Global CLO league tables - August 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - August YTD

CLOs keep eyes glued to screen as Cineworld previews possible chapter 11
Cineworld, the UK-based cinema giant, has announced that a chapter 11 restructuring is among the options it is considering, in response to recent media speculation about a possible default

Widening asset/liability gulf will hurt CLOs: Barclays
A mismatch between CLO asset / liability rate risk is increasing in the US as more leveraged loan issuers opt for one-month pay frequency, Barclays credit strategists have found

Global captive CLO equity fund closes with $230 million
The fund will invest in majority equity positions of the manager's US and European CLOs

Euro CLO league tables: gear shift brings flurry of new issues before summer break
After a slow June, the European market picked up its pace in July with managers eager to price deals before the summer lull 

Global CLO league tables - July 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - July YTD

Apollo invests $1 billion in IG CLOs, launches secondary solutions platform and cuts BDC fees
In its earnings call, Apollo highlighted the resilience of the CLO asset class, strong deployment in direct lending, upcoming reduction in management fees for its publicly traded BDC and the launch of a new secondaries and sponsor solutions platforn, seeded by Abu Dhabi Investment Authority

Fund performance: Select funds shine in dreary June for credit hedge funds
Credit funds suffered through June, as only 8% of listed funds reached the black. This made June the fourth month in a row in which negative returns increased

Making the grade: CLO managers move into IG bonds
CLO managers have been using the incredible volatility in credit markets this year to add an unfamiliar asset to their portfolios – investment grade bonds

We can cope with downgrades again

CVC issues print-and-sprint Euro CLO as Goldman marks comeback
Goldman Sachs returned to European CLO arranging duties last week as CVC Credit Partners priced a print-and-sprint deal

CSAM prints first European CLO in 12 months
Credit Suisse Asset Management has become the latest manager to navigate through challenging market conditions to price a European CLO

Alcentra prints European CLO with triple A coupon at 212bp
Alcentra’s Jubilee 2022-XXVI is the fifth European CLO to price in July, taking the month up to €1.89 billion. That is dwarfed by the 11 European CLOs that priced with a combined €4.78 billion in July 2021

Bridgepoint becomes control equity investor in 2021 CLO after secondary trade
Bridgepoint says it bought an additional 30% equity stake in its third European CLO, Bridgepoint CLO 3, meaning the firm has a majority equity interest in the deal at 61%. The price suggests the CLO is performing well 

Experienced European CLO banker tipped to join Mizuho
The former head of European CLOs at Natixis is set to return to the industry after five years 

Blackstone prints Euro CLO triple As at tight 170bp
Blackstone priced its latest European CLO yesterday with triple As pricing at least 50bp tighter than current market levels

European junior CLO debt can withstand downturn without taking principal loss: TwentyFour
European CLO single Bs are able to weather a “moderately pessimistic forecast” in which loan defaults spike to 6.5% for two years, without coming close to taking a principal loss, according to a blog written by TwentyFour Asset Management’s Elena Rinaldi.

Euro CLO triple As rise above 210bp as Anchorage prices with highest par sub
The deal also features the largest triple A par subordination 

Euro CLO league tables: Permira and Barclays Providus with sole new issue
Just one manager priced a European CLO priced in June, when Permira Credit and Barclays brought Providus VII to market

Global CLO league tables - June 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - June YTD

Quarterly rankings: Carlyle climbs to top of pack with CBAM boost
Carlyle Group has cemented itself as the largest manager globally, following its acquisition of fellow CLO manager CBAM

Beneath the triple C: ebbs and flows leave triple C levels at a temporary stasis
Following a rising tide of downgrades in May the loan market stabilised somewhat in June, with seven issuers held by CLOs downgraded to triple C and a counter-swell of five names upgraded to single B.

Fund performance: Rocky May piles on the misery for credit hedge funds
Negative fund performance soared in May

Arcmont says liquid loan opportunities depend on timing as it advocates direct lending instead
Arcmont Asset Management has made the case for direct lending over syndicated loans in a white paper, despite having being an admirer of CLO management platforms 

Sound Point breaks one month European CLO market silence as pipeline builds
After the longest pause in the European CLO primary market since December 2018, Sound Point has broken the silence with a static new issue while other managers are exploring static and print and sprints to get deals done