiliate of Ares Management, has priced its first CLO primary market transaction in almost three years, completing a $499.3 million new issue backed by loans to middle market companies
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