Quarterly rankings: Wave of acquisitions reshapes CLO market
A wave of acquisitions and consolidation hit the CLO market in the first quarter of 2022, although the ripples have yet to alter Creditflux’s manager rankings

Global CLO league tables - March 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - March YTD

Mid market CLO league tables: $1.1 billion Golub deal shuffles the pack
Mid market CLO issuance slowed last month amid market volatility with just one new issue and two resets pricing in March, worth a combined $1.9 billion

US CLO league tables: BofA marches on as Elmwood climbs to top in new issues
Last month, for the first time since June 2020, no resets or refinancings priced in the US CLO market as market volatility took repricings out of the money. This meant a month-on-month decline of $13.4 billion in overall issuance, but new issuance was still healthy with $11.6 billion pricing in March

Euro CLO league tables: Jefferies takes huge lead as managers bunch up
The increased volatility and geopolitical risk brought about by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine meant European CLO issuance dropped off in March after a strong February

US CLO league tables: BofA takes a big leap ahead
It has been a slow start to the year for the US CLO market, which has so far welcomed $33.42 billion worth of issuance – the second lowest in the last five years. But Bank of America is taking big strides

Euro CLO league tables: primary issuance shuts down amid extreme market volatility
European CLO issuance initially picked up in February with €7.82bn in total pricings, compared to just €2.44bn in January, before extreme market volatility preceding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine halted the primary market.

Mid market CLO league tables: diamonds are for 2019 and BCRED is for now
Middle market CLO issuance is off to a fast pace in 2022 as a busy February welcomed three new issue CLOs and three resets – adding $3.8 billion to this year’s tally of $4.39 billion

US CLO league tables: No static shock as Palmer Square conducts CLO traffic yet again
It was a slower start to the year for US CLO new issuance as  managers printed $4.56 billion of new paper against an average new issue volume of $5.88 billion in January in the last five years. But then again, the CLO and loan industries have had to contend with the not-so-small issue of replacing their favourite floating rate benchmark

Euro CLO league tables: Dry January means focus switches to refis and resets
It is healthy to take a break after what was a bumper 2021. And Europe's CLO market has taken that to heart by abstaining from new issues and instead reworking older CLOs

Global CLO league tables - January 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - Jan YTD

Blackstone cements top spot in record breaking year for CLO issuance
Blackstone Credit priced 2021’s last new issue broadly syndicated CLO on 17 December when it brought Stratus 2021-3 to market via Morgan Stanley (although Centerbridge Partners priced a new issue bond-flex CLO on 21 December), and it seemed only fitting the CLO giant should cap off 2021.

US CLO league tables: Blackstone and Citi win new issues but CSAM and JP Morgan take overall issuance crown
The US CLO market had an extraordinary 2021 with almost $400 billion of overall issuance pricing as records were set for all forms of issuance

Euro CLO league tables: Upstarts Jefferies and Palmer Square fall just short of market leaders
ABC as easy as 1, 2, 3: Apollo leads new issuance as Barclays and CVC emerge as overall leaders, despite the efforts of newcomers Jefferies and Palmer Square. The European CLO market had a record year in 2021 as overall issuance fell just €3.2 billion short of €100 billion, more than double the previous record set in 2017 of €45.7 billion and a 325% increase on the coronavirus-impacted market in 2020

Mid market CLO league tables: Late flurry takes Wells Fargo top as Golub leads again with records tumbling
For the second year in a row, and for a fourth time in five years (when Creditflux’s CLO league tables began), Golub Capital and Wells Fargo finished atop the manager and arranger mid market CLO league tables, respectively

Global 2021 CLO league tables
Global 2021 CLO league tables

Euro CLO league tables: Record new issuance month as CVC and Barclays jump back to top
November set yet another record for the European CLO market as managers priced €6.3 billion of new paper, the most in a month in the 2.0 era

Mid market CLO league tables: deal record breaks as Wells Fargo gains new issue lead
The mid market CLO space had a record-breaking month in November on three counts

Global CLO league tables - Nov 2021 YTD
Global CLO league tables - Nov 2021 YTD

US CLO league tables: Blackstone takes new issue lead amid monthly new issue record
The US CLO market priced $23 billion of new issues in November, setting a record for most new issuance in a month in the 2.0 era

US CLO league tables: Palmer Square stands tall in land of the CLO giants
The US CLO market has extended its run of incessant issuance with October having added $39.98 billion of CLO paper to the year’s tally, making it the second most productive month this year for overall and new issue volumes

Euro CLO league tables: Jefferies nips ahead of Barclays as overall leader
The European CLO market has added laurels to a record-breaking year with one of the highest issuance months for new paper.

Mid market CLO league tables: the only record left to break in 2021
New issuance is still shy of the $16 billion set in 2018, but stands not far off at $15.62 billion

Global CLO league tables - Oct 2021 YTD
Global CLO league tables - Oct 2021 YTD

CLO records tumble with appetite for more as Sofr looms
The CLO market has smashed records and is set to obliterate them all, with the looming transition to Sofr encouraging more supply and yield-starved investors eating it up. 18 months on from an unprecedented shock, the CLO market is bigger than it has ever been