The financial crisis was the making of ’em
Some of the largest and best performing CLO managers before the crisis were fairly nimble by today’s standards — but these 1.0 outperformers are now among the biggest names in the industry

The financial crisis was the making of 'em
Some of the largest and best performing CLO managers before the crisis were fairly nimble by today's standards - but these 1.0 outperformers are now among the biggest names in the industry. 

GSO co-founder plans new credit business
GSO Capital Partners co-founder Tripp Smith is launching his own credit management firm, according to a report by Bloomberg

Blackstone builds on multi-asset approach with fifth fund
The new vehicle will invest directly into Blackstone deals across its alternatives platform

Euro CLO league tables: Rockford Tower debuts to take manager list up to 41
European CLO volumes picked up in October as €2.4 billion of new issue paper priced, taking up 62.2% of overall volumes as repricings took a back seat.

GSO turns 20 following €410.25 million CLO reset
GSO priced its 20th CLO transaction of the year yesterday, teaming up with Deutsche Bank to reset Griffith Park CLO

Blackstone grows credit assets by 31% over year
The firm achieved strong fundraising in credit, taking credit-related assets under managment to $130.6 billion in the third quarter, a 31% increase year-on-year 

GSO's Phoenix Park CLO is reborn following reissue
GSO Capital Partners has reissued its 2014 CLO Phoenix Park via BNP Paribas

Euro CLO league tables: issuance breaks full-year records
Europe’s CLO market entered unchartered territory last month as deal issuance levels smashed both annual and quarterly records

GSO set to reignite 2014 vintage Phoenix CLO
GSO is marketing a reissue of its 2014 CLO that left its reinvestment period in July

Blackstone wins Italian direct lending approval for five funds
Blackstone has been granted direct lending approval in Italy for five Irish-domiciled alternative investment funds (AIFs), according to an announcement by law firm Simmons & Simmons, who advised on the approval

Global CLO round-up: buttermilk-shakes things up as CLO spreads go everywhere
Ahead of the US Labor Day weekend, CLO issuers have been grafting away with $6.5 billion pricing across the US market through 11 deals

GSO CLO fund looks to wind up with offer to roll into manager's originator strategy
The board responsible for Carador Income Fund, managed by GSO Capital Partners, has given shareholders an opportunity to wind the fund up, alongside a rollover opportunity for shareholders into GSO's CLO originator fund, Blackstone/GSO Loan Financing

Global manager moves close to pricing fourth new issue CLO in as many weeks
Issuing CLOs is a walk in the park for one large manager, which is on track to achieve the unthinkable feat of pricing four new issue CLOs in just four weeks

Euro CLO league tables: €5 million separates Carlyle and GSO as volumes hit new heights
As temperatures in Europe soar, so do CLO volumes. Meanwhile Carlyle Group and GSO Capital Partners are separated by the narrowest of margins

Euro CLO league tables: 2018 volumes hit €22.6 billion after flurry of deals in June
The first two quarters of this year have delivered €22.6 billion worth of CLO issuance in Europe, almost matching the €22.7 billion that was issued in the first half 2017

GSO prices €549.75 million short WAL reset of 2013 European CLO
GSO priced Europe’s second largest CLO transaction of 2018 yesterday, according to market sources

CLO b-wic lineup shows it’s never too late to trade 1.0 equity
Old legacy deals make a comeback today as €37 million and $12 million of 1.0 equity is up for grabs in two European deals - Eurocredit CDO VI and Oak Hill European II - and one US deal, Gale Force 3 CLO.

Euro league tables: CSAM brings €1 billion of issuance to the CLO market
There was €3.2 billion of CLO issuance in May with CSAM contributing almost a third of that

GSO prices fifth new CLO of the year with triple As at 78bp
GSO Partners has priced its second European CLO of the year and become the first manager to issue five new transactions globally in 2018

European CLO round-up: 78bp is the benchmark if you're a European CLO manager
Dispersion in CLO spreads is exclusive to the US CLO market with with three European CLOs pricing this week, and triple A notes in all of them hitting 78 basis points.

GSO on the verge of pricing its fifth new issue CLO of 2018
Pre-sale reports for GSO's fifth new issue CLO of the year have been published by Moody's and Fitch

CLO b-wic line-up: $42 million of double B CLOs go up for sale
$41.9 million of double B notes are up for grabs today via b-wics. Out of these 16 line items, GSO Capital Partners’ Seneca Park is a noteworthy deal with the CLO being just two months away from the end of its reinvestment period

Euro CLO league tables: Carlyle and GSO vie for top spot
April has proved to be a strong month for Europe as nearly €5 billion of volumes have been produced in the last month

CLO b-wic line-up: recent deals dominate secondary market
Recently priced deals have been put up for sale in the secondary market as 75.1% of today’s b-wic line-up consists of deals which have been priced (or altered) in the last 12 months