Large insurer set to navigate into US CLO management
A large insurer has taken out its compass, which is pointing straight to a debut US CLO 

Three control CLO equity positions hit market with another to follow
Three anchor US CLO equity positions were listed on the secondary market yesterday in what was a busy day for investors

BofA prices CLOs for CarVal and Voya
Bank of America's CLO issuance volumes have passed $1 billion for the week after new deals for Voya Investment Management and CarVal CLO Management on Tuesday

Senior triple As hold steady at 190bp as Morgan Stanley Eaton Vance prices CLO
190 basis points remained the new benchmark spread for senior triple A CLOs on Friday after Morgan Stanley Eaton Vance became the third manager to place its first pay notes at the level

190bp emerges as senior triple A benchmark as Octagon prints new CLO
Octagon Credit Investors priced a new CLO via Nomura on Thursday, placing its senior triple A notes at the market tights of 190 basis points over Sofr

Beneath the triple C: US CLOs take a dip in the triple C as Europe watches from the sun lounger
The US CLO market bore the brunt of downgrades to triple C in July and August, with a total of $6.22 billion of paper affected. European CLOs enjoyed a more relaxing summer holiday, with only 1 name representing €33.88 million worth of bonds downgraded to triple C.  

CLO senior triple As stay inside 200bp as Invesco prints US new issue
Invesco priced a new CLO on Tuesday with the deal's senior triple A notes yielding Sofr plus 199 basis points

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