CLO pipeline: US adds deals at frenetic pace as Europe catches breath after record start
US CLO investors have numerous deals to consider with 13 new issues and 15 repricings being prepared to flood the market in the coming days

It's all relative: CLOs march tighter as macro traders open positive CDS skews
Credit default swaps are back near where they started the year after giving up their early-February gains amid a rise in government bonds. CDS curves steepened over the past month and macro hedging has left indices trading with positive skews. But CLOs paint a calmer picture in which spreads have inched tighter  

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

Renewed energy boosts credit as relief rally resumes
Energy companies are performing well and credit indices have resumed their push tighter after a strong surge inwards Monday, outpacing moves in other parts of the financial market

Investcorp and JP Morgan pair again to reap 2018 European CLO refi
Investcorp Credit Management has partially refinanced the five most senior tranches of its 2018 vintage European CLO, Harvest XX

Global CLO b-wic round-up: equity trades break new records as investors look to redeploy cash
The CLO secondary market is experiencing heavy churn with €273.5 million of European CLO paper and $1.05 billion of US CLOs listed last week. Within that supply, a record trade for a 2.0 European CLO equty tranche was recorded 

BofA forecasts record European CLO volume in 2021 as another reset prices
Carlyle Group has become the first manager in March to reset a European CLO, while BofA estimates the European CLO market might break a new record in 2021

HIG bolsters European direct lending presence with senior hire in Madrid
HIG Whitehorse has appointed a managing director in the firm's Madrid office

KKR pushes for nearly five-year reinvestment as Redding Ridge resets €554 million CLO
The European CLO reset wave is proceeding apace with KKR and Redding Ridge pricing deals on Tuesday

Commerzbank prices CLO as it replaces Tikehau-bound official
Deutsche Bank arranged the €360.5 million deal for Commerzbank

AlbaCore adds distressed hire among raft of new arrivals
AlbaCore Capital Group has added four hires to its investment team in recent weeks, taking its total headcount to 46

CLO pipeline: all bases expand as more absentees join bonanza
The US CLO market is bubbling with issuance as 17 new issues and 15 repricings appear in the pipeline. Europe is set to welcome two new issues and nine repricings while Golub Capital looks to bring its first 2021 deal to the middle market

CLO equity investor bullish as it offers new share class on listed fund
The London-based manager is offering shareholders in its publicly traded junior CLO fund the chance to invest in a new listed share class - and it remains bullish on global CLO equity

Barings sells €377m portfolio via b-wic to wind down European CLO
Barings was the seller of a mammoth €377 million loan b-wic on Thursday (12 February), Debtwire has reported

Carlyle adds equity and seeks tight pricing with 2016 European CLO reset
Carlyle Group is looking to add equity and price triple A debt tight to the primary CLO market with a €434.3 million reset of its 2016 transaction, Carlyle Global Market Strategies Euro CLO 2016-2

Global CLO b-wic round-up: 2020 deals trade at premium
As the primary CLO market continues to grind tighter, the secondary market is holding steady, but last year's vintages are trading well as they near the end of their call-locks

Spire achieves highest levered Euro CLO as it matches triple A tights
Spire has priced its latest European CLO, Aurium CLO VII, with the deal’s triple As matching the Euribor plus 83bp 

Ares holds first close of junior direct lending fund as it eyes 'dozens more' $1 billion-plus funds
Ares outlined several credit fundraising initiatives in its fourth quarter earnings call - among which were a first close of its latest junior direct lending fund, upping the target for its credit special situations fund by over $1 billion, as well as new product launches including an evergreen alternative credit fund

Triple As could fall to 80bp as Spire markets new issue Euro CLO
Spire is marketing its latest new issue European CLO, named Aurium CLO VII 

Oak Hill pairs with Citi on first new issue European CLO since 2018
Oak Hill Advisors has printed its first new issue European CLO in over two years and its first primary CLO transaction in Europe since a refinancing in 2019

Global CLO league tables - January 2021
Global CLO league tables - January 2021 YTD

CLO pipeline: snow business like the CLO business
CLO issuers are putting aside the cold snap and are warming up with a flurry of deals.

Basis between resets and new issues collapses as CVC prints Euro triple As at 83bp
CVC has reset and upsized a 2014 vintage European CLO, CVC Cordatus Loan Fund IV

It's all relative: CLOs are lagging no more, as Carlyle deal drags market tighter
“CLOs are lagging” has been a much repeated refrain over the last nine months. But Carlyle Group has this week produced a US CLO that has dragged spreads to their tightest point in three years so that, rather than comparing CLOs to pre-covid levels, they should be assessed against early 2018

Anchorage prices first new European CLO since 2019
Anchorage Capital Group has returned to the European CLO primary market with its first new issue since 2019