CLO pipeline: four US and two European managers prepare first 2021 CLOs
The CLO market is set to carry on roaring with the pipeline as full as ever despite the summer slowdown just around the corner  

CLO pipeline: Man GLG resurfaces from six-year absence as deals exiting call-lock fill pipeline
CLO spreads have leaked out in recent weeks but deal economics are still favourable, encouraging managers to come back to the primary market for the first time this year

MidCap and Steele Creek add to 2019 CLO refi supply
Steele Creek Investment Management and MidCap each refinanced a 2019 CLO on Friday

Owl Rock downsizes equity tranche in reset of 2020 CLO
Owl Rock Capital Advisors has reset a middle market CLO from May 2020, downsizing the deal's equity tranche in the process

Brigade marches on as it brings 2021 US CLO new issue volume to $1.7bn
Brigade Capital Management priced its fourth CLO of 2021 on Tuesday, bringing its new issue volume for the year to $1.65 billion

CLO pipeline: queue gets longer as Blackstone goes again and Sancus makes first move
The queue to price for US CLO managers is only getting larger with 18 new issue CLOs in the pipeline, according to market sources, along with 18 repricings and two new issue European CLOs and two mid market CLO resets

Global CLO trading lab: Octagon CLO comes out top in CLO double B spike
Double B-rated bonds made up 40% of the European and US CLO secondary markets last week. $222 million of US CLO double B bonds were on sale and a further €105 million of European CLO double B items were listed

Kayne produces rare partial CLO refi leaving triple As untouched
Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors has priced a rare partial CLO refi, cutting the costs of its mezzanine debt while leaving the triple A tranche untouched

CLO pipeline: and breathe... issuance splurge clears the backlog
Over 20 deals remain in the CLO pipeline, despite a glut of issuance last week in which 38 transactions priced, totalling $18.1 billion

CLO pipeline: go long! new issues and resets push refis aside
The CLO market is ready to go beyond refinancings - after this year's opening blitz of those deals - into the longer tenored territory of resets and new issues

Global CLO trading lab: secondary volumes inflate and easily get absorbed
Weekly secondary CLO volume has been lower across the capital structure in recent weeks as 2021’s refinancing wave left investors with plenty of choice

Beneath the triple C: CLOs benefit as upgrades make for lighter triple C buckets
For the first time since the sell off in March last year, downgrades to triple C have come to a near-standstill

CLO pipeline: Deutsche Bank and Carlson hit comeback trail
The CLO market is preparing to be very active in the coming weeks, as the issuance slow-down is set to be in the rear view mirror

CLO pipeline: European new issues set to resume but managers seek pricing stability
The CLO pipeline is heavy with reworked deals - and anticipation - as 14 US CLO and one European CLO refinancings feature, along with nine US CLO and six European CLO resets

AB makes comeback transaction with second broadly syndicated CLO
AB has priced a follow-up CLO transaction backed by broadly syndicated loans after entering this market six months ago

CLO pipeline: expensive 2019 CLOs in vogue with 32bp savings potential
The CLO pipeline is dominated by refinancings and resets, with new issuance taking a backseat

Deerpath makes tracks in CLO primary for first time in 2021
Deerpath Capital Management has returned to the CLO primary market for the first time in 2021, printing a $362.9 million new issue named Deerpath Capital CLO 2021-1

Blackstone and Hayfin get Euro CLO new issues rolling as single Bs diverge
Blackstone paired with BNP Paribas for Carysfort Park, while Hayfin followed the yellow (or rather gold) brick road to pair with Goldman Sachs on Hayfin Emerald CLO VI

CLO pipeline: busy year, so let's take time to reset
The US CLO market this year has been dominated by new issues and refinancings, but now is the time of the reset judging by this week’s pipeline

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

CSAM prints tightest CLO since 2018 in first-ever deal with RBC
Credit Suisse Asset Management has brought the CLO market to new tights as its latest new issue scored funding costs of just 152.94 basis points over Libor

BlackRock scores biggest mid market CLO since 2018
BlackRock has teamed up with Barclays to print a second CLO backed by loans to middle market companies following its buyout of Tennenbaum Capital Partners in 2018

OC health check: CLOs end 2020 with fragile recovery
Only 109 CLOs breached an overcollateralisation test in December, falling from 121 in November. This in turn was down from the 147 CLOs that breached an OC test in October, but 33 cured their breaches in November and a further 11 cured all OC test failures in December

Beneath the triple C: cinemas get clipped but default picture improves
14 corporate debt issuers were downgraded to triple C or below in October by Moody’s or Standard & Poor’s – hurting $3.15 billion of US CLO loans, €761.73 million of European CLO portfolios and $37.95 million of middle market CLOs loans, according to CLO-i. Cinema chains were among those to suffer last month

AMMC makes CLO new issue comeback after more than two years away
American Money Management Corporation has made a long-awaited comeback in the CLO primary market by printing its first new issue transaction since March 2018