CLO pipeline: US adds deals at frenetic pace as Europe catches breath after record start
US CLO investors have numerous deals to consider with 13 new issues and 15 repricings being prepared to flood the market in the coming days

Most experienced CLO trading head in the business leaves Wells Fargo
The longest-serving CLO trading head in the business, who is said to have registered a profit in each of his 20 years trading, has parted ways with Wells Fargo in the last few days

It's all relative: CLOs march tighter as macro traders open positive CDS skews
Credit default swaps are back near where they started the year after giving up their early-February gains amid a rise in government bonds. CDS curves steepened over the past month and macro hedging has left indices trading with positive skews. But CLOs paint a calmer picture in which spreads have inched tighter  

Credit fundraising: ESG centre stage as capital pours into new strategies
Sustainability was the watchword for fundraising in February, amid a flurry of fund launches as well as first closes for impact funds and sustainable bond funds

Invesco flavours 2016 CLO vintage with single B notes
Invesco has priced a $553.6 million reset of 2016's Riserva CLO via Goldman Sachs, inserting a new single B-rated liability tranche into the structure in the process

CSAM scores $732 million with largest CLO refi of 2021
Credit Suisse Asset Management priced the largest CLO refinancing transaction of the year on Monday, teaming up with Barclays to refi $732 million notes from its 2018 vintage CLO named Madison Park Funding XXXII

Bain features triple B discount in third-tightest CLO post-covid
Bain Capital Credit priced its first CLO of 2021 on Monday, securing the third tightest funding costs for a five-year reinvestment deal post-covid in the process

Aegon resets 2016 CLO with triple As at 105bp
Aegon Asset Management reset its 2016 CLO Cedar Funding VI for an extra five years of reinvestment, with the triple A notes paying 105 basis points over Libor

Global CLO b-wic round-up: equity trades break new records as investors look to redeploy cash
The CLO secondary market is experiencing heavy churn with €273.5 million of European CLO paper and $1.05 billion of US CLOs listed last week. Within that supply, a record trade for a 2.0 European CLO equty tranche was recorded 

Carlyle brings 2021 US new CLO volume to $1.14 billion with tightly priced deal
Carlyle Group priced its second new US CLO of the year on Friday, teaming up with Citi to place the $508.8 million Carlyle US CLO 2021-2

2020 debut manager returns with second CLO after just four months
New Mountain Capital has priced its second CLO transaction just four months after entering the management space

KKR US CLOs highlight sharp February rally as triple Bs move in by 60bp
KKR priced its largest CLO in almost three years on Friday, teaming up with Citi to issue the $607.6 million deal named KKR CLO 31

Four managers print $1.5 billion CLO refis
Four CLO managers - CVC Credit Partners, CarVal Investors, Ellington Management Group and Neuberger Berman - each priced a CLO refinancing transaction on Friday

Blackstone adds single B tranche in US CLO reset
Blackstone Credit teamed up with BNP Paribas on Friday to reset its 2017 vintage CLO known as Thayer Park

Pacific returns to CLO primary with tightest three-year reset
Pacific Asset Management priced its first CLO primary market transaction in over 12 months on Friday, teaming up with Natixis to reset its debut deal, Trestles CLO 2017-1

Golub follows Sixth Street by suing Dyal over Owl Rock merger
Dyal Capital’s merger with Owl Rock faces growing opposition with Golub Capital filing a lawsuit

Wellfleet prints first new CLO of 2021
Wellfleet Credit Partners priced its first CLO of 2021 on Friday, teaming up with Citi to issue the $406.5 million deal named Wellfleet CLO 2021-1

Redding Ridge takes yearly CLO volume to $2.35bn with second new issue in two weeks
Redding Ridge Asset Management priced its second US CLO in as many weeks on Friday, teaming with Barclays on the $647.5 million deal named RR 15

Napier Park looks to gain from re-tiering after strong US CLO execution
Napier Park Global Capital appears to be benefiting from its performance over the last year with the firm achieving a strong print on a new US CLO, Regatta XVIII Funding

Rockford Tower and Oak Hill reset $1.1 billion of CLOs
$1.12 billion fresh CLO reset paper hit the market on Thursday as Rockford Tower Capital Management and Oak Hill Advisers each reworked transactions

CLO pipeline: all bases expand as more absentees join bonanza
The US CLO market is bubbling with issuance as 17 new issues and 15 repricings appear in the pipeline. Europe is set to welcome two new issues and nine repricings while Golub Capital looks to bring its first 2021 deal to the middle market

CLO equity investor bullish as it offers new share class on listed fund
The London-based manager is offering shareholders in its publicly traded junior CLO fund the chance to invest in a new listed share class - and it remains bullish on global CLO equity

Par-Four looks beyond strategic partnership as JP Morgan tees up next CLO
Par-Four Investment Management is launching its first CLO since September 2019, with the deal sitting outside the firm’s long-term partnership with arranger Jefferies and CLO equity investor Davidson Kempner

Ares, Brigade and Redding Ridge issue CLO resets totalling $1.61 billion
$1.61 billion in CLO resets issued on Wednesday as new deals emerged from Ares Management, Brigade Capital Management and Redding Ridge Asset Management

US CLO triple As tighten reach 105bp as CVC registers lowest funding costs since March 2018
CVC Credit Partners brought the CLO market to new tights on Tuesday after pricing its triple A notes at just 105 basis points over Libor