Oaktree prices US and European CLOs in single day

Oaktree priced two CLOs to close out last week – a new European issue titled Arbour CLO XVI via Citi, and a reset of a 2024-vintage US BSL transaction through SMBC Nikko

Diameter prices US CLO reset with Apollo as co-placement agent
Barclays was the lead arranger on the USD 458m repricing of the 2024-vintage BSL deal

New issuance keeps pace with 2025, but repricing activity significantly down – Q1 US CLO issuance analysis
ANALYSIS: New US BSL CLO issuance in the first quarter was broadly comparable to the strong levels seen last year, but there was a marked decline in the level of reset and refinancing activity

CLO equity price decline represents compelling buying opportunity — CIFC
Over the next 12 to 24 months, CLO equity could generate returns comparable to those seen in 2023-2024, CIFC believes

CVC issues 2024-vintage US CLO reset
The reset of Apidos CLO 47 added USD 3.4m in equity as part of the USD 467.4m transaction

GoldenTree prices new US CLO as overall issuance slows
GoldenTree issued an upsized USD 602.1m US BSL CLO via Bank of America on Tuesday, even as the overall market experiences a significant slowdown in the overall volume of new issuance activity as managers take stock amidst an increasingly volatile overall market backdrop

Latest new US Anchorage CLO prices with triple As at 127bps
Anchorage’s newest US BSL CLO priced as a USD 399m transaction via Wells Fargo

Ares issues new CLO valued at over USD 700m
The deal priced almost USD 450m of senior triple A paper at SOFR plus 122bps

Bain prices BSL and private credit CLOs in same day
The manager’s new US issue, along with its reset of a 2018-vintage private credit CLO, totalled just under USD 1.06bn in value

Birch Grove and Napier Park price US BSL CLOs
Birch Grove CLO 16 priced its triple As at 120bps, while Napier Park’s Regatta 36 Funding saw its senior top-of-stack paper clear 5bps wider

Elmwood, Garnet price similarly-structured US BSL CLOs
Elmwood CLO 48 was arranged by Citi, while Garnet maintained its impressive rate of issuance with its sixth deal in just 10 months

JPMorgan Commercial Bank taps new head of syndicated finance
The new head previously worked as head of Northeast and Canada regional leveraged finance in the global investment banking group

Nassau prices third US CLO
Arranged by Wells Fargo, the USD 404m offering priced its triple As at SOFR plus 131bps, toward the wider end of the current primary market

New US CLOs see mezz widening even as issuance maintains steady pace
Over USD 2.4bn of new CLO paper priced on Tuesday and Wednesday as Blackstone, Nuveen, Voya, Sixth Street and KKR all printed new BSL transactions

Carlyle, Sixth Street BDCs find yield boost in CLOs
ANALYSIS: The two firms recently struck a joint venture that will buy up broadly syndicated loans and issue CLOs managed by the two teams

T. Rowe Price issues inaugural CLO, debuts as new manager
Rowe CLO 2026-1 is the first CLO to emerge from T. Rowe Price’s own platform; the firm also owns prominent CLO issuer Oak Hill Advisors

Muzinich prices first new CLO in 12 months
The USD 407m BSL CLO priced via BNP Paribas, with the senior triple As clearing at SOFR plus 117bps

Carlyle prices its first new CLO for 2026
The USD 505m Carlyle CLO 2026-1 priced its senior triple A notes at SOFR plus 116bps

New loan shop Mountain Point becomes 2026’s first debut US CLO manager
The recently-launched credit manager priced its first CLO via Bank of America as a USD 507m BSL issue

US CLO AAAs tighten to 12-month tight as Oak Hill Advisors prices new deal at 113bps
The mark is the tightest since the same manager priced OHA Credit Funding 20 with triple As at 110bps over the base rate on 28 February last year

Software selloff hits CLO equity, BB MVOCs – Barclays
The percentage of US loans trading above par has tumbled to 27%, introducing mark-to-market risk for CLO tranche investors

BSP is latest to issue US CLO AAAs at 115bps, as New Mountain and CQS also price new deals
Benefit Street Partners issued its second new US CLO of the year, with Bank of America arranging the USD 502.6m transaction

New Antares US BSL CLO prices AAAs at 115bps
Antares has matched the existing new-issue tight for US BSL CLOs with its latest print, Orion CLO 2026-7, priced via SMBC Nikko

Private credit manager Varagon prices second CLO
Arranged by BNP Paribas, the USD 592m MDL Structured Notes II is the manager’s first CLO issue since its market debut in October 2024

More than USD 2bn of new US BSL CLO paper prices on a busy Thursday
Blackstone issued a sizeable USD 710m BSL CLO that matched the current triple-A market tight for new US issues, on a busy Thursday that also saw fresh BSL deals price from Aristotle Pacific, MidOcean, and Elmwood