Mid market CLO league tables: Natixis extends lead with two new issues but SocGen stays close
Of the three mid market CLO new issues that priced in August, market leader Natixis arranged two of them to put some breathing room between it and its nearest rivals

US CLO league tables: BofA holds off Citi for another month
$6.4 billion of US CLO new issues priced in August, down $11.2 billion from August last year but $1.1 billion more than August 2019

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

New Barings CLO scores first sub-200bp triple A print since July
Barings broke the US CLO market's issuance drought on Thursday, pricing the first primary transaction of the week and scoring the tightest debt execution since July in the process

Capital Four prices triple As at 225bp in second US CLO
Capital Four Management on Friday priced its second US CLO, bringing its volume of US deals under management to over $800 million following its 2021 debut in the market

US CLO pipeline: Dispersion comes to fore, while Capital Four goes static
The CLO market is heating up once again after the summer lull and pricing has tightened, with at least three US CLO managers looking to match or even best Palmer Square Capital Management’s triple A print of 200 basis points

CQS partnership with Jefferies produces second US CLO
CQS Management has released details of its second US CLO since entering the market last year

US CLO spreads tighten as Palmer Square sets benchmark
Palmer Square Capital Management priced a new CLO via Bank of America on Tuesday, scoring the market's tightest debt execution in over a month

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

US CLO pipeline: What takes your fancy? Three years, four years or the full five, we’ve got it all
If you’re looking to invest in a reinvesting CLO, then you have your choice of length as the US CLO pipeline begins to fill with five more forthcomings join four holdovers

Quick! Avaya has ignited and $1 billion of CLO assets are at risk
Sparks are flying in the leveraged loan and high yield market after communications company Avaya Holdings slashed its forecasted earnings mere weeks after syndicating new debt. The rapid decline of Avaya's debt has left CLO managers little time to avoid the blaze

Market sentiment shifts as investors turn bullish on loans and CLOs
CLO market sentiment has shifted decisively in recent weeks with investors expressing more optimism than earlier in the year

Symphony 36 proves music to ears as US CLO spreads strike a chord
Nuveen Asset Management priced Symphony CLO 36 on Tuesday to provide another signal that US CLO spreads are moving tighter

Wells Fargo adds familiar face to US CLO team
An experienced CLO official is returning to Wells Fargo after seven years 

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

Large US banks shed $8.5 billion of CLOs as others step up
Three of the largest investment bank buyers of CLO paper - Citi, JP Morgan and Wells Fargo - cut their portfolios by a combined $8.5 billion in this this year's second quarter

US CLO pipeline: Blackstone goes for 10 with tightest triple As of August
Blackstone Credit is marketing its latest CLO, Storm King Park, which will be the manager’s tenth US new issue of the year

CVC prints latest CLO's senior triple As at just 208 basis points
CVC Credit Partners priced a new CLO on Wednesday, scoring one of the tightest triple A prints in the last month

Fast-growing manager launches $406 million captive CLO equity fund
The fast-growing credit boutique has become the latest manager to launch a captive CLO equity fund, giving the firm the ability to control the pace of its CLO issuance

US pension ups allocation to two CLO funds
Rhode Island State Investment Commission has upped allocations to two CLO funds it allocated $125 million each to the funds last summer

US CLO triple C buckets will increase by up to 0.7% in August: BofA
US CLO triple-C baskets are expected to fill up by as much as 0.7% in August trustee reports, according to strategists at Bank of America, with the pace of triple C downgrades picking up in July to reverse an 18-month trend of stable or declining triple C concentrations

Mid market CLO league tables: deal drought keeps leader board tight
July was the quietest month for middle market CLOs in the last 12 months. Blackstone Credit’s BCRED MML CLO 2022-2 was the sole deal to price, which added $498.11 million to the year’s tally

US CLO league tables: Citi closes in on BofA’s lead
Despite market slowdown, US CLOs continue to produce steady monthly volumes over the $10 billion mark. July brought an influx of $11.99 billion to the US market from 28 new issue deals

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