Bain resets second mid-market CLO a second time
The deal renewed the 2019-vintage transaction on a short-dated 1Y/2Y schedule

CIFC refinances 2013-vintage US CLO
The BSL deal was previously reissued in 2018

Brigade and Palmer Square price US CLO resets with equity upsizings
The 2021-vintage BSL deals were both arranged by Morgan Stanley  

CarVal refinances 2019 vintage CLO second time
CarVal Investors has printed a second refinancing of what was its second-ever CLO: the 2019 vintage Carval CLO II

CIFC resets 2021 vintage CLO
CIFC Asset Management on Friday reset one of its US BSL CLOs that priced at the start of 2021

State of the US Loan Market 3Q23 - Xtract Special Report
The US leveraged loan market continued to languish in 3Q23, but the average covenant score for large Sponsor loans bounced back somewhat from its precipitous decline in 2Q23 according to this special report

Packers’ recovery chances debated amid industry-wide child labor investigations
A popular CLO credit, Packers Sanitation Services (PSSI), made the news last week in Debtwire

Pinebridge prices new US CLO
Pinebridge Investments priced a new US CLO on Friday in a USD 404.7m transaction arranged by Barclays

PGIM's latest CLO is tightest regular new issue of 2023
PGIM priced a new vanilla US CLO named Dryden 102 on Friday with the tightest capital structure of the year

LP round up: opportunistic credit dominates as investors allocate $2.2 billion
US institutional investors invested at least $2.2 billion to credit funds in March, according to documents seen by Creditflux, with opportunistic credit funds dominating commitments

Beneath the triple C: Life could be better, but it’s just a letter, under the CCC
Many market participants were eagerly looking forward to a break in December after a gruelling year, but the rating agencies were in no mood to oblige. 

CLO rankings: manager AUM, advisory firm and trustees Q4 2022
As 2022 draws to a close manager consolidation through mergers and acquisitions have been balanced out by new market entrants to leave roughly the same number of managers that entered the year, at least for now.

Powell outlook brings risk buyers out in droves, but reality check looks soon to follow
Comments by US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell on Wednesday on the pace of future rate hikes have prompted a sharp rally across global financial markets, including credit. But dissenting voices have already begun to point out the enthusiasm is likely overdone

Relief rally extends despite US and EU sending mixed signals on recession
Growth and inflation data on Friday has added impetus for the European Central Bank to maintain a hawkish stance at its September meeting, despite US signals suggesting that economy is in recession

Mixed signals abound but European weakness persists
European financial markets are losing further ground against the US in a cautious start to the week, as the euro approaches parity with the dollar for the first time and latest data supports the Federal Reserve maintaining a hawkish approach to policy

Beneath the triple C: ebbs and flows leave triple C levels at a temporary stasis
Following a rising tide of downgrades in May the loan market stabilised somewhat in June, with seven issuers held by CLOs downgraded to triple C and a counter-swell of five names upgraded to single B.

Europe vs US arb hits resistance as dislocation becomes more extreme
Recession fears have pushed several different asset classes to key psychological levels, while leaving European and US credit markets at a high level of dislocation

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

Antares upsizes billion-dollar CLO in third-largest primary transaction of 2022
Antares Capital reset its 2018-2 CLO via Deutsche Bank on Thursday, in the third-largest primary market transaction of the year at $1.06 billion

StepStone sets out new path with Mexican securitisation
StepStone Group says its securitisation of private credit opportunities for Mexican investors has left a template for other managers to follow.

StepStone scores AAA rating for listed bond linked to US direct lending portfolio
StepStone Group has sponsored a $102.5 million securitisation of US direct lending loans that is listed on Mexico’s BIVA Stock Exchange in what it claims is the first transaction of its kind in Mexico

Golub upsizes 2020 CLO by over $100 million
Golub Capital Partners took to the CLO reset market on Wednesday to reset its late 2020 CLO named Golub Capital Partners CLO 50(B), upsizing the transaction by $102.5 million 

Natixis IM to sell stake in Canadian asset manager Fiera
Natixis Investment Managers is selling all 10.68 million class A subordinate voting shares it holds in Canada's Fiera Capital

Neuberger Berman steps into the unknown as it launches first CLO with full Sofr stack
Neuberger Berman is marketing its first CLO of 2022, which is thought to be the first new issue deal to launch 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
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