US CLO league tables: Octagon and Citi lead the way
April was the busiest month yet in the US CLO market this year with $16.42 billion in transactions, beating February by around $500 million. 

Global CLO league tables at a glance - April 2019 YTD
Global CLO league tables at a glace - April 2019 YTD

Global CLO round-up: new managers put down roots
Birch Grove priced its debut CLO this week while relative newcomers PPM (in the US) and Voya Alternative Asset Management (Europe) grew their CLO AUM.

CLO single Bs to return with higher attachments
US CLO equity investors this year seem to be focused on downside risk and this is evident in the lack of single B-rated debt in 2019 CLOs. However, there is demand emerging for a new style of single B-rated tranches that are forcing some equity investors to reconsider their stance.

Aegon prices 10th new CLO and sixth arranged by Jefferies
Aegon USA Investment Management tapped the CLO market on Friday, issuing a $404 million deal named Cedar Funding XI

US CLO round-up: managers flock back to market in Groundhog week
The CLO market picked up where it left off as a variety of managers flocked to the primary market with new deals. There were some events which led us to believe that things were on repeat, with managers synchronising their issuance, more examples of structural innovation and PGIM pricing tight (again)

Mid market CLO round-up: Owl Rock perches in the CLO space with debut deal
There was a flurry of activity in the middle market CLO space last week

Global b-wic round-up: secondary flows drop to $599 million in the US
Secondary CLO trading took a back-seat last week, with European market participants away Monday and the US focused on 10 primary market pricings 

Octagon's 2019 CLO volume reaches $3.65 billion after sixth transaction
Octagon Credit Investors last week became the first CLO manager to price its sixth transaction of 2019, with a $510.65 million reissue of its 2014 deal, Octagon Investment Partners 20

LCM brings new issue CLO to market via Natixis
LCM Asset Management priced its second new CLO of the year yesterday named LCM 29, according to market sources

Guardian Life subsidiary prices new issue CLO with triple As at 148bp
Park Avenue Institutional Advisers, the asset management affiliate of insurer Guardian Life, returned to the new issue CLO market yesterday with its latest offering, PAIA CLO 2019-1

CRE CLO issuance climbs in Q1
SImilarities in structure rival differences in credit analysis

PGIM prepares new US CLO via Goldman Sachs
Fresh off pricing a European CLO, PGIM is marketing what will be its second new US CLO of the year

Trinitas CLO refi prices triple As at 139bp and 6bp wide of several longer-dated deals
Trinitas Capital Management has refinanced one of its US CLOs and although the deal has cut financing costs, the final print is wide of where several five-year reinvestment CLOs are pricing

Oaktree plants US CLO with fixed rate junior triple-A notes
Oaktree Capital Management priced its second new issue US CLO of 2019, less than a month after printing Oaktree CLO 2019-1

Global b-wic round-up: focus shifts to the wings of the capital structure
The secondary US CLO market looks to be rebounding after a slow end to the first quarter of 2019 with first-loss and first-pays drumming up attention

Loan trading round-up: CLO managers fall out of love with First Data
An analysis of loan trading among CLO managers in February shows that First Data is falling down the pecking order with managers selling $182 million of the company's loans

Control equity in two US CLOs changes hands in secondary market
Control equity in three US CLOs was up for sale yesterday at 10am New York time, according to market sources

Carlyle resets 2012 CLO for a second time in $615 million deal
Carlyle hits the market with its second reset of the year

CLO pipeline: managers seek to return as others arrive, after testing Q1
With the first quarter of 2019 now in the books, the CLO market looks to be continuing where it left off.

Global 2019 YTD CLO league tables at a glance
Global 2019 YTD CLO league tables at a glance

US CLO league tables: heavyweights dust off and jump back in the ring
Competition has prevailed after a tough quarter for the CLO market, in which banks offloaded their carry-ons from last year

Mid market CLO league tables: Natixis dominates in Q1 as middle market diversifies
The middle market CLO space has seen less activity at this stage of the year compared to 2018. 

Former CIFC co-chief executive joins DFG
DFG Investment Advisers has hired the former co-chief executive officer of CIFC Asset Management

Liquidity and disclosure issues threaten potential CRE CLO market
Most investors that participate in the commercial real estate CLO market want to increase their exposure. But the lack of liquidity and standardised disclosure is holding them back.