US CLO round-up: 23 managers wait in the wings after avoiding pre-election rush
CLO managers rushed to the primary market last week as they sought to lock in financing before the US presidential elections. This resulted in one of the busiest weeks in the primary market with 10 new issues

Global b-wic round-up: Europe drifts wider
The CLO secondary market had a robust week with $860 million of US CLO paper and €315 million worth of European CLO bonds listed. But spreads widened off the back of concerns over lockdowns across the globe, the increased risk of downgrades and tomorrow’s US presidential election

Five-year reinvestment CLOs now market standard after Kayne prices
Kayne Anderson has priced its second CLO post-covid and continued the market's decisive shift towards five year reinvestment periods

Fortress prices first BSL CLO in over a year
Fortress Investment Group has priced its first CLO backed by broadly syndicated loans in over 12 months

Onex prints seniors at 141.6bp in five-year reinvestment CLO
Onex Credit Partners has priced its third US CLO post-covid, and its first with a five-year reinvestment period

York completes first new issue CLO of 2020
York Capital Managemend priced its first new issue CLO of the year on Friday, teaming up with Goldman Sachs on the $387.6 million deal named York CLO-8

CLO Census results: Citi comes out top but several banks make big leaps
Citi has been voted top in five out of the eight primary CLO categories as part of the 2020 Creditflux CLO Census, but BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs, Jefferies and Natixis are among the banks that have made huge strides compared to last year

Gulf Stream employs 'additional issuance' option to complete novel CLO upsize
Gulf Stream Asset Management has upsized the entire capital stack in Gulf Stream Meridian 2 five months after the deal was closed, in what is thought to be first 2.0 CLO to opt for an upsize after closing date

OC health check: CLOs wake up when September ends
September showed a slight but clear improvement in CLOs’ over-collateralisation test results as 182 CLOs breached an OC test during the reporting period, compared to 198 in August.

CLO pipeline: fixed income giants plan debut 2.0s with Morgan Stanley
Two large fixed income managers are pre-marketing debut 2.0 CLOs

Symphony issues first CLO since integration with Nuveen
Symphony Asset Management has priced its first new issue CLO in nine months, and its first since announcing the integration of its leveraged finance business with affiliate Nuveen

Marathon prices first new issue CLO of 2020
Marathon Asset Management has completed its first new issue CLO of 2020

GSO edges past Redding Ridge in 2020 CLO new issues with US deal
GSO Capital Partners priced a new issue US CLO on Friday, bringing its total volume globally for 2020 ahead of Redding Ridge Asset Management for the first time since March

AMMC makes CLO new issue comeback after more than two years away
American Money Management Corporation has made a long-awaited comeback in the CLO primary market by printing its first new issue transaction since March 2018

Elmwood officially reopens CLO reset market with five-year extension of debut deal
Elmwood Asset Management has completed the US CLO market's first reset transaction for almost eight months, after teaming up with Citi to reset its debut CLO from 2019 named Elmwood CLO I

[update] Beneath the triple C: theme parks take portfolios on downward ride
Seven corporate debt issuers were downgraded to triple C or below in September by Moody’s or Standard and Poor’s – hurting $2.16 billion of US CLO loans and €1.16 billion of European CLO portfolio. The pace of CLO loan downgrades to triple C has slowed steadily since the peak in April

Silver Rock becomes third debut US CLO manager of 2020
The world welcomed a new CLO manager into the market yesterday as Silver Rock Management issued an inaugural transaction via Citi

Senior bond-flex CLO tranches are 'cheapest bonds within securitised products': BofA
Triple A-rated notes of bond-flex CLOs are 'one of the cheapest bonds within securitised products', according to a new research paper by Bank of America

US CLO round-up: New Mountain gives a peek at better times
CLO primary issuance has produced healthy volume over the last few weeks with new issue paper totalling $7.9 billion since 21 September.

Chicago-based manager returns to CLO primary with first new issue for 17 months
PPM Loan Management has staged a CLO primary comeback by printing its first new issue deal in just over 17 months

First Eagle refinances partially paid-down senior CLO tranche
First Eagle Investment Management has teamed up with Citi to refinance a triple A-rated fixed CLO tranche that has been partially paid down

CLO pipeline: three behemoths prepare for quick-turnaround new issues
CLO managers have printed at a frenetic pace since the start of the quarter with $3.36 billion of issuance across all CLO markets and pricing types

Elmwood preps first reinvestment-extending CLO reset since sell-off
Elmwood Asset Management, the CLO manager linked with Elliott Management, is on track to reopen the US CLO reset market officially. The firm is planning a five-year reset of its inaugural CLO from 2019, Elmwood CLO I, with Citi overseeing arranging duties

CVC shaves 13bp off 2015 CLO's funding costs after single tranche refi
CVC Credit Partners has teamed up with Barclays to refinance the fixed-rate notes of its US CLO named Apidos XX

European CLO leverage battered