Golub mid-market CLO upsizes to over $1 billion after reset
SMBC Nikko has reset a middle market CLO for Golub Capital Partners, taking the deal size up beyond $1 billion in the process, sources say

Credit rally extends as investors welcome hawkish but clearer Fed message
Credit markets have carried their rally over to another day, fuelled in part by what investors have interpreted as a hawkish but clear message from the US Federal Reserve on policy tightening

CLO pipeline: deals come in two by two hurrah! hurrah!
It is raining CLOs in February and some issuers are preparing for the deluge by printing deals at the double

Global CLO trading lab: Payments season prompts equity to surge but short-dated bonds trade low
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

Gapstow expects strategic deals as credit manager M&A volume slumps to $120 billion
M&A volume involving credit asset managers dropped last year with total target value assets under management slumping to $120 billion from $149 billion in 2020 (and $254 billion in 2019), according to Gapstow Capital Partners

Octagon to switch 2019 CLO to Sofr and upsize by $137 million
Octagon Credit Investors is set to upsize a 2019 CLO by $137 million as it plans to reset the deal next week, transitioning the structure to pay its liabilities off Sofr in the process

Nassau resets post-reinvestment CLO from 2020
Nassau Corporate Credit has reset a 2020 CLO that has exited its reinvestment period

Global CLO trading lab: bank sells $834 million triple As in quarterly reallocation as hedge fund trades CLO equity
Thursday’s secondary CLO market was the busiest of 2021, with over $1 billion of US CLOs on offer. This featured an enormous b-wic worth $834.3 million, where sources have told Creditflux of the bank behind the aucton. While a large credit hedge fund is said to have sold out of control CLO equity 

US CLO pipeline: newcomers look to follow Beach Point's lead by pricing before year-end
Beach Point Capital Management became the latest debut issuer in the US CLO market on Friday, and Sycamore Tree Capital Partners and Putnam Investments are set to join it    

German convergence as travel co surges inside troubled real estate firm
Amid rocky markets there has been a tale of two diverging credits in the European high yield market on Wednesday, with two of the riskiest names passing each other on sharp convergent moves

CLO resets top $2 billion for second day this week
CLO reset volume topped $2 billion on Thursday as Antares Capital Management, CIFC Asset Management and Shenkman Capital Management each reworked older deals

US CLO pipeline: 1.0 manager returning, Carlyle going for CLO 10 as market goes to 100
Never in 1,000 years would the critics have expected this 

US CLO pipeline: 33 new issues enter market with historic CLO records on the verge of shattering
The US CLO market is running as hot as it has all year with a whopping 33 managers marketing new issues CLOs, according to market sources

UK retailers get frosty reception after price hike warning
UK retailers face spread widening pressure on Tuesday against an otherwise flattish backdrop, as supply chain issues stack up prompting concerns of winter stock shortages and higher prices for goods

CLO pipeline: Carlyle unstoppable as PGIM looks to tighten double As
The CLO machine is refusing to slowdown, churning out deals as the US market is set to welcome a flurry of deals in the coming weeks – with 18 new issues, 14 resets and 10 refinancings in the marketing stage.

European CLO weekly volume passes €4 billion as HPS resets former Bardin Hill deal
European CLO weekly volume rose to over €4 billion on Friday, with HPS Investment Partners rounding off the week

Neuberger returns to Euro CLO primary market just seven months after debut
Barclays arranged the €306.3 million deal, named Neuberger Berman Loan Advisers Euro CLO 2, which features ESG language

US CLO league tables: CSAM and JP Morgan refi run leaves rivals behind
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

CLO ETF manager eyes up insurance partnerships
Alternative Access Funds plans to expand its CLO exchange traded fund just under a year after launching its initial offering, officials at the firm tell Creditflux.

Euro 2021 CLO volume exceeds €60 billion as BNPP and Axa IM pair for new issue
BNP Paribas arranged Axa IM's return to the primary CLO market after 21 months 

CLO pipeline: Birch Grove and Fort Washington dish out first 2021 deals as Carlyle goes for sevenths
CLO investors can feast on a range of deals in the new issue market over the next month. 

US CLO pricing lab: expensive legacy deals take priority as two-three year point on term curve tightens
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

CLO pipeline: four US and two European managers prepare first 2021 CLOs
The CLO market is set to carry on roaring with the pipeline as full as ever despite the summer slowdown just around the corner  

No summer slowdown for US CLO refis as July volume passes $2.7 billion
Two CLO managers refinanced legacy transactions on Tuesday, bringing total refinancing volume for July to above $2.7 billion

CLO pipeline: Man GLG resurfaces from six-year absence as deals exiting call-lock fill pipeline
CLO spreads have leaked out in recent weeks but deal economics are still favourable, encouraging managers to come back to the primary market for the first time this year