BofA forecasts record European CLO volume in 2021 as another reset prices
Carlyle Group has become the first manager in March to reset a European CLO, while BofA estimates the European CLO market might break a new record in 2021

Oaktree resets European CLO at market tights
JP Morgan printed a €372 million reset of Oaktree Capital Management’s Arbour CLO IV on Friday afternoon, according to market sources. The deal points to further spread compression for CLO reset transactions, particularly for mezzanine tranches

Debutant Jefferies takes Euro CLOs to €2 billion in under two weeks with Hayfin reset
"Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain" is a famous injunction associated with the Emerald City. But it is hard not to notice the woman-led team at Jefferies driving CLO volume, given it passed another impressive landmark on Thursday by resetting Hayfin Capital's inaugural Emerald CLO I

KKR pushes for nearly five-year reinvestment as Redding Ridge resets €554 million CLO
The European CLO reset wave is proceeding apace with KKR and Redding Ridge pricing deals on Tuesday

Carlyle adds equity and seeks tight pricing with 2016 European CLO reset
Carlyle Group is looking to add equity and price triple A debt tight to the primary CLO market with a €434.3 million reset of its 2016 transaction, Carlyle Global Market Strategies Euro CLO 2016-2

Euro CLO repricing hits €4bn as Jefferies arranges first deal and Investcorp drops double Bs
Spread compression is driving European CLO refinancing activity, with three transactions pricing on Friday: Carlyle Euro CLO 2017-2, Harvest CLO XVI and Man GLG Euro CLO III

Basis between resets and new issues collapses as CVC prints Euro triple As at 83bp
CVC has reset and upsized a 2014 vintage European CLO, CVC Cordatus Loan Fund IV

Investcorp preps first CLO refi in Europe with triple and double Bs since 2019
Investcorp Credit Management is working with Deutsche Bank to refinance six tranches of its 2018-vintage CLO named Harvest XVI

European CLO triple As go tighter still as KKR prints at 83bp
Triple A spreads ground tighter in January with KKR’s latest European CLO

January European CLO volume shoots to €2.9 billion as Five Arrows refis 2017 deal
It has been a busy start to the year for European CLO investors, despite new issues having been slow to get going. Five Arrows is the latest manager to take advantage by refinancing a 2017 vintage CLO - Contego CLO I

HPS refis European CLO triple As at 64bp with six months of reinvestment left
HPS Investment Partners has refinanced its inaugural European CLO, Aqueduct European CLO 2017-1

Goldman markets refinancing of HPS's debut European CLO
Goldman Sachs is marketing a refinancing of HPS Investment Partners’ debut European CLO 

[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

Global CLO round-up: fresh start for five year deals as market reopens
The CLO market is still producing deals at a good pace, with $2.6 billion of global issuance last week. Four new issue deals priced in the US with Intermediate Capital Group and NYL Investors pricing their first transactions of the year while CVC Credit Partners made it two and Barings three in 2020

78-item b-wic hits market as European CLO spreads dislocate
A mammoth 78 item European CLO b-wic totalling €130.7 million is on sale today at 9am New York time (2pm UK time) and is rumoured to come from an investor liquidating its portfolio

OC health check: August reports slow torrent of fresh breaches to a trickle
198 CLOs reported an over-collateralisation (OC) breach in August, only three of which were completely new breaches. This is a slowdown from July, when 230 deals suffered some kind of OC breach, according to the latest reports from CLO-i  

Beneath the triple C: slowest downgrade pace puts market in recovery mode
The CLO market recovery is starting to benefit from borrower downgrades falling to their slowest rate since the coronavirus crisis began in March

Global CLO b-wic round-up: US CLO triple As finally rally while European investors go ‘all in’
A huge supply of $731 million of US CLO triple A bonds pushed US CLO secondary volumes to just shy of $1.5 billion last week

OC health check: CLOs pay $1.3 billion on senior tranches as payment dates come due
Senior debt holders received $1.3 billion of principal from CLOs that breached an overcollateralisation test in July, a month in which the majority of scheduled payment dates fell. Of those deals suffering an OC breach, 190 were due to make a payment to noteholders and 57% were within reinvestment. 

Beneath the triple C: CLOs get their sneakers on as retailers run into bankruptcy
July added further relief to CLO portfolios with the slowest rate of downgrades to triple C since March. US CLO portfolios faced downgrades of $2.18 billion to triple C while European portfolios faced just €59.13 million of such downgrades

Global CLO b-wic round-up: secondary CLOs rally but dispersion persists
The US CLO secondary market rallied, and spreads compressed last week, but there are still several outliers

OC health check: CLO managers drop their breaches
114 CLOs reported overcollateralisation breaches last week, but only three deals reported breaches for the first time

LP round-up: mighty Oaks win $1 billion apiece from Calpers
Credit investors allocated over $3 billion to 18 credit managers this week across a wide range of strategies

Global CLO b-wic round-up: double Bs lead the way as rally endures and drags equity with it
The CLO secondary market continued its hard rally last week as prices rose across the whole asset class with double B rated CLO bonds leading the charge tighter

OC health check: eight CLOs report second month of test failures
20 CLOs reported overcollateralisation test failures last week, of which 12 were new breaches while eight were deals were failing for a second reporting period in a row