CLO refi volumes reach $320 million this week as Fortress prices second deal
Fortress Credit Investors has priced a second CLO refinancing in the space of as many days, bringing the weekly refi volumes up to $318.72 million - the largest week for CLO refis by volume since February

Goldman Sachs collects $6.4 billion for opportunistic credit fund
Goldman Sachs’s merchant banking division has collected $6.4 billion from more than 1,500 investors on its inaugural opportunistic credit fund, West Street Strategic Solutions I

Hayfin prints Euro CLO with fixed-to-floating tranches
Hayfin Capital Management has printed its first European CLO of 2020, after amending the capital structure to include two fixed-to-floating tranches

Hayfin revises structure for upcoming CLO with fixed-to-floating tranches
Hayfin Capital Management has amended the capital structure on its new upcoming €343.6 million European CLO to include an unusual feature

PGIM prints new CLO on busiest day for issuance since pandemic outbreak
PGIM on Monday priced its second new CLO since the March sell off, coming on the busiest day for CLO issuance since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic

LP round up: managers keep fundraising hopes high as GSO targets $7.5 billion for mezz offering
Institutional investors allocated $1.6 billion into credit this week, according to documents seen by Creditflux

CLO pipeline: break's over - time to print deals
The CLO market has taken a slight pause after the independence holiday in the US last weekend, meaning the CLO pipeline includes a backlog

Hayfin features single B tranche in short-dated euro CLO
Hayfin Capital Management is marketing its first European CLO deal, which includes a €7 million single B-rated note 

Global CLO league tables - May 2020 YTD
Global CLO league tables - May 2020 YTD

CVC prices new CLOs in Europe and US
CVC Credit Partners has priced its first new CLOs post-covid 19 on both sides of the Atlantic - and dragged the US CLO market tighter in the process

A different kind of crisis
Panellists on Creditflux’s US CLO webinar were positive about the robustness of CLO structures and the role of cure contributions. But they warned about zombie defaults and gaming tests

Mezzanine CLO spreads tighten with BlackRock US deal
BlackRock has priced a $397.7 million new CLO via Goldman Sachs, acheiving a 175 basis points print on its tightest triple As, according to market sources

First Creditflux web panel discusses outlook for CLOs amid covid crisis
Panellists at the first ever Creditflux webinar conference on CLOs struck a balanced view on the outlook for their market, highlighting crucial differences between the crisis resulting from the coronavirus pandemic and the global financial crisis of 2008

Three-year US CLOs set to tighten as large managers market deals
US CLO triple A spreads are tightening sharply this week with market sources indicating that benchmark levels for three-year reinvestment deals have gone into the 180s

US CLO league tables: coronavirus brings changes in approach and new top manager
Amid a big slump in CLO primary issuance, new deals have taken focus and there are some notable changes at the top of the league tables

ArrowMark prices static US CLO as spreads drift wider
ArrowMark Partners has priced a static US CLO with triple As at 250 basis points, matching the print from GSO's Stratus Funding 2020-1 (another static deal) at the start of April

ArrowMark markets static US CLO
ArrowMark Partners is working with Goldman Sachs on a static US CLO, according to market sources

Fitch places five BDCs on negative outlook
Fitch Ratings has changed the outlooks of five business development companies from stable to negative folllowing a review of its rated BDCs

US primary CLO market gathers pace as Guggenheim makes a comeback
Guggenheim Partners has staged a return to CLO primary issuance after eight months, pricing a new transaction despite the extended volatility following the coronavirus outbreak

Goldman Sachs in talks to buy minority stake in Permira
Goldman Sachs is looking to buy a minority stake in private equity firm Permira

PGIM brings first European CLO to brave coronavirus sell-off
PGIM has priced the first European CLO following the market selloff triggered by the coronavirus outbreak, according to market sources

Credit managers hunker down as idiosyncratic risks persist
A slew of earnings reports from credit managers and business development companies shows that deal-making and performance are robust, but great importance is being placed on credit selection.

CIFC restarts refi wave with triple A tranche at 103bp
CIFC Asset Management has opted to refinance the triple A notes of its CIFC Funding 2013-1, scoring a tight print of 103 basis points in spite of the coronavirus-related market selloff

PGIM revises price talk as European CLO spreads jump wider
Price talk has been hiked up for PGIM’s forthcoming European CLO, Dryden 74 Euro CLO 2018 following coronavirus-related market volatility    

Global CLO league tables - February 2020 YTD
Global CLO league tables - February 2020 YTD