Longview Power turns to coal for handful of CLOs
CLOs hold $43.9 million of the debt of US power company LongView Power, which filed for Chapter 11 in the District of Delaware yesterday

Global CLO b-wic round-up: $8 billion of US CLOs listed in record-breaking March
Last week brought an end to the busiest month in both the US and European CLO secondary markets since at least 2014. $7.7 billion of US CLO paper was on sale in March with a further €1.8 billion of European CLO bonds available, bringing the total listed in Q1 to $13.9 billion and €3.6 billion

Who's got the moves US: Carlyle leads as $3.7 billion of CLO loans recover
CLOs were exposed to $833.4 million worth of paper in the 10 term loans that suffered the largest price falls last week. But CLOs also had exposure to $3.67 billion of loans that recovered the most over the seven days.

Global CLO b-wic round-up: CLO triple As recover but mezz left behind
The CLO secondary market was a tale of two halves last week. 100% of all bonds listed in b-wics on Monday and Tuesday had no covers released (either traded or did not trade), but the end of the week was a different story for both markets

Beneath the triple C: mighty CLO buckets from Akorns grow
Rating agencies went on a downgrading spree in February, with Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s cutting 20 corporate names to triple C or below – affecting $2.78 billion of paper in US CLOs and €316.6 million in European CLOs. 

US CLO exposure to oil and gas is 2.6%, finds Barclays
Oil and gas exposure in CLOs is fairly limited, according to Barclays research, as crude oil prices drop to $33 per barrel, down from $41 on Friday

CIFC restarts refi wave with triple A tranche at 103bp
CIFC Asset Management has opted to refinance the triple A notes of its CIFC Funding 2013-1, scoring a tight print of 103 basis points in spite of the coronavirus-related market selloff

Wide double Bs leave CLO refis trapped in catch 22
$12.5 billion of US CLOs have refinanced this year on the back of steep CLO term curves — but wide junior CLO spreads have made some equity investors and managers think twice about repricing.

Neuberger Berman refinances 2014 US CLO
Neuberger Berman has become the seventh CLO manager to refinance a transaction this week, after teaming up with JP Morgan to rework 2014’s Neuberger Berman CLO XVII

Rockford Tower dashes out second CLO refi in three weeks
Rockford Tower Capital Management has priced its second CLO refinancing in three weeks as CLO managers rush to refinance their 2017 transactions

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

TCW follows debut AMR deal with tight-priced regular CLO refi
TCW Asset Management has priced a regular, old-fashioned CLO refinancing, having last month roadtested an Applicable Margin Reset feature for its first refi of the year

Moody's cuts Octagon CLO tranche to Caa2 citing low expected recovery rates
The class F notes of a 2014-vintage CLO managed by Octagon Credit Investors have been downgraded to Caa2 by Moody’s

Global CLO round-up: welcome back, give us a (refi) wave
Tighter corporate credit spreads means new issue volumes are down, but it makes a decent entry point for new CLO managers to price deals and also makes refinancing CLOs imperative

Neuberger joins rush of CLO managers refinancing 2017 deals
Neuberger Berman has joined the group of managers to refinance 2017 CLOs with a $368 million deal arranged by Citi

Refis back in the money as Citi brings two 2017 vintage US CLOs
The CLO refinancing market has reawoken, with Citi yesterday pricing two refis of 2017 vintage deals for DoubleLine and Rockford Tower

US loan trading: McDermott downgrade leads to CLO outflows as managers board rail road firm
US freight railroads operator Genesee & Wyoming allocated its $2.55 billion term loan in November, making it the most popular issuer in the month. And CLO managers were sceptical of the outlook for McDermott Technology - signalled by $185.9 net outflows - after Moody's downgraded its corporate family rating from B3 to Caa2 

Class F notes of 2018 CLO downgraded to triple C by Moody's
Moody’s has downgraded the class F notes of a 2018 CLO to Caa1, citing par loss in the underlying portfolio for its decision

Global CLO b-wic round-up: junior mezz rebounds with busiest week since June
Secondary market CLO trading has made a busy start to 2020 with $478.6 million of US deals and €103.3 million of European CLOs up for sale last week

US CLO tranche downgraded to Caa3 amid OC and warf test failure
A $5 million tranche of a 2014-vintage CLO has been downgraded to Caa3 by Moody’s

Global CLO b-wic round-up: control equity hits the market as secondary market picks up
The CLO secondary market in both Europe and the US brought healthy volumes last week. There was €174.9 million listed in the European CLO secondary market, while the US returned a with just over $600 million in CLO b-wics. 

US CLO round-up: managers flock back to market in Groundhog week
The CLO market picked up where it left off as a variety of managers flocked to the primary market with new deals. There were some events which led us to believe that things were on repeat, with managers synchronising their issuance, more examples of structural innovation and PGIM pricing tight (again)

Loan trading round-up: CLO managers fall out of love with First Data
An analysis of loan trading among CLO managers in February shows that First Data is falling down the pecking order with managers selling $182 million of the company's loans

Affinion skipped interest payment impacts small number of CLOs
Only two CLO managers could be affected by the debt of Affinion Group, who skipped its scheduled 19 Feb interest payment ($22.2 million) to its first-lien 2022 term loan holders 

US CLO round-up: years fall off CLO market as it gets back to its old self
The CLO market is starting to look rejuvenated, with the dense pipeline having this week offloaded seven new broadly syndicated deals and one middle market deal as Creditflux goes to press – totalling $3.7 billion of new paper.