Global CLO league tables - Jul 2021 YTD
Global CLO league tables - Jul 2021 YTD

Global CLO trading lab: Equity supply spikes as investors go long
CLO equity returned to the secondary market in a big way last week, after a month of very little visibility, with $118.3 million of US CLO and €44.9 million of European CLO subordinated notes on sale

Blackstone establishes 112bp as spread to beat with tight CLO triple As
Blackstone Credit has become the second manager to print CLO triple As at the market tight of 112 basis points over Libor, establishing the level as the benchmark

Nomura makes senior US CLO hire as it grows pipeline with Blackstone mandate
Nomura has hired an official to lead its US CLO structuring effort as the bank’s CLO market share continues to grow. One of Nomura’s next assignments is a new US CLO for Blackstone Credit

AGL and Blackstone reset and upsize post-covid CLOs from 2020
AGL Credit Management and Blackstone Credit added to their respective 2020 CLO reset sprees on Monday, with both managers upsizing their post-covid deals

Niagara falls: CLO spreads come down in Blackstone refi to highlight 2019 v 2021 basis
Blackstone Credit has refinanced one of its 2019 US CLOs. The CLO, Niagara Park CLO, has three years of reinvestment remaining and while the seniors priced inside the five-year Point Au Roche (100bp to 108bp), mezzanine tranches were wider despite the refi's shorter tenor.

Global CLO pricing lab: let’s all point at that 108bp print while spreads leak out
The tsunami of CLO paper coming to market is the biggest technical factor causing spreads to widen, according to sources

Global CLO league tables - May 2021 YTD
Global CLO league tables - May 2021 YTD

US CLO league tables: CIFC makes big leap but CSAM and JP Morgan retain leads
There has been no change atop the US CLO league tables, but Credit Suisse Asset Management’s and JP Morgan’s leads are dwindling

US triple As narrow to 108bp as Blackstone prints yet another new CLO
Blackstone Credit brought the CLO market tighter on Friday by printing a new deal with triple As at just 108 basis points over Libor

Blackstone CLO origination head relocates to London
Blackstone’s global head of capital formation liquid credit has relocated from New York to London

CLO pipeline: queue gets longer as Blackstone goes again and Sancus makes first move
The queue to price for US CLO managers is only getting larger with 18 new issue CLOs in the pipeline, according to market sources, along with 18 repricings and two new issue European CLOs and two mid market CLO resets

CLO pipeline: US market on track for June boom
CLO issuance is set to boom in the coming weeks with the pipeline ballooning as the market looks ahead to June

Global CLO trading lab: Octagon CLO comes out top in CLO double B spike
Double B-rated bonds made up 40% of the European and US CLO secondary markets last week. $222 million of US CLO double B bonds were on sale and a further €105 million of European CLO double B items were listed

US CLO spreads tighten sharply as Blackstone prints record fifth new issue of 2021
Blackstone Credit became the first CLO manager to issue five new US CLOs this year on Monday, securing the lowest funding costs in over a month in the process

Global CLO pricing lab: investors get over fatigue and embrace reset roll over
The demand for CLOs is showing no signs of slowing down after the market had experienced some fatigue at the end of the first quarter and into the second. In the last two weeks, there have been 47 CLO transactions across all forms of pricing in the three markets; led by 18 US CLO new issues

CLO pipeline: new issue becomes name of game with 14 managers preparing to price
Only $3.2 billion of CLO paper priced globally across all forms of pricings this past week. But the market looks to set to explode back into life with 14 US CLO new issues in the pipeline

Global CLO league tables - April 2021 YTD
Global CLO league tables - April 2021 YTD

Blackstone scores tight debt pricing with fourth new US CLO of 2021
Blackstone Credit became the third CLO manager to print a fourth US new issue of 2021 on Monday, teaming up with Citi on its latest transaction named Rockland Park CLO

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

Blackstone resets one of market's final pre-covid CLOs
Blackstone Credit has teamed up with Citi to reset its 2020 vintage CLO named Harriman Park

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

Blackstone stands tall with tightest US CLO print of the month
Blackstone Credit scored the tightest new issue CLO print of the month on Friday after issuing its triple As at just 106 basis points over Libor

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

Blackstone and Invesco hold CLO triple A levels at 100bp
Invesco and Blackstone Credit each issued new CLOs in recent days with first pay notes locked in at 100 basis points over Libor