Spreads tighten as HPS adds to 2017-vintage CLO refis
Short CLO spreads tightened today as HPS Investment Partners refinanced a 2017 deal with the triple As printing at 103 basis points over Libor

Beneath the triple C: $1 billion of CLO credits take a dive
$957.9 million worth of loans held by CLOs suffered downgrades to triple C last month, with a further $442.1 million of existing triple C credits getting knocked lower still, according to the latest trustee reports on CLOi.

Flurry of US CLO refis takes year's tally to 16
Four US CLO refinancings took place on Friday, underlining that 12- to 18-month deals can price their senior liabilities in the low 100s

2020 US CLO refi volume passes $5.4 billion as Brigade and Bain price
US CLO refinancing volume this year passed $5.4 billion yesterday as Brigade Capital and Bain Capital together refinanced over $1 billion CLO paper

Euro loan trading: CLO managers find a home for building specialist's downsized loan
CRH Europe issued a €700 million term loan B in November, which was downsized from €900 million. But still, it has proved popular with CLO managers with CLO-i indicating that CLOs bought €275.2 million of the loan

CVC prices its second new US CLO of 2019
CVC Credit Partners has wrapped up what has been a quiet year by its standards with a new US CLO, which priced yesterday

Deluxe bankruptcy causes picture to blur for CLOs
CLO managers hold $598 million of the video services company’s term loan, according to the latest trustee reports from CLO-i

Bardin Hill CLO double B tranche downgraded to Caa1 by Moody's
Moody’s has downgraded the class E notes of Bardin Hill’s CLO, Halcyon Loan Advisors Funding 2013-2, to Caa1, the agency has announced

CLO managers cash in their chips as Caesars trade pays off
Caesars Entertainment was the most sold issuer in June with $158.8 million of its term loan sold out of CLOs.

Triple As could dip back into double digits as KKR plots Europe's largest CLO of 2019
Triple A CLO spreads could be about to dip below 100 basis points again in Europe as KKR markets a reset with price talk ranging from 99 to 102bp over Euribor

Euro trading: Vue proves to be leading light for CLOs, but liquid bonds play crucial support role
Vue International's newly issued loan starred in 25 CLO managers' portfolios, which bought €239.4 million of the loan in June and made it a box office hit among CLO managers, according to CLO-i.

Bain scores tight print as it prices second middle market CLO
Bain Capital has priced its second CLO backed by loans to middle market companies named BCC Middle Market CLO 2019-1

Global CLO b-wic round-up: 71% of equity positions trade as supply picks up
The European and US secondary CLO market took a step back this week as the primary CLO generated $7.8 billion of deal flow globally

Euro CLO round-up: returnee CIFC comes full circle, seven years after CLO sale
Having sold a European CLO contract seven years ago, CIFC is back and determined to build on its debut 2.0 European CLO

Global CLO round-up: new managers put down roots
Birch Grove priced its debut CLO this week while relative newcomers PPM (in the US) and Voya Alternative Asset Management (Europe) grew their CLO AUM.

Barings weighs in with static CLO sponsored by its BDC
Barings’ business development company has joined the growing list of managers issuing static CLOs

US CLO league tables: heavyweights dust off and jump back in the ring
Competition has prevailed after a tough quarter for the CLO market, in which banks offloaded their carry-ons from last year

Global CLO b-wic round-up: Europe and US an ocean apart as flows reverse
Last week saw €102.35 million of European CLOs listed on the secondary market, only the second instance of 2019 with over €100 million of items put up for auction, but the US CLO b-wic market closed a strong month with a down week.

US CLO round-up: choose your own reinvestment period
Reinvestment periods have played an important role so far this year, with 30.8% of the new issue market opting for terms shorter than four years

Palmer Square follows its own path after pricing static CLO with triple As at 105bp
Palmer Square Capital Management is steering clear of the beaten track most CLO managers go down: the firm has followed up a hybrid CDO with a static CLO

CLOs hold Anchor Glass as loan shatters 5.5%
A total of 32 CLO managers hold $368 million exposure to the debt of Anchor Glass Container Corporation, whose term loan has traded down 5.5%, according to the IHS Markit

CSAM looks to set pricing benchmark as it markets new euro CLO via Barclays
Credit Suisse Asset Management is looking to wake the European CLO primary market from its slumber with a new transaction named Cadogan Square XIII

A to Z with extra triple Cs: Amherst Pierpont prices new CLO for Z Capital
Z Capital is back in the CLO primary market with its first new issue deal since 2015, joining the growing group of managers issuing deals with up to 50% triple C allowance

JP Morgan embraces Euribor cap with new issue CLO for Partners Group
Partners Group has priced its fourth new issue CLO of 2018, following a €413.9 million deal arranged by JP Morgan

List of debut managers in Europe grows as Invesco crosses the ocean
Invesco has added its name to the list of US CLO managers crossing the Altantic after launching its first 2.0 deal in the European market