NXT raises $202 million for new mid-market loan fund
Middle-market lender NXT Capital is launching its fourth senior loan fund having held a final close on an $800 million loan fund 12 months ago. 

Investors vote to call struggling euro CLO
A 2007 European CLO which failed to pay equity investors for six years is set to be redeemed next month, according to an investor notice

West coast insurer snaps up debt in new trups-style CLO
A life insurer has invested in a recent groundbreaking CLO, which is backed by loans issued to US community banks

CLO market sees first shoots of life as Oaktree prices opening 2016 deal
Oaktree conkers European market to price 2016's first CLO

2006 CLO equity position beats price talk by 50 points to trade over par
A legacy CLO which returned 25.3% to equity last year, surprised some in the market by trading above par. A number of dealers had valued the tranche in the 50s.

BlackRock markets first ever European CLO after recent hires
BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, is gearing up to launch its first ever European CLO, according to market sources

Bank shrugs off departure to take key role in large CLO b-wic
Investor sources say that a bank, which recently lost its head CLO trader, was one of the most active market-makers on a $217 million CLO b-wic which took place on Friday

CLO buyer left with coal in its stockings despite healthy turn out for owic
Market sources say that the $850 million CLO equity owic which took place yesterday resulted in did-not-trades across the board. However, the owic clearly caught the attention of CLO investors

Maranon prices debut mid-market CLO in $355 million deal
Chicago-based Maranon Capital has become the fifth debut US CLO issuer of the year after pricing a $355 million deal yesterday

GSO beats off rival to claim title of most prolific CLO manager of 2015
GSO Capital Partners has overtaken the Carlyle Group as 2015's most prolific CLO issuer after pricing its 10^th deal of the year yesterday

BNP Paribas prices unique CLO for west coast asset manager
A new US CLO priced yesterday, which is making an opportunistic play at second lien loans

Anchorage becomes first repeat CBO 2.0 issuer in $418 million deal
Anchorage Capital Group has become the first repeat CBO issuer since before the financial crisis, after pricing a $418 million deal last week

Carlyle hits $5 billion in CLO issuance after pricing 10th deal of the year
Carlyle GMS 2015-5 is Carlyle's 10^th deal to price in the primary CLO market this year, and takes the manager's year-to-date issuance to $5.2 billion globally

Katke guilty plea to stand despite successful appeal in related case
Former RBS CLO trader Matt Katke, who pleaded guilty to securities fraud charges in March, will likely be unable to withdraw his plea following a successful appeal in a related case

Och-Ziff sticks with long reinvestment model as it prices latest US CLO
Och-Ziff Loan Management priced its fourth CLO of the year earlier this week, according to market sources

Sound Point hits $5 billion in CLO AUM with upsized deal
Sound Point Capital Management has surpassed $5 billion in CLO assets under management after pricing its 10th deal

LCM's last 1.0 CLO goes out with a bang as it records impressive final IRR
LCM VI, which closed via Bank of America in May 2007, paid off its liabilities on 30 November.

Japanese bank increases size of its CLO book by 50% in 2015
One of the CLO market's foremost investors has added almost $5 billion of CLO paper to its portfolio in the last 12 months, according to documents seen by Creditflux.