CLOs at a glance
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month

Partners issues three US CLOs in one year for first time
Partners Group has priced three US CLOs in the space of a year for the first time in its history

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.

Eaton Vance and Partners reset CLOs worth $850.2 million
Eaton Vance and Partners Group each reset a legacy CLO on Friday, with the two transactions worth a combined $850.2 million

US CLO pricing lab: expensive legacy deals take priority as two-three year point on term curve tightens
The US CLO market may have gapped out in recent weeks, but expensive 2019 and covid-era CLO refis and resets are still in the money

AGL and Partners upsize legacy CLO deals with resets
AGL Credit Management and Partners Group each priced a CLO reset on Monday, with both firms opting to upsize their legacy deals in the process

Partners prints its largest CLO in over two years
Partners Group has priced its largest new US CLO in over two years, teaming up with Credit Suisse to print the deal

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

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

Global CLO pricing lab: investors get over fatigue and embrace reset roll over
The demand for CLOs is showing no signs of slowing down after the market had experienced some fatigue at the end of the first quarter and into the second. In the last two weeks, there have been 47 CLO transactions across all forms of pricing in the three markets; led by 18 US CLO new issues

Partners saves 55bp with reset of post-covid CLO
Partners Group has reset a post-covid CLO priced in May 2020, pulling the vehicle's funding costs 55 basis points tighter in the process

Credit fundraising: ESG centre stage as capital pours into new strategies
Sustainability was the watchword for fundraising in February, amid a flurry of fund launches as well as first closes for impact funds and sustainable bond funds

AMMC, Marble Point and Partners Group each price US CLO refis
Three CLO managers have priced CLO refinancing transactions, with the three deals combining to a total of $1.03 billion. It brings the total volume of US refi paper in 2021 to $4.94 billion since the new year - just $180.9 million short of total post-covid refis in 2020

Partners teams up with Barclays for first time on new five-year CLO
Partners Group priced its seventh US CLO on Tuesday, and its first one globally to be arranged by Barclays

DFG appoints CEO and makes several promotions including new co-CIO
A Partners Group official has been appointed chief executive officer of DFG Investment Advisers in New York as the firm makes several leadership promotions

OC health check: CLOs wake up when September ends
September showed a slight but clear improvement in CLOs’ over-collateralisation test results as 182 CLOs breached an OC test during the reporting period, compared to 198 in August.

CLO pipeline: fixed income giants plan debut 2.0s with Morgan Stanley
Two large fixed income managers are pre-marketing debut 2.0 CLOs

Global CLO b-wic round-up: dealers get involved amid rally, but dispersion persists
The CLO secondary markets returned to form last week with $716.2 million of US CLO bonds and a further €306.5 million of European CLO paper listed. Although for both markets over half of the total volume listed came from Thursday’s scheduled b-wics

Global CLO b-wic round-up: CLO lower mezz spreads tighten back after volatile two weeks
Secondary CLO spreads in the US and European markets have recovered after moving wider over the last two weeks

Double B CLOs on downgrade watch up for grabs as market eyes tightening
CLO double B spread averages tightened 24.44 basis points on Wednesday, ending a 22-day widening streak. On Thursday, a b-wic of seven CLO double Bs goes live at 11am New York time and should clarify if spreads will tighten further

Credit Suisse prices one-year reinvestment CLO for Partners
Credit Suisse has priced its fist CLO since 27 February with a $301.3 million new issue for Partners Group named Pikes Peak 6, according to market sources

New slate of US CLOs shows evolving term curve
Three new CLOs are forthcoming from Partners Group, Gulf Stream Asset Management and Onex Credit Partners with each manager opting for a different reinvestment strategy  

Kayne Anderson CLO trades high as double A investors factor in portfolio health
Demand for high quality mezzanine US CLO paper is picking up, according to trader sources, with the most sought after single As trading at about 425 basis points and the best triple Bs trading at 670bp towards the end of last week

Partners becomes second manager to price US and European CLOs in 2020
Partners Group priced its fifth US CLO, named Pikes Peak CLO 5, today, becoming just the second manager to issue CLOs in the US and Europe this year

Partners markets US CLO as it aims to become second transatlantic issuer of 2020
Partners Group is on course to become the second CLO manager this year to price new issue deals on either side of the Atlantic