Blackstone Credit reclaims CLO leaderboard top spot just one day after Elmwood overtook
Blackstone Credit on Thursday priced its fifth US CLO of the year, bringing its issuance volume to $2.97 billion and retaking its top spot on the CLO leaderboard

Elmwood first to five 2022 US CLOs as it rises to top of manager leaderboard
Elmwood Asset Management on Wednesday became the first CLO manager to print five new deals this year after teaming up with Royal Bank of Canada on the $502 million Elmwood CLO 17

Triple As widen to 155bp with latest Assured new US CLO
CLO triple A spreads moved wider again on Tuesday as Assured Investment Management priced the senior notes of its latest deal at 155 basis points over Sofr

Invesco matches PGIM and Ares US CLO triple As at 144bp
Invesco priced its second new issue CLO this year yesterday, according to market sources as it paired with Morgan Stanley to print Invesco 2022-2

US CLO triple As end week at 154bp as Napier Park and Rockford Tower print deals
Napier Park Global and Rockford Tower Capital Management priced new CLOs on Friday, with each manager printing their triple A notes at 154 basis points over Sofr

Macro woes have dented CLO and loan outlook: Barclays
Rising interest rates and elevated macro volatility have negatively impacted the performance outlook for both loans and CLOs, according to Barclays credit strategists

Cairn signals US credit ambitions by hiring CLO PM from GSAM
Cairn Capital has hired a CLO portfolio manager to lead the firm’s US leveraged credit business

NatWest keeps up momentum in US mid-market CLOs with role on MidCap new issue
NatWest Markets has scored another US CLO new issue arranging credit after teaming with Natixis and Apollo Global on Apollo-affiliate MidCap Financial's latest middle market transaction

US CLO league tables: Blackstone gets back to business as it rises to the top
Blackstone is no longer the largest CLO manager globally (it lost that title in March). But it is the most prolific issuer in 2022 

Mid market CLO league tables: Arranger base grows as bumper day boosts issuance
Managers priced $3.4 billion of mid market CLO paper priced last month, the second busiest month of the year behind February and the third straight month new issues and resets made up 100% of issuance

Global CLO league tables - April 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - April YTD

CLO manager M&A deal boosts equity investor Hildene Capital
Hildene Capital Management boosted returns in its CLO equity business last month after its manager partner Carlson Capital sold the management contracts for its CLOs to WhiteStar Asset Management

CRE CLO episode shines light on CLO get-out clauses
Market disruption clauses are rare in CLO warehouse agreements, but litigation surrounding a cancelled 2020 CRE CLO underlines how these can give CLO issuers added flexibility in a doomsday scenario

Neuberger Berman prices its largest ever CLO in three-year deal
Neuberger Berman teamed up with Citi on Tuesday to print its latest CLO named Neuberger Berman Loan Advisers 49

US CLO refis return with Angelo Gordon pricing first since February
Angelo Gordon refinanced its Northwoods Captital 22 CLO on Tuesday, completing the first successful CLO refi in two and a half months

AGL delves into static CLOs with its first non-reinvesting deal
AGL Credit Management on Monday priced its first ever static CLO

Benefit Street teams up with Natixis for rare four-year reinvestment CLO
Benefit Street Partners priced a rare four-year reinvestment CLO on Monday, working with Natixis to print the deal

Axa IM pairs with Citi on first new 2022 CLO
Axa Investment Managers on Friday priced its first new US CLO of the year

US CLO structuring head to leave Credit Suisse
Credit Suisse’s head of US CLO structuring is understood to be leaving the bank after nearly 10 years

PGIM surpasses $2 billion new US CLO volume for 2022
PGIM surpassed $2 billion of US CLO volume for 2022 on Thursday by printing its fourth new transaction

Livermore reveals investment in Blackstone and PGIM CLO equity
US CLO equity investor Livermore Investments Group has been active in the primary market 

Nuveen new CLO brings triple As at market tights of 142bp
Nuveen Asset Management priced a new CLO on Wednesday, placing its triple A notes at the market tights of 142 basis points over Sofr

KKR prints second consecutive US CLO with four-year reinvestment period
KKR Credit has priced a rare CLO with four years of reinvestment capability named KKR CLO 42, shunning the market-standard five year period

Ares prints largest regular CLO of 2022
Ares Management priced its eighth largest CLO of all time on Wednesday, pairing with Goldman Sachs on the huge $806.7 million deal named Ares XLV