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

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.

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. 

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

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 

Euro CLO league tables: repricings take a back seat while new issues get going
The European CLO market showed signs of kicking back into gear in February with €3.32 billion of issuance

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. 

US CLO league tables: Citi stands tall as overall leader but Morgan Stanley tops new issues
It was another fruitful year for the US CLO market as refinancings took a step back, giving new issues room to shine as $116.48 billion worth of new paper entered the market – 44.37% of overall volumes

Rockford Tower fortifies global CLO business with first European deal
Rockford Tower Capital Management has expanded its global reach by pricing its inaugural European CLO

CSAM prices 5th largest CLO transaction of 2018
Credit Suisse Asset Management has priced a $1.03 billion reset of Madison Park Funding XIV

Debtwire: Highland slams chapter 11 trustee over Acis CLOs as Brigade and Oaktree wait in the wings
Highland Capital Management is preparing for battle this month over the fate of Acis Capital Management, a CLO manager affiliate placed into bankruptcy by its former partner Josh Terry. Three options are on the table, with Oaktree, Brigade and Terry potentially taking prominent roles