Anchorage prices 2019's first CBO with seniors at 4.62%, halving basis with CLOs
Anchorage Capital Group priced 2019’s first CBO yesterday, naming the $300 million deal Anchorage Credit Funding 7

CLOs are not like CDOs, says Barclays, but warns of loan quality impact
CLOs are far removed from the kinds of structured products that contributed to the 2008/09 global financial crisis, Barclays has argued in a wide-ranging research piece this week

US CLO b-wic round-up: secondary market continues its hot streak
The US secondary CLO market last week reached its busiest pace of the year so far with $1.1 billion worth of b-wics posted, a 30% increase on the week before

Wellfleet prices triple As tight of market average after issuing CLO via Mizuho
Wellfleet Credit Partners teamed up with Mizuho on Friday to launch a new issue CLO named Wellfleet CLO X

CIFC launches CLO fund with investment grade mandate
CIFC Asset Management is back in the market with yet another CLO-focused fund – this time, aimed at investment grade opportunities

US CLO round-up: years fall off CLO market as it gets back to its old self
The CLO market is starting to look rejuvenated, with the dense pipeline having this week offloaded seven new broadly syndicated deals and one middle market deal as Creditflux goes to press – totalling $3.7 billion of new paper. 

Mid market CLO round-up: eyes (wide) open as mid-market CLOs re-awaken
AB returned to the middle market CLO space this week after a year out to price ABPCI V. It is the second middle market CLO of the year after Fortress Investment Group refinanced Fortress Credit Opportunities VII. 

Octagon CLO pricing points to tightening mezz tranches
Octagon Credit Investors priced its second CLO transaction of the year yesterday and its first new issue, Octagon Investment Partners 40

SocGen wins first new issue CLO mandate since 2017
Societe Generale is working on its first CLO new issue mandate since 2017, according to market sources

MUFG prices new issue CLO for TCW with AMR mechanism written in
TCW Asset Management Company priced a new issue CLO yesterday featuring Applicable Margin Reset (AMR) technology

Sound Point shrugs off flat CLO curve as it targets 43bp tighter triple As with refi
New issues have been the main source of business in the US CLO market this year with market sources divided over the merits of CLO refinancings

CLO pricing stands firm as Barings prices senior triple As at 132bp
Barings priced its first new issue CLO of the year yesterday, with the triple As coming in 1.91 basis points tight of the ten-day average at 134.82bp, although the deal still indicates a widening market

US CLO refi highlights 4bp roll down on term curve
TCI Capital Management refinanced its 2016-1 CLO last week via BAML on Friday, with pricing revealing a 12 basis points differential between two-year CLOs and five-year deal

GSO becomes first manager to price two new issue CLOs this year
GSO Capital Partners on Friday became the first manager to issue two new CLOs in 2019, following the $502.05 million deal named Buckhorn Park

US CLO round-up: Anchorage keeps primary open as debutants and newcomers fill pipeline
Anchorage Capital shored up the CLO market this week against an untroubled horizon as the sole manager to price a new issue, while TCI Capital Management priced the first refinancing of the year as Creditflux went to press.

Global CLO league tables: new year, new issues
Momentum in the CLO market at the start of 2019 is less forceful than it was at the beginning of 2018 and 2017, on the basis of opening volumes

Carlyle performance dips in Q4, but credit teams ride global volatility
Credit fund performance dipped for the Carlyle Group in the fourth quarter, as market volatility and fund outflows put a dent in the industry’s much stronger performance of the previous three quarters

AIG CLO comeback gathers pace as it plans second pricing in two months
AIG Asset Management is working with Wells Fargo to price a $507.2 million new issue CLO named AIG CLO 2019-1

US CLO round-up: it's a slow start, but at least we have a benchmark as 42 deals fill pipeline
It’s safe to say 2019 is off to a slow start for the US CLO market. This past week, $1.4 billion has priced, bringing total issuance in January 2019 to $5.7 billion. That’s 70% below the January 2018 new issue volume of $20 billion.

Triple As hit 150bp as PPM prices second post-crisis CLO with longer call-lock
PPM Loan Management priced its second CLO of the 2.0 era yesterday, according to market sources, with an extension of its triple-A call-lock from pre-marketing that took the notes 10-15 basis points wide of initial price talk

US CLO round-up: Dry January ends early as spreads get hammered
Is the 2019 vintage going to be a classic? It's certainly started off slow, but it could mature into something very special if loan volatility persists

Octagon prices 2019's first reset as Nomura begins to fulfil CLO promise
Octagon Credit Investors has teamed up with Nomura to reset 2014’s Octagon Investment Partners XXI for five years additional reinvestment

KKR prices new US CLO with triple As at 137.72bp
KKR Financial Advisors priced its first new issue CLO of the year on Friday named KKR CLO 24

CBAM prices its first CLO via Barclays as new issuance heats up
CBAM has priced its first ever CLO via Barclays, a $601.05 million new issue named CBAM 2019-9

GoldenTree sets CLO spread benchmark with 2019's first five-year deal
GoldenTree Loan Management is the first manager out the gate with a five-year CLO in 2019, GLM US CLO 4