Octagon prices its 11th CLO reset this year
Octagon Credit Investors has reset its Octagon 62 deal, a US BSL CLO that dates back to 2022. Citi served as the arranger of the transaction.

Octagon resets 2020 vintage CLO for a second time
A new reset of a 2020 vintage US BSL CLO managed by Octagon has priced, with senior triple-As coming in at SOFR plus 136bps

Octagon adds USD 43.5m of equity in reset of 2017 deal
Octagon Credit Investors has upsized and reset Octagon 32, a US BSL CLO from 2017 that has been refinanced twice in recent years

Octagon resets 2022-vintage US CLO
Octagon has reset a 2022-vintage US CLO worth USD 462.5m via Nomura

Octagon prints its fourth new US BSL CLO of 2024
The latest deal from Octagon, arranged by Citi, showed no signs of investor fatigue despite the rush of US issuance

Octagon resets 2021-vintage US CLO
The flow of US refi and reset activity continued on Wednesday, with Octagon Credit Investors pricing a reset of a 2021-vintage CLO

Octagon resets 2016 vintage a second time
Octagon on Friday reset Octagon Investment Partners 29 and added a USD 56.30m equity infusion.

Octagon prices third new issue CLO of 2024
Octagon Credit Investors returned to the CLO new issue market for the third time this year with the pricing on Thursday of Octagon 69, a US BSL CLO

Another 2016 vintage CLO gets reset as Octagon stays busy
Octagon Credit Investors reset its 2016 vintage Octagon 28 for a second time on Thursday

Octagon refis 2019 vintage CLO
Octagon Credit Investors has refinanced the top four tranches of Octagon Investment Partners 43, a half-billion dollar deal from 2019

RBC arranges two new US deals part one - Octagon 63
Octagon Credit Investors has priced its second new CLO of the year – and its fifth deal overall in 2024

US CLO refis continue with tight print from 2018 vintage Octagon deal
Continuing its hectic start to the year, Octagon Credit Partners priced its fourth deal of 2024 on Tuesday. The partial refi of its 2018 US BSL CLO saw one of the tighter prints this year.

Octagon adds new life to 2017 vintage US CLO
Octagon Credit Investors has refinanced Octagon Investment Partners 31, a frequently refinanced deal dating back to June 2017.

Rates are moving lower, which makes CLO equity look better versus loans
The latest edition of The Last Tranche podcast talked to new Octagon CEO Gretchen Lam about triple A spreads, CLO redemptions and whether investing in third-party CLO equity makes sense again

The Last Tranche with Octagon's Lam: CLO equity makes sense again
In this episode of our podcast The Last Tranche, Octagon Credit Investors' new CEO Gretchen Lam discusses whether recent changes in the arb for US BSL CLOs is making third-party equity attractive again, and what that means for the market.

Octagon Credit Investors names Gretchen Lam as new CEO
Octagon announced today that Gretchen Lam will succeed Andrew Gordon as Chief Executive Officer as he steps into new Executive Chair role 

Octagon 68 prices with triple As at SOFR +167.5bps
Wells Fargo arranged a new US CLO for Octagon Credit Investors on Friday

The Italian connection
As Octagon and Conning come under the umbrella of large Italian insurer Generali, we spoke to the firms’ CEOs about their expectations for credit in general and their firms in particular

Bank of America prices three CLOs in a day
The bank managed to make the triple with a new CLO for Octagon, a reset of a 2022 vintage deal for Voya, and a highly unusual partial refi of a static CLO for Marathon

Generali Investment acquires Conning
Generali Investment's acquisition of Conning Holdings will allow both firms to scale across geographies and investment capabilities.

Lender on lender violence increasing as defaults tick up, conference hears
CLO managers are seeing an increase in aggressive lending practices as the long-anticipated rise in loan defaults begins to materialise, panelists at Debtwire's US Private Credit Forum said in New York on Wednesday

US CLO league tables: BofA takes CLO lead as new issues keep calm and carry on
US CLO issuance dropped last month as the banking crisis gripped financial markets when Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank failed and troubled Credit Suisse was sold for below market value

US CLO pipeline: issuers takes credit sell-off in their stride as supply picks up
Despite the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank in the last week, the CLO machine has continued to churn with just shy of $5 billion of US and mid market CLO issuance this week

Octagon partners with RBC on its latest new CLO
Octagon Credit Investors priced a new CLO named Octagon Investment Partners 61 on Thursday, teaming up with Royal Bank of Canada to print the deal

US CLO triple As settle near 180bp as Octagon prices
Octagon Credit Investors has got off the mark in the primary US CLO market with Octagon 67