CLO pipeline: and breathe... issuance splurge clears the backlog
Over 20 deals remain in the CLO pipeline, despite a glut of issuance last week in which 38 transactions priced, totalling $18.1 billion

Investcorp cuts triple A US CLO spread by 22bp with refi
Investcorp has refinanced three tranches of its 2017 CLO named Jamestown X, slashing the triple A debt costs by 22 basis points

CLO pipeline: go long! new issues and resets push refis aside
The CLO market is ready to go beyond refinancings - after this year's opening blitz of those deals - into the longer tenored territory of resets and new issues

Beneath the triple C: CLOs benefit as upgrades make for lighter triple C buckets
For the first time since the sell off in March last year, downgrades to triple C have come to a near-standstill

CLO pipeline: Deutsche Bank and Carlson hit comeback trail
The CLO market is preparing to be very active in the coming weeks, as the issuance slow-down is set to be in the rear view mirror

US CLO pricing lab: let’s refi like it’s 2017
The new issue US CLO market has been a slow burn over the last two weeks with only six deals being brought to the market amid wider triple A spreads. But the repricing market has been booming with today’s triple A levels still comparatively cheaper than previous vintages exiting their non-call periods

Five refis add $1.43 billion to CLO market
The CLO primary market has absorbed another $1.43 billion of refinancing paper as five managers printed cost-cutting transactions

CLO pipeline: European new issues set to resume but managers seek pricing stability
The CLO pipeline is heavy with reworked deals - and anticipation - as 14 US CLO and one European CLO refinancings feature, along with nine US CLO and six European CLO resets

CLO pipeline: expensive 2019 CLOs in vogue with 32bp savings potential
The CLO pipeline is dominated by refinancings and resets, with new issuance taking a backseat

Refis price on top of new issues as four managers print US CLOs
Four US CLO refinancings priced yesterday, giving the impression that CLO pricing is fitful and the term curve flat

Octagon forgoes EU risk retention compliance with latest US CLO
Octagon Credit Investors teamed up with Wells Fargo on Friday to print its second new issue CLO of 2021

Ares joins group of tight US issuers with sixth tightest 2021 CLO
Ares Management became the eighth CLO manager of the year to issue a five-year deal with funding costs below 150bp on Tuesday by teaming up with Natixis on its latest issue named Ares LIX

Natixis scores CLO hat-trick with AB, OFS and Cerberus
The CLO primary desk at Natixis went on a $1.2 billion CLO spree on Friday, pricing deals For AB Private Credit Investors, Cerberus Business Finance and Orchard First Source

Global CLO b-wic round-up: 2020 deals trade at premium
As the primary CLO market continues to grind tighter, the secondary market is holding steady, but last year's vintages are trading well as they near the end of their call-locks

US manager resets sole CLO with $100 million upsize
Saratoga Investment Corp has reset its sole outstanding CLO, named Saratoga CLO 2013-1, upsizing the transaction by over $100 million in the process

OC health check: CLOs end 2020 with fragile recovery
Only 109 CLOs breached an overcollateralisation test in December, falling from 121 in November. This in turn was down from the 147 CLOs that breached an OC test in October, but 33 cured their breaches in November and a further 11 cured all OC test failures in December

Trinitas teams up with Natixis to refinance amortising CLO tranches
Trinitas Capital Management, the CLO management vehicle linked to Dallas-based Whitestar Asset Management, has priced its first transaction in the CLO primary market of 2021

OC health check: 41 CLOs heal their breaches
147 CLOs breached an over-collateralisation test in October, down from 183 in September. 41 CLOs that breached an OC test in September passed all OC tests in October, most of which had October payment dates

Global CLO b-wic round-up: Secondary markets rally despite ‘worst liquidity seen all year’
An adjournment in the US for Veterans Day last week still left plenty of time for the CLO secondary market to rally, thanks to Pfizer's covid-19 vaccine breakthrough and a firmer indication of the US presidential election results

LP round up: $2.8 billion flows to credit as Apollo concedes fundraising may slow
Florida Retirement System Trust Fund made the largest commitments allocating $1.6 billion. Apollo meanwhile acknowledged a potential slowdown in fundraising as investors await results on an independent review into CEO Leon Black's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein

OC health check: CLOs wake up when September ends
September showed a slight but clear improvement in CLOs’ over-collateralisation test results as 182 CLOs breached an OC test during the reporting period, compared to 198 in August.

OC health check: August reports slow torrent of fresh breaches to a trickle
198 CLOs reported an over-collateralisation (OC) breach in August, only three of which were completely new breaches. This is a slowdown from July, when 230 deals suffered some kind of OC breach, according to the latest reports from CLO-i  

OC health check: CLOs pay $1.3 billion on senior tranches as payment dates come due
Senior debt holders received $1.3 billion of principal from CLOs that breached an overcollateralisation test in July, a month in which the majority of scheduled payment dates fell. Of those deals suffering an OC breach, 190 were due to make a payment to noteholders and 57% were within reinvestment. 

Beneath the triple C: CLOs get their sneakers on as retailers run into bankruptcy
July added further relief to CLO portfolios with the slowest rate of downgrades to triple C since March. US CLO portfolios faced downgrades of $2.18 billion to triple C while European portfolios faced just €59.13 million of such downgrades

Majority equity in BlueMountain US CLO goes up for sale
A majority of the equity in BlueMountain CLO 2018-1 is up for sale tomorrow in a sign that Assured Guaranty could be following through on its plan to change its CLO manager’s issuance model