AMMC makes CLO new issue comeback after more than two years away
American Money Management Corporation has made a long-awaited comeback in the CLO primary market by printing its first new issue transaction since March 2018

Elmwood officially reopens CLO reset market with five-year extension of debut deal
Elmwood Asset Management has completed the US CLO market's first reset transaction for almost eight months, after teaming up with Citi to reset its debut CLO from 2019 named Elmwood CLO I

[update] Beneath the triple C: theme parks take portfolios on downward ride
Seven corporate debt issuers were downgraded to triple C or below in September by Moody’s or Standard and Poor’s – hurting $2.16 billion of US CLO loans and €1.16 billion of European CLO portfolio. The pace of CLO loan downgrades to triple C has slowed steadily since the peak in April

Silver Rock becomes third debut US CLO manager of 2020
The world welcomed a new CLO manager into the market yesterday as Silver Rock Management issued an inaugural transaction via Citi

Senior bond-flex CLO tranches are 'cheapest bonds within securitised products': BofA
Triple A-rated notes of bond-flex CLOs are 'one of the cheapest bonds within securitised products', according to a new research paper by Bank of America

Euro CLO round-up: fluctuating spreads give mixed signals
Last week was one of the European CLO market’s busiest since the coronavirus crisis began, as four managers brought new deals to market – adding €1.35 billion

US CLO round-up: New Mountain gives a peek at better times
CLO primary issuance has produced healthy volume over the last few weeks with new issue paper totalling $7.9 billion since 21 September.

Chicago-based manager returns to CLO primary with first new issue for 17 months
PPM Loan Management has staged a CLO primary comeback by printing its first new issue deal in just over 17 months

First Eagle refinances partially paid-down senior CLO tranche
First Eagle Investment Management has teamed up with Citi to refinance a triple A-rated fixed CLO tranche that has been partially paid down

CLO pipeline: three behemoths prepare for quick-turnaround new issues
CLO managers have printed at a frenetic pace since the start of the quarter with $3.36 billion of issuance across all CLO markets and pricing types

Four-year CLOs return to Europe as CBAM makes breakthrough
Citi returns to the European CLO market after a six month hiatus, while CBAM delivers Europe's first four-year CLO post covid

Elmwood preps first reinvestment-extending CLO reset since sell-off
Elmwood Asset Management, the CLO manager linked with Elliott Management, is on track to reopen the US CLO reset market officially. The firm is planning a five-year reset of its inaugural CLO from 2019, Elmwood CLO I, with Citi overseeing arranging duties

CVC shaves 13bp off 2015 CLO's funding costs after single tranche refi
CVC Credit Partners has teamed up with Barclays to refinance the fixed-rate notes of its US CLO named Apidos XX

European CLO leverage battered

Investcorp completes second largest European CLO since March sell-off
Investcorp has upsized its latest European CLO since marketing, with the manager pricing a €419.6 million transaction

Octagon reaches milestone with CLO number 50
Octagon Credit Investors reached a milestone yesterday as it priced the 50th deal in its series of CLOs

BlackRock cuts CLO double A coupon with fixed-rate refi
BlackRock has priced a fixed-rate CLO tranche refinancing, teaming up with Mizuho to cut the coupon on the double A notes of Magnetite XII

New Mountain becomes first CLO debutante since March sell off
New Mountain Capital has become the first debut US CLO manager to issue an inaugural deal post-covid, after teaming up with Wells Fargo to price the $348.7 million New Mountain CLO I yesterday

Fidelity prices first three-year reinvestment CLO since sell-off
Fidelity Investments has issued its second post-covid CLO, and its first with a market standard three-year reinvestment period

Global CLO round-up: fresh start for five year deals as market reopens
The CLO market is still producing deals at a good pace, with $2.6 billion of global issuance last week. Four new issue deals priced in the US with Intermediate Capital Group and NYL Investors pricing their first transactions of the year while CVC Credit Partners made it two and Barings three in 2020

Deutsche Bank returns to US BSL new issue CLOs with first print in over 16 months
Deutsche Bank has priced its first US CLO backed by broadly syndicated loans in over 16 months after teaming up with CVC Credit Partners to issue the $402.5 million Apidos CLO XXXIV

NYL prints five-year reinvestment CLO with triple As at 130bp
New York Life Investment Management has brought the second five-year reinvestment CLO to market and placed its triple A notes at just 130 basis points over Libor 

Barings prices second US CLO in a month
Barings has stepped up the pace of its US CLO issuance, pricing its second 2020 new issue yesterday less than one month after pricing its first

Four US CLO refis highlight diverging manager strategies
Four US CLO managers - Ares Management, GSO Capital Partners, Marathon Asset Management and Voya Alternative Asset Management - have each refinanced fixed-rate CLO tranches, with the four deals totalling $69 million in paper. But new strategies are beginning to emerge

US and European CLO portfolio managers set to leave Onex
A pair of experienced CLO portfolio managers are leaving Onex at the end of the year. Sources say Onex remains committed to the CLO business, having issued three deals globally since May