CLO equity ‘top trade’ could reach mid-teens returns, says JP Morgan
CLOs’ strong start to the year, in which the asset class has asset class has made gains against a sell off in government and corporate bonds, has put equity tranches on course for double digit returns in 2021, according to JP Morgan strategists

CLO pipeline: US adds deals at frenetic pace as Europe catches breath after record start
US CLO investors have numerous deals to consider with 13 new issues and 15 repricings being prepared to flood the market in the coming days

Global CLO league tables - January 2021
Global CLO league tables - January 2021 YTD

CLO pipeline: snow business like the CLO business
CLO issuers are putting aside the cold snap and are warming up with a flurry of deals.

Buy CLO equity to capitalise on reflation, says JP Morgan
CLO equity stands out in a tightly priced market as offering up to double digit yields, say JP Morgan structured credit strategists, who posit it as their top trade

Global 2020 CLO league tables
Global 2020 CLO league tables 

Global CLO league tables - November 2020 YTD
Global CLO league tables - November 2020 YTD

CLO pipeline: LCM switches arranger to complete deal and join issuance surge
Over $3.5 billion of global CLO issuance priced last week and managers in all three CLO markets are taking advantage of tightening spreads across the capital structure after three major covid-19 vaccine breakthroughs and increased confidence since the US presidential election

Global CLO league tables - October 2020 YTD
Global CLO league tables - October 2020 YTD

CLO pipeline: deal flow slows ahead of US election
Only two forthcoming new issue US CLOs have been added to the pipeline this week as the election slowdown hits credit markets. This comes after eight new issue US CLOs and five European CLOs have priced over the last ten days during the pre-election rush

CLO Census results: Citi comes out top but several banks make big leaps
Citi has been voted top in five out of the eight primary CLO categories as part of the 2020 Creditflux CLO Census, but BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs, Jefferies and Natixis are among the banks that have made huge strides compared to last year

Faith in structures has been rewarded
CLOs have been resilient against covid-19 fallout, said speakers at Creditflux’s CLO Symposium last month. But there’s always room to improve and 3.0 deals may add ESG and bullet tranches

CLO pipeline: managers prepare to end quarter with a bang
CLO issuance is showing no signs of slowing down as spreads continue to grind tighter and election day draws ever closer

CLO pipeline: managers large, small and new ready to price in post-Labour Day surge
US managers are preparing a wave of new issue CLOs in the coming days, as the usual post-Labour Day pricing surge comes to fruition even in this most unusual of years

Global CLO league tables - August 2020 YTD
Global CLO league tables - August 2020 YTD

CLO pipeline: a marathon for some, a sprint for others
Following a week in which there were three US CLO refinancings, one new issue CLO and one upsizing, three more US CLO managers are marketing latest new issue CLOs after varying times away

Global CLO league tables - July 2020 YTD
Global CLO league tables - July 2020 YTD

Redding Ridge back as top CLO issuer post sell-off with new US and EU deals
Redding Ridge Asset Management has shot back to become the largest CLO issuer by volume since the sell off in March after printing a new issue apiece in the US and Europe, according to market sources

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

CLO pipeline: Managers prepare to build on momentum in July
The demand for new issue CLO paper is strengthening with eight US CLOs, one mid market CLO and three European CLOs preparing to print in the coming days

Go for short-duration and high-end CLO paper, says JP Morgan
This year is shaping up to be nearly as weak for CLO new issuance as 2008, according to JP Morgan strategists, who recommend investors seek value in short duration double/triple A paper or in higher-tier triple/double B

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

Banks report billions in unrealised CLO losses
Some of the world's largest bank buyers of CLO tranches reported billions of dollars of gross unrealised losses in their their latest quarterly reports

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

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%