Blackstone's 2021 new US CLO volume rises to $7.6 billion with static deal
Blackstone Credit's 2021 CLO new issue volume has risen to a huge $7.6 billion with the manager on Friday placing its 14th deal

Mid market CLO league tables: deal record breaks as Wells Fargo gains new issue lead
The mid market CLO space had a record-breaking month in November on three counts

Global CLO league tables - Nov 2021 YTD
Global CLO league tables - Nov 2021 YTD

US CLO league tables: Blackstone takes new issue lead amid monthly new issue record
The US CLO market priced $23 billion of new issues in November, setting a record for most new issuance in a month in the 2.0 era

Blackstone uses CLOs as financing tool in new suite of deals
Blackstone Credit has added three non-traditional US CLOs to its collection this year

US CLO pipeline: Carlyle and Blackstone aim for CLO-a-month 2021 as BlackRock goes for baker's quadruple
The Thanksgiving holiday has not dampened the US CLO market’s appetite as a flurry of deals are set to price in the next couple of weeks. That includes 18 new deals, 11 resets and seven refinancings in the US

CLO managers refi $1.7 billion across four deals
Four CLO managers refinanced legacy deals on Tuesday, for a total $1.7 billion

Blackstone BSL CLO volume passes $7 billion for year with static new issue
Blackstone Credit has priced a third deal in its 'Stratus' series of static CLOs, bringing its 2021 broadly syndicated loan CLO total to $7.1 billion across 14 deals

US CLO league tables: Palmer Square stands tall in land of the CLO giants
The US CLO market has extended its run of incessant issuance with October having added $39.98 billion of CLO paper to the year’s tally, making it the second most productive month this year for overall and new issue volumes

Blackstone resets 2020 CLO amid signs of double B fatigue
Blackstone Credit yesterday reset Reese Park CLO in a deal suggesting demand for CLO double Bs is beginning to wane

Blackstone Credit names tech investing head
Blackstone Credit has promoted a New York-based official as its global head of technology investing

Nochu returns to CLO new issues after two-year break
Norinchukin Bank made its long-awaited return to the CLO primary market last month, investing in US CLO triple A notes once more

CLOs at a glance (November 2021)
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month

CLO managers join forces as they line up behind SFDR
A plethora of European CLO managers have teamed up with regulatory reporting provider FinDox to form a working group focused on Sustainable Financial Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), sources tell Creditflux.

LP round up: no Stoptober as investors allocate $5 billion to credit
US institutional investors allocated $5 billion to credit funds in October, with Oak Hill and Pimco among the biggest mandates    

New York pension favours credit as it pumps $1.1 billion into tech, loans and distressed
New York State Common Retirement Fund has splurged over $1 billion in credit, topping allocations it made in equities and real estate

Blackstone passes $5 billion in US CLOs this year with 10th new issue
Blackstone Credit teamed up with BNP Paribas on Friday to print its 10th US CLO of 2021, becoming the second manager in history to pass $5 billion annual issuance

US CLO pipeline: Go long! Refis fall from favour as AMMC looks to join list of 2021 issuers
The only record left to fall this year in US CLOs is 2017’s refinancing total of $102.8 billion with the market $6.3 billion shy. Yet this segment shows little interest to break more records with the pipeline filled with new issues and resets as longer tenured deals are preferred.

Investors behind CLO guarantees emerge as Assured wraps third deal
A bank and an insurer have emerged as the two investors behind Assured Guaranty’s financial guarantees of recent CLO trades. And Assured Guaranty has provided a guarantee to an investor on a third European CLO

CLO refi and reset volumes surge with $2.3 billion priced on Friday
CLO refi and reset volumes surged on Friday with $2.3 billion priced across the US market, according to market sources. Brigade Capital Management, MidOcean Credit Partners and New Mountain Capital reset regular-way CLOs, Blackstone Credit scored a regular CLO refi, Sculptor Capital Management refinanced a bond-heavy CLO, and Ivy Hill Asset Management reset a middle market CLO

Nine CLOs each — and every one of them is different
CLO giants Blackstone and Carlyle Group have printed nine new US CLOs apiece this year, but CLO market participants say managers are creating distinct portfolios

Livermore gives Peace a chance with anchor role in Blackstone deal and plans more CLO investments
CLO equity investor Livermore Investments Group reveals it was the anchor investor in a recent $650 million US deal

US CLO pipeline: 1.0 manager returning, Carlyle going for CLO 10 as market goes to 100
Never in 1,000 years would the critics have expected this 

Co-head of Blackstone's GP stake-buying business to join Angelo Gordon
Angelo Gordon has snapped up a big name from Blackstone

Blackstone becomes second manager to print record nine US CLOs in one year
Blackstone Credit priced a record ninth new US CLO on Friday, becoming just the second manager to acheive this feat