OC health check: August reports slow torrent of fresh breaches to a trickle
198 CLOs reported an over-collateralisation (OC) breach in August, only three of which were completely new breaches. This is a slowdown from July, when 230 deals suffered some kind of OC breach, according to the latest reports from CLO-i  

Global CLO b-wic round-up: CLO lower mezz tightens while equity investors strive for duration
A large supply of CLO paper flooded the secondary market last week as $1.5 billion of US CLO bonds and €370 million of European CLOs were listed, according to CLO-i

HarbourVest fights back over CLO fund investment after Highland's objection
HarbourVest Partners, the key investor in risk retention vehicle Highland CLO Funding, has shot back at Highland Capital Management in court, arguing it had not insisted on changing the manager on its CLO fund from Acis to Highland, as Highland had claimed

Beneath the triple C: downgrades hold steady as Travelport loses its luggage
For the second month in a row downgrades to triple C steadied, with just under $9 billion of CLO loans falling to this rating across 34 corporate borrowers

OC health check: US CLOs hit by new round of test failures
135 deals breached an over-collateralisation test last week, 78 for the first time, according to the latest trustee reports from CLO-i.

CLOs on lookout as Neiman recovery signals slump and DC confirms credit event
Five-year CDS referencing Neiman Marcus widened by four points to 95.25 points up front, according to IHS Markit, as the Americas Determinations Committee confirmed the US retailer has triggered a bankruptcy credit event

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

GSO close to pricing static US CLO after buying $428 million of secondary loans
A CLO primary pipeline is starting to re-emerge following the March sell-off, with GSO Capital Partners marketing a static $463.5 million CLO to investors via Citi

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

Trimaran goes tighter with second US CLO tap of the year
Trimaran has loaded up its double A tranche with split fixed and floating rates

Zais prices new CLO with record five classes of fixed-rate debt
Zais Group has priced a new issue CLO via JP Morgan that issues five classes of debt paying fixed rates of interest

Mid market CLO round-up: Owl Rock perches in the CLO space with debut deal
There was a flurry of activity in the middle market CLO space last week

Global CLO round-up: 15 months to one month - managers set their own pace
Three new US CLOs priced this week courtesy of; Seix Advisors, via BNP Paribas; Kayne Anderson, via Goldman Sachs; and Steele Creek, via RBC. In Europe, Oaktree Capital Management paired with Barclays to price Arbour CLO VI.

US CLO round-up: choose your own reinvestment period
Reinvestment periods have played an important role so far this year, with 30.8% of the new issue market opting for terms shorter than four years

Global CLO round-up: there's something for everyone as CLOs put on a good spread
This week, equity investors have something to be thankful for with triple A CLO spreads showing signs of tightening

Guggenheim enters mid-market CLOs with deal arranged by Natixis
Guggenheim Partners Investment Management has entered the middle market CLO arena following the pricing of its inaugural transaction yesterday (20 November)

Barings and Natixis team up again for a middle market CLO
Barings priced its second CLO backed by middle market loans yesterday

Cerberus adds a fourth CLO to its 2018 deal tally as volumes approach $2 billion
Cerberus Business Finance’s 2018 middle market CLO volumes approached the $2 billion mark yesterday after the manager priced its fourth new issue deal of the year

CLO round-up: reset triple As price apart on divergent portfolios
CLO spreads have been volatile of late with seemingly no consistency in triple A CLO prints from deal to deal. In a reset-heavy week, BlackRock and Marathon Asset Management were positioned at opposite ends of the spectrum

US CLO league tables: competition intensifies among dealers
$13.6 billion of new issue paper was produced in May, bringing total new CLO volumes to $52.1 billion for the year. And last month there was plenty of movement in the arranger league tables

US league tables: Old favourites fight off new challengers but competition remains tight
A familiar name leads the US CLO arranger league tables this year, delivering $6.5 billion of issuance. In the manager space, New York-based MJX Asset Management has been the most prolific player for 2018

CLO market opens for business as BMO prices first deal of 2018
Despite hazardous weather conditions affecting the US east coast, the CLO market is open for business in 2018

Highland renames CLO fund and raises at least $153 million
The Guernsey-incorporated vehicle, which launched in 2015 under the name Acis Loan Funding, has raised more than $150 million and changed its name to Highland CLO Funding

Mid-market CLO round-up: New deals add to bumper year
Mid-market volumes rise steadily, with two new players having entered the space in the last two weeks. 2017 so far has witnessed inflows of $17.7 billion, with new issue mid-market deals contributing 77.38% to the volume

Antares's CLO AUM grows to $3.3 billion after another $1 billion-plus deal
Antares Capital Advisers priced its second middle-market CLO yesterday in another billion dollar-plus transaction