Global CLO b-wic round-up: momentum stalls in CLO secondary market
Only $589.94 million worth of assets were posted on CLO b-wics last week with a US public holiday disrupting the flow. But the trade rate was high with some $422.74 million of CLOs changing hands.

Keep calm and buy corporate loans
Calm heads prevailed in 2018. Markets were volatile and risk retention was supposed to cause problems, but there was no need to panic and volumes went on to break records set in 2014

Retail fund pain is a CLO manager’s gain
Retail funds dumped loans in record volumes late in 2018, creating ideal conditions for CLOs to capitalise with performing credits available in the mid-90s for the first time in years

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

Global 2018 CLO league tables at a glance
A snapshot of the overall league tables as of 31 December 2018

2018 breaks more records as US new issue CLO volumes pass $125 billion
US new issue CLO volumes for 2018 currently stand at $125.68 billion, making 2018 a record-breaking year for the sector, according to CLO-i data

Loan volumes fall in Europe but rise in US
European CLO managers seem to be eating into the loan market with more appetite than their, US counterparts, who are perhaps spoiled for choice. But background risks lurk in both markets

Points up front: “I always think of myself as Bruce Lee when I’m investing in CLO equity”
An analytical mind, a strong network of industry contacts and an eye for value are vital for a competent CLO equity investor. But don’t forget the one-inch punch

Global CLO round-up: there's something for everyone as CLOs put on a good spread
This week, equity investors have something to be thankful for with triple A CLO spreads showing signs of tightening

Global CLO league tables at a glance - October 2018
A snapshot of the overall league tables as of 31 October

Widening whisks market back to 2017
Right now, CLO volumes are healthy and the list of active managers is steadily growing. But with CLO liability spreads reverting to where they were a year ago, some issuers are a little nervous.

Time to reprice? Then compare the market
CLOs no longer fizzle out. Instead, they go through multiple repricings, where, with stakes lower and deadlines tighter than when they were issued, their managers can try alternative arrangers

September: CLOs at a glance
For a full breakdown of CLO issuance in September click here

Global CLO league tables at a glance
A snapshot of the overall league tables as of 31 August

Global CLO round-up: buttermilk-shakes things up as CLO spreads go everywhere
Ahead of the US Labor Day weekend, CLO issuers have been grafting away with $6.5 billion pricing across the US market through 11 deals

CLO round-up: reset triple As price apart on divergent portfolios
CLO spreads have been volatile of late with seemingly no consistency in triple A CLO prints from deal to deal. In a reset-heavy week, BlackRock and Marathon Asset Management were positioned at opposite ends of the spectrum

MJX ventures into Europe with risk retention-compliant US CLO
MJX Asset Management priced a new issue US CLO on Friday that is compliant with European risk retention rules

CIFC selects Deutsche Bank to arrange first European CLO
CIFC Asset Management has mandated Deutsche Bank with warehousing its first ever CLO in Europe

JP Morgan keeps up synthetic CDO momentum
Sources say that JP Morgan priced a $500 million synthetic CDO last month, underlining its position as one of the key deal arrangers in this market

Issuers excited by busy first quarter
After 13 months of compulsory risk retention for US CLOs, it seems that the simplified regulatory regime is already encouraging a host of CLOs from returnees and new entrants to the market
 

Libor rise gives timely boost to US loan yields
Competition for US loans among CLOs, ETFs and mutual funds is keeping margins in check. However, the 60bp increase in Libor in Q1 means there’s still reason to pile into the loan market

Hayfin prices first US CLO after Kingsland acquisition
The asset manager has priced a $606.25 million new issue US CLO via Citi, according to market sources

Who predicted $145 billion of issuance?
That went better than expected: US risk retention came in, and $145 billion of global new issuance later, it’s clear that CLOs aren’t disappearing. By Tanvi Gupta and Sam Robinson

Barclays prepares two new CLOs on both sides of the Atlantic
Barclays is preparing to launch two new issue CLOs, according to presale reports from Moody's and Standard and Poor's

Asset manager mulls US CLO market entry following debut 2.0 European CLO
A manager that has just closed its first post-crisis European CLO, is looking at opportunities in the US CLO market