DFG changes name to Vibrant Capital Partners
New York-based CLO manager DFG Investment Advisers has rebranded under Vibrant Capital Partners

Mid market CLO league tables: Golub makes it four in row and Wells Fargo returns to summit
For the fourth year in a row Golub Capital was the most prolific mid market CLO manager, while Wells Fargo led the mid market CLO arranger league tables for the third time in the last four years

Euro CLO league tables: Killer Bs: Barclays and Blackstone cause buzz to lead new issuance
The coronavirus pandemic-induced volatility had a marked effect on the European CLO market in 2020 with total issuance falling by €18.5 billion and new issuance €7.8 billion lower than 2019’s figures

US CLO league tables: AGL and JP Morgan topple leaders in new issuance, but Apollo and Citi maintain overall dominance
Only 13 months after setting up shop, AGL Credit Management vaulted itself to the top of the US CLO new issue league tables in 2020

Global 2020 CLO league tables
Global 2020 CLO league tables 

PennantPark wraps up 2020 with second mid market CLO via GreensLedge and Capital One
New York-based direct lender PennantPark Investment Advisers priced its second CLO in late December, teaming up once more with GreensLedge and Capital One to issue the $300.7 million deal

Moody's begins upgrading CLO tranches
Moody's began the gradual process of upgrading CLO tranches in December, ending on a more positive note a year which brought the biggest wave of tranche downgrades

Fidelity prints first five-year CLO since March
Fidelity Investments has priced its first five-year reinvestment CLO post-covid, according to market sources. The deal, named Ballyrock CLO 14, is the largest of the manager's three 2020 CLOs as well as its second consecutive deal to be arranged by Barclays

Sound Point completes two CLO transactions in a day
Sound Point Capital Management has completed two US CLO primary market transactions in the space of a single day, teaming with Barclays to print its latest new issue offering and later with Goldman Sachs to refinance the triple A notes of a CLO post-reinvestment period

LCM returns to CLO new issues after 21-month gap
LCM Asset Management returned to the CLO primary market on Friday with its first new issue since March 2019

MJX joins CLO market trend towards floating rate refis
Pre-covid style CLO refinancings are continuing to make their longawaited comeback as MJX Asset Management became the latest manager to execute a mult-tranche floating rate refi in December

Redding Ridge prices its largest CLO of 2020 with first five-year deal post-covid
Redding Ridge Asset Management priced its sixth - and largest - new CLO of 2020 on Friday, naming the $520.71 million transaction RR 12

CLO 2021 outlook: back to the 'old' normal with volumes, spreads and structures to revert to pre-covid levels
Predictions went out the window this year because, well, who in December 2019 could have foreseen a pandemic devastating lives and wrecking financial markets? But the emergence of vaccines to combat the threat of the coronavirus has spurred a rally in credit over the last month. And CLO researchers expect a resurgence in 2021 with US new issue CLO volumes predicted to hit the $80-110 billion range, according to reports analysed by Creditflux.

New York manager returns to CLO primary market after 12-month absence
 A middle market CLO issuer has priced its first CLO in 12 months in a deal arranged by Barclays

Neuberger Berman becomes first manager to reset a 2020 CLO
Neuberger Berman has become the first manager to reset a CLO issued in 2020, teaming up with Wells Fargo to breathe new life into Neuberger Berman CLO 36

First Eagle joins PGIM as only managers to print pre-covid-style refis
First Eagle Investment Management has become the second manager to price a pre-covid style CLO refinancing in the post-covid era, teaming with Credit Suisse to cut the funding costs on three tranches of KVK CLO 2016-1A

New York manager prints first new issue CLO in 20 months
Park Avenue Institutional Advisers has returned to the CLO primary market with its first new issue since April 2019

Axa IM returns to US new issue CLO market after one-year break
Axa Investment Managers has returned to the new issue CLO market in the US after pricing the $406.25 million Allegro CLO XII via BNP Paribas

Global CLO b-wic round-up: junior tranches trade above par as US volumes reach $45bn
A busy week of over $1.4 billion of US CLO secondary bonds and €290 million of European CLO paper gave light to CLO spreads across the capital structure continuing their push towards pre-covid levels

CLO pipeline: 15 managers make a final push
15 US CLO managers are in the near term pipeline with just a few days before primary markets close for the holiday season. Among these, nine are aiming to price a new deal while the rest include a reissue, a reset and four refinancings.

CIFC prints tightest five-year CLO post-covid by big margin
CIFC Asset Management priced its first five-year reinvestment CLO post-covid on Friday, scoring the tightest print by far among similar duration deals

Octagon secures second-tightest funding costs for a three-year CLO
Octagon Credit Investors priced the second-tightest three-year reinvestment CLO post-covid on Friday, teaming with Goldman Sachs on the $481.29 million deal named Octagon Investment Partners CLO 49

It's all relative: Euro CLO mezz rallies to follow month-long IG/HY compression
European credit suffered this week with Brexit talks between the UK and the EU dragging on and both sides conceding that a trade deal is unlikely to be reached by Sunday’s deadline. But European CLO tranches have held up reasonably well with mezzanine spreads tightening by almost 13% in December

Capital Four prices second European CLO with triple As at 105bp
Capital Four priced its second ever European CLO today named Capital Four CLO II. Barclays arranged the €356.2 million transaction

Barings' CLO team partners with Citi for first CLO as partnership since 2016
Barings has teamed up with Citi to print a new CLO, marking the manager's first partnership with the largest CLO arranger for the first time in over four years