CLO pipeline: new loves kindle as managers finish with old flames
US new issue CLO paper is back on the agenda after a January dominated by refinancings. 14 new deals are in the pipeline, but refis are holding steady with eight of these in the works. CLO refinancings have been the front runners this year, with 22 CLO refis versus 12 new US CLOs. 

TCW follows debut AMR deal with tight-priced regular CLO refi
TCW Asset Management has priced a regular, old-fashioned CLO refinancing, having last month roadtested an Applicable Margin Reset feature for its first refi of the year

Marble Point rolls past $5 billion CLO volume with new issue
Marble Point has over $5 billion in CLOs under management following today's sale of Marble Point CLO XVII

Partners markets US CLO as it aims to become second transatlantic issuer of 2020
Partners Group is on course to become the second CLO manager this year to price new issue deals on either side of the Atlantic

Beneath the triple C: $1 billion of CLO credits take a dive
$957.9 million worth of loans held by CLOs suffered downgrades to triple C last month, with a further $442.1 million of existing triple C credits getting knocked lower still, according to the latest trustee reports on CLOi.

Flurry of US CLO refis takes year's tally to 16
Four US CLO refinancings took place on Friday, underlining that 12- to 18-month deals can price their senior liabilities in the low 100s

CSAM repeats tested formula with largest CLO reset of 2020
Credit Suisse Asset Management returned to the CLO market on Friday after teaming with Barclays to price a reset of its 2016 vintage US CLO, Madison Park Funding XXII

CLO pipeline: make some noise for repricings
CLOs may be a bit late to the spread-tightening party, but a hoard of CLO repricings is aiming to make up for it by sheer volume

Euro CLO league tables: three new issues make January just right
Three European managers braved the waters in January to kickstart the CLO primary market

US CLO league tables: old deals get a fresh start in the new year
The majority of CLO issuance last month was in all forms of repricings, which totalled $4.8 billion and accounted for 54.5% of US CLO volumes

Global CLO league tables - January 2020 YTD
Global CLO league tables - January 2020 YTD

Invesco is first manager to refinance late 2017 CLO
Invesco yesterday became the first CLO manager to refinance a deal that priced in the second half of 2017, according to market sources

Sound Point adds third new CLO in first 10 months of European issuance
Sound Point Capital Management is keeping up the pace on its European CLO platform with its third new issue since its launch in April last year

Carlyle revives amortising euro CLO with upsized capital structure
Carlyle Group has reset a CLO in the middle of its amortisation period, giving a new lease of life to the deal named Carlye GMS Euro CLO 2015-1

Global CLO round-up: welcome back, give us a (refi) wave
Tighter corporate credit spreads means new issue volumes are down, but it makes a decent entry point for new CLO managers to price deals and also makes refinancing CLOs imperative

First AMR auction passes smoothly with all bonds trading
The first applicable margin reset (AMR) auction took place between 8am and 10am eastern time yesterday to refinance TCW CLO 2019-1, with all five tranches clearing successfully

High yield pioneer Shenkman joins roster of bond-flex CLO issuers
Romark Credit Advisors, the CLO manager linked with Shenkman Capital, has joined the exclusive but growing group of bond-flex CLO managers

Accunia returns to CLO primary market with first new issue since 2018
Accunia yesterday returned to the CLO primary market with its first new issue since June 2018

KKR goes for three years of reinvestment to capitalise on steep CLO term curve
KKR Credit has priced the first three-year CLO of 2020 as the manager looks to capitalise on a steeper term curve

Medalist makes CLO breakthrough with $305.9 million new issue
Medalist Partners Corporate Finance has priced its first CLO since rebranding from JMP Credit Advisors, according to market sources

CLO funding costs drop thanks to tighter mezz as Brigade prices US deal
Brigade Capital Management priced its latest CLO offering named Battalion CLO XV via Bank of America yesterday

CLO pipeline: a refi of nine cuts time (and margins)
Nine US CLO managers are preparing to refinance one of their CLOs to lower financing costs

Gulf Stream makes hotly awaited CLO return with breakthrough 2.0 deal
Gulf Stream Asset Management yesterday made its hotly anticipated CLO comeback, pricing its first deal of the 2.0 era

Global CLO b-wic round-up: equity, equity everywhere, but trading volumes sink
For the second week in a row, over $230 million of US CLO equity went on sale and multiple control equity positions were listed in the CLO secondary market

Licence and registration: loan spreads get speeding ticket as CLOs play catch-up
The sharp rally in corporate credit means that CLO spreads are going to have to rapidly follow suit with investors informing Creditflux that US CLO triple As should be pricing at 105-107 basis points to make deal economics work.