OC health check: CLOs heal up with no new breaches among US BSL deals
53 CLOs reported an over-collateralisation (OC) test breach last week, but only two CLOs breached an OC test for the first time, neither of which were US broadly syndicated loan CLOs

CEO Wriedt to part ways with DFG and launch his own business
Oliver Wriedt is stepping down from his role as chief executive officer of DFG Investment Advisers to launch his own investment venture, according to an investor letter seen by Creditflux.

Loan slump brings managers closer
A 19% slide in new US loan volumes last year has left CLO managers with fewer options in the primary market, and portfolio overlap between US managers has increased to 35.3% on average

CLOs at a glance: global market hits post-outbreak high
Primary issuance is on the rise as global CLO volumes in June stand at $7.22 billion as Creditflux goes to press, exceeding the $7.12 billion in May

Anchorage prints its first loan-only CLO in a year
Anchorage Capital Group has priced a new $341 million CLO via Citi, the manager's first new issue following the coronavirus outbreak

CLO pipeline: Managers prepare to build on momentum in July
The demand for new issue CLO paper is strengthening with eight US CLOs, one mid market CLO and three European CLOs preparing to print in the coming days

OC health check: CLO managers drop their breaches
114 CLOs reported overcollateralisation breaches last week, but only three deals reported breaches for the first time

Elmwood completes second new CLO of 2020 with $392.4 million deal
Elmwood Asset Management, the CLO manager owned by Elliot Management, has priced its second CLO of 2020 and its first following the coronavirus outbreak

Five Arrows notches first new CLO of the year
Five Arrows Managers, the CLO management arm of Rothschild, has priced a short one-year CLO via Barclays

CIFC prepares CLO opportunity fund
CIFC Asset Management is preparing to launch its fourth CLO oppportunity Fund, CIFC CLO Opportunity Fund IV

CLO pipeline: marathon runners and sprinters join the race
Five new CLOs priced last week, four of which were US issues and one European, but they have been ably replaced in the pipeline, with a handful of managers looking to strike while the CLO market is still hot

OC health check: slowing of downgrades offers some reprieve for CLOs stuck in breach
89 deals reported overcollateralisation breaches last week, but only seven of these deals were breaching any OC test for the first time, according to the latest reports available on CLO-i

CLO double Bs on sale as sub-investment grade rally fizzles out
After more than a month of rapid tightening, CLO double Bs trended wider last week by roughly 60 basis points, as the market for these sub-investment grade tranches stabilises in the mid-800s

Q2 US CLO volumes pass $14 billion as Benefit Street issues new deal
Benefit Street Partners has issued its first new CLO of 2020, bringing the total volume of US CLOs priced since the coronavirus selloff to $14.32 billion, according to market sources

Fair Oaks tops up on double B CLO tranches in May
Fair Oaks topped up on double B-rated CLO tranches in its listed CLO fund in May, adding $79 million par value of BB-rated paper

CLO pipeline: manager prepares crowning return as primary market gets busy
CLO secondary prices have rallied hard in recent weeks, providing impetus for the new issue deal pipeline to fill up quickly. But one surprise is that Western Asset Management has chosen this moment to return to the primary CLO market, after several years' absence

OC health check: US CLOs show improvement as first euro CLOs breach multiple tests
15 deals reported a breach in an overcollateralisation test last week according to the latest reports available on CLO-i, including one European CLO and 14 US broadly syndicated loan CLOs.

Global CLO b-wic round-up: US triple Bs edge wider but 2020 bonds trade at a premium
The furious rally that the secondary CLO markets have gone through over the last two weeks was brought a halt by the Federal Reserve’s reminder on Wednesday night that all is still not well with the economy

Fidelity upsizes two-year US CLO
Fidelity Investments has priced its first US transaction of the year dubbed BallyRock CLO 2020-1

Voya prices first new issue US CLO of 2020
Voya Alternative Asset Management priced its first US new issue CLO of the year on Friday

Värde targets $1 billion for inaugural dedicated credit dislocation fund
Värde is seeking to raise $1 billion for its dislocation and distressed debt fund, according to an investor presentation seen by Creditflux. The firm is targeting a first close this month

Zais structured credit fund gains 13% for US pension
Zais Group has generated 13.1%  returns to a west coast pension fund through its CLO-focused strategy dubbed ‘Zephyr 7’

Beneath the triple C: downgrade rate slows as $8 billion of CLO loans tumble
May offered some respite to CLO portfolios as corporate downgrades to triple C were reduced heavily - affecting just $6.67 billion of US CLO paper and €1.09 billion of European CLO portfolios

Eagle Point wins $100 million from US pension and launches 'defensive' CLO fund
Eagle Point Capital Management has won a $100 million mandate for its CLO strategy and has separately launched a new fund - Eagle Point Defensive Income Fund

OC health check: second European 2.0 CLO reports junior OC breach
33 deals reported overcollateralisation (OC) breaches last week in a relatively quiet reporting period.  314 deals are now reporting OC breaches as of the latest report, according to CLO-i.