US CLO issuers get pricing signals as triple As trade in secondary at 375bp
Would-be US CLO issuers were given an indication of pricing levels yesterday after a CLO that turns static in July hit the secondary market

We’ve survived before, we can do so again

PGIM revives CLO plan with switch to static transaction
The CLO market has been on hold for three weeks due to coronavirus-induced volatility, but experienced CLO managers are attempting to revive the primary pipeline via a static format

GSO close to pricing static US CLO after buying $428 million of secondary loans
A CLO primary pipeline is starting to re-emerge following the March sell-off, with GSO Capital Partners marketing a static $463.5 million CLO to investors via Citi

We’ve survived before, we can do so again
$7.8 billion of CLO collateral, split evenly between the US and Europe, is in the loans that have fallen fastest in the past month. But short term CLO pain will bring opportunities for building par

CLO pipeline: down but not out, as deals find new ways to limp forward
Deepening credit instability has taken a toll on CLO appetite, but there is still life in the primary market

Junior US CLO tranches outshine European CLOs as GSO makes it a double
GSO Capital Partners has achieved the feat of becoming the only CLO manager to issue deals on both sides of the Atlantic amid the coronavirus-induced market selloff

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. 

European CLO single Bs jump to 1,100bp with GSO deal - but seniors hold firm
Junior European CLO spreads have slumped, with GSO Capital Partners pricing new issue single Bs at 1,100 basis points on Friday

Global CLO b-wic round-up: that's another fine mezz you've gotten me into
European CLO investors are tripping over themselves to buy mezzanine paper in the secondary CLO market

CLO refi love is strictly Taconic as US volume hits $10.8 billion
US CLO refinancing volume for 2020 climbed to $10.77 billion today as GSO Capital Partners priced the second refi of the year, according to market sources

GSO joins exclusive club of US CLO managers to price triple As under 100bp
GSO Capital Partners joined a select few US CLO managers that have priced a deal this year with triple As paying under 100bp

CSAM sees sun after nine years in shade

US CRE CLO growth spurt encourages Europeans
The US CRE CLO market hit a record $19.2 billion in 2019 and sources say that a first ever European deal will be issued this year. They cite the growing commercial mortgage direct lending market on the continent as laying the foundations for a European CRE CLO.

GSO aims to place US CLOs in Europe
GSO Capital Partners has launched a manager entity named Blackstone/GSO CLO Management LLC in an effort to sell US CLOs into Europe.

Global CLO b-wic round-up: US CLO equity returns in big way as four control positions hit the market
Over $230 million of US CLO equity went on sale last week via bid lists, the first time these assets have made their way to the secondary market in 2020. It also marks the most US CLO equity listed in a week since at least 2018, according to CLO-i

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

Euro CLO league tables: new issues shatter 2018’s record but total issuance falls
The European CLO market continues to grow at a record shattering pace with 2019 new issuance volumes totalling €29.8 billion, an 8% increase on 2018’s previous record figure, from 53 active managers

New GSO US CLO scores tightest funding costs since early October
GSO Capital Partners has returned to the CLO primary market and produced the tightest new issue for over two months

Global CLO league tables at a glance - November 2019 YTD
Global CLO league tables at a glance - November 2019 YTD

Euro CLO league tables: GSO turbos charges its lead over CVC
GSO Capital Partners kept hold of the lead in the European CLO manager league tables thanks to its turbo charged reset of Holland Park

US CLO league tables: CSAM pulls away from pack
The back and forth tussle between Octagon Credit Investors and Credit Suisse Asset Management for the lead in the US CLO issuance league tables took a new turn in November

CLO pipeline: high triple C bucket opens a Gateway to pricing
In less than ideal market conditions, even experienced CLO managers are learning new tricks to keep the pipeline full. Of the 11 US new CLOs that appear in the pipeline this week, two are high triple C bucket transactions

European CLO round-up: new look turbos power up junior CLO tranches
Junior CLO debt investors are getting more defensive and this has resulted in the emergence of new-look CLO turbo tranches

GSO adds turbo tranche feature to European CLO as part of reset
GSO Capital Partners has issued a novel single B-rated European CLO tranche that is designed to amortise quickly