Delayed issue double Bs reach Europe's CLO market as Fair Oaks markets new issue
Fair Oaks Capital is marketing a new issue European CLO via JP Morgan and has opted for just over a one-year reinvestment period

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

Global CLO league tables - April 2020 YTD
Global CLO league tables - April 2020 YTD

New slate of US CLOs shows evolving term curve
Three new CLOs are forthcoming from Partners Group, Gulf Stream Asset Management and Onex Credit Partners with each manager opting for a different reinvestment strategy  

US CLOs did not lose par in March, finds JP Morgan
A research paper from JP Morgan has estimated there was no US CLO par burn in March, although loss of par for the first quarter was 11%

Ares takes different approach to primary CLOs as it plans three-year US deal
The primary market for CLOs since the coronavirus escalated into a pandemic last month is evolving briskly with Ares Management planning a new US CLO with a three-year reinvestment period

SME CLO features PDL mechanism
Details of the groundbreaking Alhambra SME Funding 2019-1 — the first 2.0 CLO backed by loans to small and midsized enterprises — were revealed at the Direct Lending Forum jointly hosted by Creditflux and Debtwire last month.

We’ve got time to work this out
You might think direct lenders are very exposed to economic downturns. But at the Creditflux-Debtwire event last month, managers said they felt they had a few months to rectify problems

CLO managers favour tech, cable and healthcare as loan downgrade fears dominate, finds JP Morgan
Picking safe sectors to buy in the coronavirus crisis is a tough call, but CLO managers variously favour technology, cable/satellite and healthcare, according to a JP Morgan survey. There is much more consensus on dumping autos, energy, gaming/lodging/leisure and retail

Ohio pension injects $175 million into credit via JP Morgan and HPS
The School Employees Retirement System of Ohio has made a $175 million commitment to two strategies; high yield and direct lending

Dealers zero in on pair of managed CSO formats
The eagerly awaited introduction of ‘managed’ CSOs is getting closer, with hopes still alive for an inaugural deal before the end of March and consensus forming around two alternative approaches.

US CLO league tables: $2 billion reissue fires Apollo and JP Morgan to top spots
Apollo Global Management and JP Morgan teamed up to price the largest CLO of the 2.0 era in February that helped propel both to the top of the US CLO and global CLO league tables

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

Neuberger Berman refinances 2014 US CLO
Neuberger Berman has become the seventh CLO manager to refinance a transaction this week, after teaming up with JP Morgan to rework 2014’s Neuberger Berman CLO XVII

Mariner surfs refi wave and chops 34bp off CLO debt
Mariner Investment Group had smooth sailing when it repriced four tranches of Mariner 2015-1 via JP Morgan

Apollo prices largest 2.0 CLO transaction
Apollo Global Management stunned the CLO market on Wednesday by pricing the largest transaction of the 2.0 era

CLO pipeline: make some noise for repricings
CLOs may be a bit late to the spread-tightening party, but a hoard of CLO repricings is aiming to make up for it by sheer volume

US CLO league tables: old deals get a fresh start in the new year
The majority of CLO issuance last month was in all forms of repricings, which totalled $4.8 billion and accounted for 54.5% of US CLO volumes

Global CLO league tables - January 2020 YTD
Global CLO league tables - January 2020 YTD

Oak Hill prices large US CLO reset via JP Morgan
Oak Hill Advisors has brought a $610.85 million CLO reset of OHA Loan Funding 2016-1, marking the third largest CLO transaction in 2020 to date

Hedge against coronavirus, says JP Morgan, naming 40 most exposed credits
With novel coronavirus cases rising at what looks to be an exponential rate, JP Morgan strategists have proposed a high yield hedge to address the rising threat to European credit spreads and listed 40 borrowers they think are most exposed to impact

Gulf Stream makes hotly awaited CLO return with breakthrough 2.0 deal
Gulf Stream Asset Management yesterday made its hotly anticipated CLO comeback, pricing its first deal of the 2.0 era

CLOs at risk of failing WAS tests due to loan refi wave, finds JP Morgan
 Some CLOs could be at risk of failing their weighted average spread tests or could be at risk of a refi or reset due to a forthcoming refinancing wave in the loan market, according to new research from JP Morgan

CLO triple As drop to 128bp as TICP prices
US CLO triple A spreads have jumped tighter with TPG Instiutional Credit Partners pricing senior CLO liabilities at 128 basis points yesterday

TPG CLO points to tighter pricing across all ratings bands
TPG Capital has launched a new issue CLO via JP Morgan, with price talk pointing to tighter CLO liability pricing heading into the new year