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Fortress prices widest CLO triple As of 2022, but that's no obstacle
2 years ago
CLO triple As reached 162bp on Friday as Fortress priced a US deal. The firm has priced wide CLOs before, but that has not held it back from producing some of the best equity distributions in the industry -
Global CLO trading lab: Payments season prompts equity to surge but short-dated bonds trade low
2 years ago
Over the last two weeks, $2.8 billion of US CLOs and €640 million of European CLO paper have appeared on b-wics, with equity making up 33% and 40% of the respective markets -
Global CLO league tables - January 2022 YTD
2 years ago
Global CLO league tables - Jan YTD -
Palmer Square adds static deal to the mix as Sofr CLO pipeline grows
2 years ago
Palmer Square Capital Management has joined the group of CLO managers racing to print the first new CLO referencing Sofr across the capital structure -
US CLO league tables: Blackstone and Citi win new issues but CSAM and JP Morgan take overall issuance crown
2 years ago
The US CLO market had an extraordinary 2021 with almost $400 billion of overall issuance pricing as records were set for all forms of issuance -
CLO 2022 Outlook: 2021 is hard act to follow, but CLO buyers have positives aplenty
2 years ago
New CLO issuance in 2022 will remain elevated but below 2021’s record numbers, banks agree. But there is no consensus among strategy desks on the volume of repricings to come, partly due to the unknown impact of the Sofr transition. -
Fidelity rocks personal records with tightly priced US CLO
2 years ago
Fidelity has signed its biggest ever new US CLO and priced triple As at the tighter end of the marke -
Ironwood targets $500 million for mezz debt and equity fund
2 years ago
Ironwood Capital is targeting $500 million ($550 million hard cap) for its latest fund which will focus on subordinated debt and minority equity investments in lower middle market US companies -
Global CLO trading lab: Seasoned equity prices lag as debt spreads level out
2 years ago
The CLO secondary market took a back seat to the surging primary market in August and September with secondary US CLO volume accounting for just 3.7% and 4.2% of the total US CLO market (primary and secondary volumes). But opportunities are there in CLO equity tranches -
Mid market CLO league tables: Antares and Wells Fargo press reset to lead market
3 years ago
Following March's $5.87 billion, the busiest month of mid market CLO issuance since at least 2016, April felt like a quiet month for mid market CLOs with $2.26 billion pricing across three new issues, two resets and one partial refinancing -
Global CLO league tables - April 2021 YTD
3 years ago
Global CLO league tables - April 2021 YTD -
Global CLO trading lab: secondary volumes inflate and easily get absorbed
3 years ago
Weekly secondary CLO volume has been lower across the capital structure in recent weeks as 2021’s refinancing wave left investors with plenty of choice -
It's all relative: CLO spreads explore record tights as credit indices hit impasse
3 years ago
CLO spreads are grinding to ever tighter levels, despite a flattish week for credit in which corporate credit indices have ended up more or less unchanged -
LP round up: pensions plan private credit pacing as strategic credit takes on "midfield" role
3 years ago
US pensions have allocated $1.4 billion across 22 credit funds including those managed by Angelo Gordon, Ares and GoldenTree, according to recent board documents seen by Creditflux. Meanwhile a pension fund draws parallels between strategic credit and Jordan Henderson -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: junior tranches trade above par as US volumes reach $45bn
3 years ago
A busy week of over $1.4 billion of US CLO secondary bonds and €290 million of European CLO paper gave light to CLO spreads across the capital structure continuing their push towards pre-covid levels -
Barings' CLO team partners with Citi for first CLO as partnership since 2016
3 years ago
Barings has teamed up with Citi to print a new CLO, marking the manager's first partnership with the largest CLO arranger for the first time in over four years -
AB swings back to mid market CLOs with $346.8 million new issue
3 years ago
AB has returned to middle market CLOs following its debut in CLOs backed by broadly syndicated loans last month -
York executes post-pricing upsize on CLO's floating rate notes
3 years ago
York Capital Management has upsized a US CLO between its pricing and closing dates, mirroring a route taken by PGIM in August -
York completes first new issue CLO of 2020
3 years ago
York Capital Managemend priced its first new issue CLO of the year on Friday, teaming up with Goldman Sachs on the $387.6 million deal named York CLO-8 -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: CLO mezz tranches widen amid macro concerns
3 years ago
Last week was busy for the primary European CLO market but not for secondary, with €1.35 billion of new issue European CLOs priced across four transactions but just €190 million of European CLO paper listed in b-wics -
AGL cements post-covid US CLO lead with fifth new issue
3 years ago
AGL Credit Management has consolidated its position as the most prolific CLO manager post-covid after becoming the first firm to print five new issues in the US -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: Palmer Square sets highest cover as double B curve inverts
3 years ago
Palmer Square and MJX set the CLO secondary market trading range, but pickings in Europe were the slimmest they have been in almost five months -
Owl Rock swoops inside Golub triple-As with first lien-only CLO
3 years ago
Owl Rock Capital has priced a first lien-only middle market CLO, via Société Générale -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: spreads widen in short week to end manic June
3 years ago
A shortened week brought an end to a manic month of secondary CLO activity. $343.5 million of US CLO and €309 million of European CLO paper was on sale last week, dropping $1.05 billion and €170 million from the previous week -
Global CLO b-wic round-up: secondary prices reach March levels
3 years ago
The Memorial Day bank holiday in the US and the late May bank holiday in the UK meant a short week for CLO trading, but that did not stop a good supply of US CLO triple A rated paper making its way to the secondary market
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