Euro league tables: CSAM brings €1 billion of issuance to the CLO market
There was €3.2 billion of CLO issuance in May with CSAM contributing almost a third of that

Portfolio manager central to European CLO expansion to leave Neuberger
One of the key figures behind the launch of Neuberger Berman’s European CLO business is set to leave the firm

At the heart of CLO doc negotiations
As investors up and down the capital structure shared their views on fictional US and European CLOs, we discovered that par flushes must be worded carefully or they could be a deal-breaker
 

Spire moves into CLO investing with new credit fund
European corporate credit specialist Spire Partners has raised roughly €100 million for a multi-strategy fund that will have the ability to invest in CLOs

US manager plans debut 2.0 European CLO, six years after selling 1.0 deals
A large US CLO manager is warehousing its first 2.0 CLO in Europe

CLO spreads disperse as Japanese investors reallocate to triple As at fiscal year end
The past two months saw backup on CLO liability pricing on both sides of the Atlantic for the first time in years, this coming at the time of year when Japanese banks plan their CLO allocations

Term structure is being developed for floating rate benchmark SOFR, says LSTA
The Secured Overnight Financing Rate, known as SOFR, is being developed into a term structure

There are no perfect hedges for CLOs
As the CLO market gets hotter and hotter, investors are seeking hedges against the inevitable downturn. But although there are a wide range of options, there is no consensus on which is best
 

CLO resets should be used to renegotiate, conference hears
A short-dated reset looks very much like a refinancing, but it also gives managers and investors the all-important opportunity to renogotiate terms

They said it: “Occam’s razor, the marshmallow test and the Pareto principle – what do they have in common?”
The simplest solution is often the best solution, delayed gratification and the 80/20 rule; these can all be used in the assessment of CLO manager performance

Past returns: KKR CLO was sign of things to come
Five years ago in Creditflux, we reported on KKR Credit pricing a US CLO that complied with European risk retention rules, in what was believed to be one of the first deals of its kind

Investors gather to talk teams and tactics
With US CLO risk retention recently ruled off-side, attendees at the Creditflux Symposium were expecting a number of small, nimble managers to enter the field of play as the year progresses

Experienced CSAM holds off boutiques to win biggest prize
Credit Suisse Asset Management became a two-time winner of the Creditflux Manager of the Year award last month after picking up the 2018 trophy in front of a packed house at London’s Landmark Hotel on 9 May

CLO b-wic line-up: over $300 million of senior CLO paper goes on the block
Senior notes dominate the secondary market today as $306.5 million worth of triple A notes are up for grabs

CIFC selects Deutsche Bank to arrange first European CLO
CIFC Asset Management has mandated Deutsche Bank with warehousing its first ever CLO in Europe

Five Arrows prices new European CLO via Morgan Stanley
Five Arrows has returned to the new issue CLO market, pricing its first transaction of the year with triple As at 82 basis points

Alcentra markets its first new issue European CLO of 2018
Alcentra is launching its first new issue CLO of the year with pricing expected in the next two weeks

58% of US CLO managers will keep risk retention funds in place, finds Maples
Maples and Calder has surveyed US CLO managers and found that 58% will keep funds in place, while 61% plan to sell some or all of their retention interest