Blue Owl kicks off October with a two-for-one US CLO deals
Blue Owl has priced a new private credit CLO as well as refinanced a 2018-vintage BSL CLO 

PGIM refinances US CLO deal from 2018
PGIM refinanced a a USD 398.83m US BSL CLO from 2018 arranged JP Morgan

CVC refinances Apidos XXX CLO
CVC prices a refinancing of 2018 deal called Apidox XXX via RBC

Bain refinances US BSL CLO from 2018
Bain Capital on Wednesday printed a refi of a US BSL CLO with a senior spread just shy of the tightest seen in a US BSL refi so far this year

PGIM resets 2022 vintage US CLO tightening senior spread by 29bps
PGIM has priced a reset of its Dryden 108 CLO, a US BSL deal from 2022

Invesco prices refi of US BSL CLO
Invesco has priced a refi of Annisa CLO, a 2026 vintage US BSL CLO

CVC prints tightest US CLO refi of the year
CVC priced the tightest US refi of the year on Monday, with a partial reworking of one of the older deals in its portfolio dating back to 2013

Palmer Square prices billion-dollar static CLO
Palmer Square Capital Management priced a new billion-dollar static CLO late last week with Citi as the arranger

Fortress prices middle market deal with CP reference rate
Fortress Credit Opportunities VIII CLO features a senior tranche that references both SOFR and a CP rate

Lumen Tech downgrade leads to estimate that 9% of CLOs could breach OC tests
One of the most widely held names in US CLOs was downgraded in August. S&P carried out a two-notch downgrade of Lumen Technologies on 16 August from B to CCC+

LP round up: securitised credit mandate terminated amid $5 billion allocations and expanding relationships
Institutional investors revealed nearly $5 billion of allocations to 31 credit managers across January and February board meetings, according to materials seen by Creditflux. However, there were also two fixed income manager terminations, and one multi-strategy account placed on a watchlist

CLO triple A spreads could drop to 175bp as Oak Hill markets new deal
Oak Hill Advisors is marketing its first new issue CLO in six months and is seeking a triple A print of just 175 basis points over Sofr

Mid market CLO league tables: Golub makes it six straight while Natixis blows away the competition
In a trying year, issuance of mid market CLOs dropped a considerable amount. Total volumes dropped from $43.6 billion in 2021 to $20.8 billion in 2022, a 52% decrease year-on-year

Beneath the triple C: Winter is coming for CLOs as downgrades outstrip upgrades
Both US and European issuers have felt downward pressure from the rating agencies as we head towards the end of the year, with downgrades to triple C now firmly outpacing upgrades out of it.

Mid market CLO league tables: Golub scores in 90th minute as Natixis leads banks
Golub Capital left it late, but the prolific mid market CLO manager wrestled the lead in new issuance from Blackstone Credit last month

UK nerves rattle Europe/US relative value trades, as Hunt seeks to reassure investors
A palpable mood of trepidation on Thursday around the UK’s autumn budget has brought widening of credit spreads, with European indices giving back gains they have made in recent sessions versus their US counterparts

US CLO issuance to drop 15% in 2023: Barclays
US CLO new issuance is likely to be around $117 billion in 2023, a decline of around 15% on 2022

Mid market CLO league tables: HIG returns to CLOs while Natixis gallops further ahead
Three managers priced a mid market CLO in October as volumes crossed $1 billion for the third straight month

Europe-US convergence in play as week ends on strong rally
A big push tighter in credit spreads on Friday has extended the theme of European outperformance, with iTraxx Crossover briefly trading inside US high yield index counterpart CDX HY for the first time since July

Mid market CLO league tables: Golub gains ground on Blackstone with rare euro-tranche deal
Four managers - Blue Owl, Golub, Monroe and PennantPark - priced new issue mid market CLOs in September

Mid market CLO league tables: Natixis extends lead with two new issues but SocGen stays close
Of the three mid market CLO new issues that priced in August, market leader Natixis arranged two of them to put some breathing room between it and its nearest rivals

Bulls extend credit improvement as oil falters at key level
Having hit their widest prints of the month on Monday, credit indices are extending their run of gradual improvement into a third day – but with investors wary of placing big bets ahead of Friday’s Jackson Hole meeting

LP round up: private credit takes big slice of inflows as 10% portfolio share projected for 2026
Institutional investors revealed nearly $4 billion allocations to credit funds in July, with recipients including Angelo Gordon, Apollo, Ares, BlackRock, Brookfield, CarVal, Comvest, Deerpath, KKR, Schroders and Sixth Street

Mid market CLO league tables: deal drought keeps leader board tight
July was the quietest month for middle market CLOs in the last 12 months. Blackstone Credit’s BCRED MML CLO 2022-2 was the sole deal to price, which added $498.11 million to the year’s tally

Schroders beats five to win structured credit mandate as pension terminates Franklin Templeton
Schroders has beat out five other credit managers to win up to $108 million for a securitised credit mandate from a US pension. It comes after investment consultant RVK recommended to terminate the pension’s investment in Franklin Templeton due to “underwhelming performance and decreasing assets”