Octagon plans its first 40 Act credit fund with 50% bucket for CLOs
Octagon Credit Investors is working on what could become one of the first closed-end fund listings by an alternative credit manager in recent years

Wealth manager bumps up allocation to new Ares structured credit fund
A wealth management firm has increased its allocation to a structured credit fund that is being raised by Ares with a $500 million target

Och-Ziff gives its debut US CLO (another) new lease of life
For Och-Ziff, OZLM Funding is the CLO that just keeps giving

Axa buys into MJX and Alcentra CLO dual-compliant double Bs
Axa Investment Managers bought into recent deals from MJX Asset Management and Alcentra, according to a monthly update for its listed fund Volta Finance.

CLO round-up: ICG switches risk retention method as Apollo CMV nears debut
ICG completed a total revamp of a European CLO this week (vertical to horizontal risk retention, and sponsor to originator); BlueMountain set a record for tightest US 2.0 CLO print and Apollo is marketing its first risk retention-compliant US CLO

Pension fund signs up to majority CLO equity strategy
A control CLO equity investor has pulled in $100 million of capital from a US pension fund

Carlson goes vertical as it resets its second CLO in two weeks
Latest reset sees 2015 CLO obtain a renewed two year non-call and four year reinvestment period

Fees on the line as CLO investors fight back over ramp-up failings
CLO managers globally are being chastised for failing to deliver on their model portfolios.

CSAM and Morgan Stanley pioneer new US CLO template
Credit Suisse Asset Management priced a new US CLO late on Friday and in the process the firm introduced a new take on the standard CLO structure - the CLO features a five-year reinvestment period and a non-call period of just 18 months

CLO round-up: triple-A investors answer the call as spreads hit 118bp
Hold the phone, CLO triple-A spreads are as tight as 118bp. That's if you're lucky enough to be on the approved list of a major Japanese bank

CVC Credit raises $600 million for global CLO risk retention programme
CVC Credit Partners has announced the final close of its $600 million CLO risk retention vehicle, CVC Credit Partners Global CLO Management. 

Barings joins elite list of managers to price US CLO triple As at 118bp
Wells Fargo had a busy end to last week after pricing three (very different) US CLOs

US CLO spreads sail dramatically tighter as Carlyle prices triple As at 118bp
The US CLO market seems to have caught a second wind with triple-A spreads getting pushed tighter after Carlyle Group priced a $613 million deal on Friday

CLO round-up: US CLO triple As hit 121bp amid late flurry of deals
What had started off as a quiet week in the new issue CLO market has ended with a bang as MJX Asset Management refinanced a deal on Thursday while American Money Management (reset) and CVC Credit Partners (new US CLO) have priced today

Tetragon-backed US CLO achieves 127bp triple-A print
TCI Capital Management – the multi-manager US CLO platform run by Tetragon – has priced a new US CLO

Natixis wraps up busy week to price $610 million CLO for new client
Natixis has priced a new CLO for a large US manager, which has typically rotated between BAML and Citi for its CLO issuance

ArrowMark takes inspiration from door sign as it prices first CLO of 2017
ArrowMark Partners has priced its first CLO of 2017, teaming up on the new US deal with Goldman Sachs

CLOs dodged recent loan defaults, according to Wells Fargo
CLO exposure to three recent US loan defaults has been minimal, according to Wells Fargo research

Jefferies brings two deals to market as Golub makes broadly syndicated return
Jefferies had a hectic end to last week, pricing both a new CLO for Golub Capital and a reset for Aegon USA on Friday.

CLO round-up: volumes spike as secondary market bursts into life
Junior CLO spreads are tightening in the secondary market amid an uptick in volumes. The primary market has not been slow this week either as CBAM launches a $1.25 billion and three other CLOs price on Friday

MidOcean makes waves with its largest CLO to date
New York manager MidOcean has priced its largest CLO to date in a $613.5 million deal

CLO round-up: spreads widen amid spike in euro CLO issuance
Refinancing fever had spread across the CLO market this year, but there are now signs of life in the primary market for CLOs

Join the debate: Ellington’s CLO debut
“The bond has a story, but you get paid for that”

Octagon aims for 121bp triple-A print as it markets its next US CLO
Octagon Credit Investors is planning its second new US CLO of the year with price talk highlighting how far spreads have tightened this year.

Credit Suisse prices $611 million US CLO for large manager
Credit Suisse has priced two new issue US CLOs in the space of a few days with sources reporting that the bank has priced a $611 million deal for the fifth largest CLO manager globally