Market rallies as key CLO investor retreats

Mid market CLO league tables: Natixis and Golub reign supreme
June brought just three middle market CLOs pricings with two new issues and one refinancing that totalled $1.6 billion, bringing the year-to-date volume to $9.9 billion. Natixis is the leading arranger, having a hand in 38% of deals

Global CLO league tables at a glance - June 2019 YTD
Global CLO league tables at a glance - June 2019 YTD

US CLO league tables: Octagon extends lead as many managers hit starting blocks in June
CLO volumes recovered slightly in the second quarter, with $43.31 billion of primary activity – a 19.97% increase from the $36.1 billion produced in Q1

Global CLO league tables at a glance - May 2019 YTD
Global CLO league tables at a glance - May 2019 YTD

Mid Market CLO league tables: Middle market continues to draw fresh faces
Golub Capital continues to top the manager rankings, however below the established middle market CLO managers sit a couple of newcomers.

US CLO league tables: CSAM dominates globally but Octagon takes US lead
Octagon Credit Investors clinched the top spot in the US broadly syndicated loan CLO market by a mere $129,000 from Credit Suisse Asset Management. 

US CLO league tables: Octagon and Citi lead the way
April was the busiest month yet in the US CLO market this year with $16.42 billion in transactions, beating February by around $500 million. 

Mid market CLO league tables: Owl Rock debuts in big month
With $2.88 billion in transactions, April was the busiest month of the year for middle market CLOs

Global CLO league tables at a glance - April 2019 YTD
Global CLO league tables at a glace - April 2019 YTD

Managers slide down term curve
PGIM and Voya were among managers issuing short dated deals in the first quarter. These CLOs, along with a surge in b-wics, kept up the supply of short dated paper as refinancings fell away

Global 2019 YTD CLO league tables at a glance
Global 2019 YTD CLO league tables at a glance

US CLO league tables: heavyweights dust off and jump back in the ring
Competition has prevailed after a tough quarter for the CLO market, in which banks offloaded their carry-ons from last year

Mid market CLO league tables: Natixis dominates in Q1 as middle market diversifies
The middle market CLO space has seen less activity at this stage of the year compared to 2018. 

US CLO league tables: new issues drive volumes as Morgan Stanley and Citi occupy top two spots
Two months into 2019 and the US CLO market looks very different to previous years, as the balance of deal origination has changed

Global 2019 YTD CLO league tables at a glance
Global 2019 YTD CLO league tables at a glance

Keep calm and buy corporate loans
Calm heads prevailed in 2018. Markets were volatile and risk retention was supposed to cause problems, but there was no need to panic and volumes went on to break records set in 2014

Global CLO league tables: new year, new issues
Momentum in the CLO market at the start of 2019 is less forceful than it was at the beginning of 2018 and 2017, on the basis of opening volumes

Mid market CLO league tables: large credit managers debut in record-breaking year
The middle market expanded in all manner of ways in 2018, from increased issuance to new entrants into the market

Global 2018 CLO league tables at a glance
A snapshot of the overall league tables as of 31 December 2018

US CLO league tables: Citi stands tall as overall leader but Morgan Stanley tops new issues
It was another fruitful year for the US CLO market as refinancings took a step back, giving new issues room to shine as $116.48 billion worth of new paper entered the market – 44.37% of overall volumes

US CLO league tables: Citi edges ahead of Morgan Stanley in new issues for league table clean sweep
Citi has nipped ahead of Morgan Stanley in the new issue US CLO league tables and is now the market leading bank for all forms of CLO pricing and repricing in the US.

Mid market CLO league tables: inaugural reissue boosts Cerberus
With the year almost wrapping up, things are looking up for middle market CLOs with 18 managers now involved in this space

Global CLO league tables at a glance - October 2018
A snapshot of the overall league tables as of 31 October

Widening whisks market back to 2017
Right now, CLO volumes are healthy and the list of active managers is steadily growing. But with CLO liability spreads reverting to where they were a year ago, some issuers are a little nervous.