Churchill splits double Bs for first mid market CLO in two years
Churchill Asset Management has priced its first middle market CLO of the year in a transaction which underlines how lower-rated CLO debt tranches are increasingly being carved up into senior and junior pieces

Mid market CLO league tables: springing back into life after September drought
After a September hiatus, three managers returned to mid market CLOs in October to bring issuance back on track as monthly volume exceeded $1 billion for the sixth time this year

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

US CLO league tables: Octagon retakes US lead, but CSAM still on top globally
Octagon Credit Investors priced Octagon 45 via Goldman Sachs to overtake CSAM by just $33.3 million in overall US issuance, but CSAM still leads the way in new US CLO and global CLO issuance

GSO completes 12th CLO transaction of 2019 as junior spreads edge wider
It has been, by the firm's own standards, a slow year for the largest CLO manager globally, but nevertheless GSO Capital Partners has completed 12 transactions in 2019

CLO issuers split triple Bs as mezz demand shrinks
A sharp fall in US loan prices has meant that the value in CLO structures is shifting out of mezzanine tranches and into equity. There is a similar dynamic at play in the credit index tranche market, where sources say value has shifted out of mezz and into equity amid an increase in idiosyncratic credit risk.

Fidelity issues first three-year CLO since June
Fidelity has brought a CLO with a three-year reinvestment period, the first new issue deal with this shorter duration to come to the US market since June

Few CLOs charred by Murray bankruptcy
25 CLO managers hold  $389.6 million exposure to the debt of coal company Murray Energy Holdings, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the Southern District of Ohio on Tuesday, according to the latest trustee reports from CLO-i   

CLO syndication head exits BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas' head of US CLO syndication has parted ways with the bank, according to market sources, ending an eight-year stay at the firm

BlueMountain prices first new issue US CLO for five months
BlueMountain Capital Management has priced its first new issue CLO since May, according to market source

Barings prices CLO backed by mid market loans
Barings has produced its third CLO transaction backed by loans to middle market companies

Diameter circles back to CBO market with its second transaction
Diameter Capital Partners yesterday priced its second CBO, just five months after issuing its first, according to market sources

Ares joins exclusive group of managers to price six new CLOs in 2019
Ares Management yesterday completed its sixth new issue CLO of the year, joining the exclusive list of managers to have achieved this number of new money deals

AB prices latest CLO as middle market spreads widen
AllianceBernstein has priced its third new CLO of 2019 backed by middle market loans, and its second with Natixis as arranger, according to market sources

US loan trading: CLOs treated to DaVita as Refinitiv outflows escalate
US CLO managers were treated to a $2.75 billion term loan B by kidney dialysis services provider DaVita, which became the most popular issuer in August. And Refinitiv US Holdings continued to be the most sold US issuer by CLOs, according to the latest trustee reports from CLO-i 

Trimaran goes tighter with second US CLO tap of the year
Trimaran has loaded up its double A tranche with split fixed and floating rates

Elmwood passes $2 billion in CLO volumes after third new issue
Elmwood Asset Management, the CLO manager backed by Elliot Management, has passed $2 billion CLO volumes in its first year of business

Monroe becomes first manager to price mid market CLO since August
Monroe Capital has priced the first middle market CLO since August in a $454.35 million deal arranged by BNP Paribas.

US CLO's anchor equity on sale for first time
The 23^rd anchor equity position in a US CLO has been listed on the secondary market today, with $36.875 million of Anchorage Capital 6,up for sale at 1.30pm New York time.

Neuberger and BNP Paribas team up for first new CLO as partnership for five years
Neuberger Berman Loan Advisors is teaming up with BNP Paribas on a CLO transaction for the first time in five years

Capital structure emerges for forthcoming debut CBO from Sculptor
Sculptor Capital Management is set to join the ranks of the world’s CBO managers, according to market sources

AIG passes $2 billion CLO volumes after adding another US new issue
AIG Asset Management surpassed $2 billion in CLO volumes for the first time post-crisis after pricing a new issue named AIG CLO 2019-2 on Friday

CLO pipeline: Sculptor begins to mould its first CBO
Silence! Artist at work: Sculptor has got its apron on and is shaping up to launch its first CBO

Global CLO b-wic round-up: volumes jump as investors get their triple A fix
The US CLO secondary market brought over $1.2 billion in total listings last week with the main driver behind last week’s supply being an increase in US CLO triple A bonds and an anchor equity position.

Voya prices short reset of its oldest active CLO from 2012
Voya Alternative Asset Management has brought back the three-year CLO reset, pricing the first of these short transactions since August