OC health check: interest diversion failures foreshadow breaches
14 CLOs reported over-collateralisation test breaches last week, five for the first time, according to the latest trustee reports available on CLO-i. 

KKR deploys 10% of $2 billion coronavirus dislocation credit fund
KKR Credit has plans to launch a $2 billion dislocated corporate and asset backed credit fund to take advantage of coronavirus-induced volatility. And the New York-based manager has wasted no time swooping on opportunities after deploying $212 million by 9 April

OC health check: failures lift above 100 as five more deals breach senior test
Another 116 CLOs have breached their overcollaterisation tests in the last week, according to the latest trustee reports on CLO-i. Out of this, five deals have failed OC tests for all classes – bringing the overall tally of deals that have breached senior OC tests to nine.

Global CLO b-wic round-up: spreads tighten across the board as bond-flex CLOs trade well
Price levels have tightened and, more importantly, stabilised across the secondary CLO market over the last two weeks, but the Easter break led to a drop off in CLO b-wic supply

Secondary CLO debt trades well but Trace suggests CLO equity trading at 12 cents
A variety of CLO paper was in for the bid yesterday with US secondary CLO volumes reaching $281 million, and European volumes hitting €74 million

Beneath the triple C: $31.6 billion of CLO credits feel downgrade pain
March madness took a toll on CLOs as Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s downgraded 4.25% of the portfolios in the US and 1.84% in Europe to triple C or below in just one month (some of these were already triple C rated, only to fall further).

Global CLO b-wic round-up: $8 billion of US CLOs listed in record-breaking March
Last week brought an end to the busiest month in both the US and European CLO secondary markets since at least 2014. $7.7 billion of US CLO paper was on sale in March with a further €1.8 billion of European CLO bonds available, bringing the total listed in Q1 to $13.9 billion and €3.6 billion

Global CLO b-wic round-up: CLO triple As recover but mezz left behind
The CLO secondary market was a tale of two halves last week. 100% of all bonds listed in b-wics on Monday and Tuesday had no covers released (either traded or did not trade), but the end of the week was a different story for both markets

Global CLO round-up: welcome back, give us a (refi) wave
Tighter corporate credit spreads means new issue volumes are down, but it makes a decent entry point for new CLO managers to price deals and also makes refinancing CLOs imperative

Pacific AM prices first new US CLO in 18 months
Pacific Asset Management has sailed back into the CLO primary market with its first new issue deal since May 2018, becoming the first CLO manager to issue a five-year reinvestment CLO in 2020

Investcorp lines up new CLOs on both sides of the Atlantic
Investcorp Credit Management is gearing up to price new issue CLOs in both the US and Europe, according to market sources

Neuberger Berman splits new CLO tranche into principal and interest
Neuberger Berman has split its latest CLO's double A notes into principal and interest-only bonds, according to market sources, in a structure that echoes the ‘mascot’ features that rose to prominence in the CLO market this year

Carlyle matches 2018 US new issue CLO volume with fourth deal of 2019
Carlyle Group completed its fourth US new issue CLO offering of the year on Friday, according to market sources

Oak Hill takes Q4's US reset tally to three with $593 million CLO
Oak Hill Advisors has reset a 2015 vintage CLO for the second time, clocking just the third reset of a US CLO in the fourth quarter of 2019

GoldenTree prices new US CLO and capitalises on weaker market for junior CLO debt
GoldenTree Loan Management has priced its third new US CLO in 2019 in a transaction which appears ideally placed to capitalise on wider junior CLO spreads

Owl Rock gives two hoots after issuing second low-levered CLO
Owl Rock is sticking to its low-levered CLO strategy after pricing Owl Rock CLO II, backed by middle market loans, on Friday

Voya makes it four in a row with $603 million US new issue CLO
Voya Investment Management has notched up its fourth US CLO of 2019 to continue its remarkable record of producing a quartet of CLOs in calendar years

CLO syndication head exits BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas' head of US CLO syndication has parted ways with the bank, according to market sources, ending an eight-year stay at the firm

BlueMountain prices first new issue US CLO for five months
BlueMountain Capital Management has priced its first new issue CLO since May, according to market source

TCW takes advantage of lower base rate to price new CLO
TCW's second new CLO of the year has made use of a rallying market since its last venture in February

Benefit Street prices $507.85 million US CLO
Benefit Street Partners priced its second new CLO of the year on Thursday, according to market sources

Invesco prices largest new CLO in three years
Invesco returned to the CLO primary market yesterday to issue its largest new money transaction in three years, according to market sources

New CLO manager Fort Washington markets debut transaction
Fort Washington Investment Advisors is marketing its first ever CLO, named Fort Washington CLO 2019-1

Palmer Square prices first five-year reinvestment CLO of the year
Palmer Square Capital Management on Friday priced its first market-standard new issue CLO of the year

Bain teams up with Goldman Sachs for second consecutive new CLO
Bain Capital Credit has priced its second consecutive new issue CLO with Goldman Sachs as arranger, according to market sources