Investors clamour for fixed-rate CLOs ahead of rate rise
Demand for fixed-rate US CLO paper is so strong these notes are pricing much tighter than pari passu floating rate equivalents in the primary market

2020 CLOs find redemption is sweet
The believers have been vindicated with 2020 CLOs among the best-performing of all time by IRR. Even those that have been reset have been a success with par flushes making for huge equity distributions.

Nomura gets to work on biggest CLO mandate to date with Blackstone new issue
Blackstone Credit is working on its eighth new US CLO of the year with the world’s largest CLO manager assigning arranging duties to Nomura

Fight for leaderboard top-spot intensifies as Blackstone prints Peace Park CLO
Blackstone Credit priced its seventh US CLO of the year on Tuesday just days after Carlyle Group became the first manager to achieve the feat, as the two firms battle for top spot on the leaderboard for issuance in 2021

Blackstone regains top CLO spot as it slashes 60bp funding costs on 2020 reset
BNP Paribas has reset and upsized Blackstone's Avondale Park, cutting the CLO’s funding costs by over 60 basis points

Euro CLO league tables: Blackstone back on top while Jefferies extends lead as focus turns to new issues
2021 European CLO issuance crossed €60 billion in July, which is more than the 22 months that preceded this year

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

Blackstone prints Euro CLO reset at wider end of guidance
Blackstone Credit has priced the reset of its European CLO Tymon Park via Goldman Sachs

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

Blackstone opts for another four-year reinvestment Euro CLO in upcoming reset
Blackstone has followed a four-year new issue with plans for a four-year European CLO reset 

Coronavirus tiers up old ranking script
Forget everything you thought you knew about CLO manager tiers. Apollo and Blackstone are mainstays, but smaller, more nimble issuers are finding new ways to stand out from the crowd

Standard Chartered takes on hybrid placement agent/investor role on European CLOs
Standard Chartered has made a breakthrough in European CLOs by serving as co-placement agent on deals

Blackstone, Chenavari, CIFC and Five Arrows add €2 billion to weekly Euro CLO issuance
Nearly €2 billion of European CLO issuance priced this week, with Blackstone, Chenavari, CIFC and Five Arrows adding to Napier Park’s reset earlier in the week

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

Euro CLO league tables: out with the old, in with the new as Jefferies leads way
Despite being a newcomer to the European CLO market this year, Jefferies has taken the market by storm and leads the way in overall European CLO issuance

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

Blackstone and Credit Suisse among participants in talks for new ESG loan index
European leveraged loan market participants – including Blackstone and Credit Suisse – are said to be in the process of launching the ESG loan index