US CLO pipeline: Go long! Refis fall from favour as AMMC looks to join list of 2021 issuers
The only record left to fall this year in US CLOs is 2017’s refinancing total of $102.8 billion with the market $6.3 billion shy. Yet this segment shows little interest to break more records with the pipeline filled with new issues and resets as longer tenured deals are preferred.

Sycamore Tree enters CLO manager landscape with debut deal
The CLO market welcomed a new manager on Tuesday as Sycamore Tree Capital Partners issued its inaugural deal via Citi

Managers make rare capital structure rejigs with 2020 CLO refis
Two CLO managers have refinanced 2020 CLOs while taking the rare step of altering the deals' capital structures

CIFC pulls CLO market tighter with seventh US deal of year
CIFC Asset Management teamed up with Nomura on Monday to price the tightest new CLO in over two weeks

JP Morgan arranges $1.5 billion of CLO resets for three managers
JP Morgan has arranged a cumulative $1.5 billion of CLO resets by printing deals for Allstate Investment Management Company, Pretium Partners and Orix Advisers

Onex's 2021 US CLO volume passes $1 billion with fixed-to-floating tranche
Onex Credit Partners priced its second new US CLO of the year on Friday, bringing its issuance volume for the year over $1 billion for the first time

Debt investors agree to nine-month call lock in Anchorage CBO refi
Anchorage Capital Group refinanced the mezzanine debt of its 2019 bond-heavy CLO named Anchorage Credit Funding 9 on Friday

Zais CLO reset prices wide of market, but strong portfolio boosts junior tranches
Zais Group has followed up its new issue CLO last month by resetting a 2020 CLO, sources say. Just like Zais CLO 17, the reset Zais 16 was arranged by Jefferies, and again priced substantially wide of market averages. However, the junior notes priced in line with, and at times tighter than, Zais 17 – perhaps reflecting the strong positioning of Zais 16’s portfolio.

Carlyle breaks records with 10th US CLO of 2021
Carlyle Group has become the first CLO manager to price 10 US new issues in the space of a year

Elmwood includes single B piece in new $608 million CLO
Elmwood Asset Management grew its 2021 CLO book to $3.6 billion after pricing its seventh deal of the year on Wednesday

Octagon scores new $500m CLO via Barclays
Octagon Credit Investors priced its seventh new CLO of 2021 on Wednesday, partnering with Barclays on the $509.3 million deal named Octagon Investment Partners 57

Putnam returns to CLOs after 17 years with Morgan Stanley-arranged comeback deal
Putnam Investments priced its comeback CLO on Wednesday after teaming up with Morgan Stanley

AMMC lowers 2020 CLO funding costs by 48bp with refi
American Money Management Corporation refinanced its late 2020 CLO AMMC 23 on Wednesday, lowering the deal's funding costs by 47.99 basis points in the process

Angelo Gordon prints second new CLO of 2021
Angelo Gordon priced its second new CLO of the year on Tuesday, bringing its 2021 issuance volume over $800 million

US CLO pipeline: newcomers look to follow Beach Point's lead by pricing before year-end
Beach Point Capital Management became the latest debut issuer in the US CLO market on Friday, and Sycamore Tree Capital Partners and Putnam Investments are set to join it    

Medalist prices first new US CLO since January 2020
Medalist Partners has priced its first new US CLO since it took full control of Medalist Partners Corporate Finance (formerly known as JMP Credit Advisors) from JMP Group in July, ending a 21-month break from the CLO primary market

Trimaran goes long with five-year US CLO as it splits triple Bs
Trimaran Advisors has priced its second new CLO of 2021, and first with a full five-year reinvestment period.

113bp is US CLO triple A spread to beat as CSAM matches market-tight print
Credit Suisse Asset Management's sixth CLO of 2021 priced on Friday, with the firm securing a market-tight triple A print of 113 basis points over Libor

CLO refi and reset volumes surge with $2.3 billion priced on Friday
CLO refi and reset volumes surged on Friday with $2.3 billion priced across the US market, according to market sources. Brigade Capital Management, MidOcean Credit Partners and New Mountain Capital reset regular-way CLOs, Blackstone Credit scored a regular CLO refi, Sculptor Capital Management refinanced a bond-heavy CLO, and Ivy Hill Asset Management reset a middle market CLO

Whitebox prints its largest CLO to date
Whitebox Capital Management priced its largest CLO to date on Friday, pairing with Goldman Sachs to print the $423.12 million Whitebox CLO III

Sycamore Tree starts with clean slate as it markets debut CLO via Citi
Sycamore Tree Capital Partners is marketing its inaugural CLO via Citi 

BlackRock places new CLO triple As at 113bp market tights
BlackRock priced its latest CLO named Magnetite XXX on Friday, matching the market tight triple A print of 113 basis points over Libor

Fidelity produces rare 2020 CLO refi as Benefit Street reworks 2017 deal
Benefit Street Partners and Fidelity Investments each priced a CLO refinancing on Monday, with the two deals worth a combined $896 million

PGIM prints rare three-year reinvestment CLO via Barclays
PGIM teamed up with Barclays on Friday to print a rare three-year reinvestment CLO

Credit Suisse plans mid market CLO push as it prices PennantPark deal
Credit Suisse arranged its first CLO backed by middle market loans in almost four years on Friday, pairing with PennantPark to print the manager's latest new issue deal