KKR and Citi price largest CLO refi of 2019
CLO refis continue to build popularity since a slow start to the year. On Friday KKR Financial Advisors refinanced its 2016 CLO named KKR CLO 16, which edged in as the largest CLO refi of 2019 to date

KKR and FS Investments' BDC platform markets new issue CLO
KKR and FS Investments’ business development company, FS KKR Capital Corp, is marketing a new issue CLO via Citi named FS KKR MM CLO 1

Managers look east as Asian credit fundraising takes off
Several asset managers have outlined plans for growth in Asia as one of their foremost priorities this year.

US CLO round-up: floodgates open in land of the giants
The CLO market is starting to look like its old self again as deals came rushing in this week with eight new deals and one reissue and one reset pricing, totalling $3.77 billion.

US CLO managers look to scale flat WALs in search of flexibility
The anticipation of a downturn in the credit cycle has made investors turn their attention toward document provisions that give CLO managers flexibility

Euro CLO round-up: a tale of two extremes
It as the longest (dated) of CLOs, it was the shortest-dated of CLOs

KKR prices second CLO in space of a day
KKR Financial Advisors went wild in the CLO primary market yesterday by pricing a new issue on both sides of the Atlantic

KKR prices Europe's most leveraged new issue 2.0 CLO
Leverage has steadily risen in the European CLO market – but today KKR Credit priced the most levered new issue deal on record

KKR markets new European CLO with triple As subject
KKR Credit is looking to issue its first European CLO September

Former KKR pair resurface with new direct lending business
KKR's former global co-head of mezzanine and European head of private credit has reunited with his former colleague to launch a London-based direct lending business

European CLO equity in focus for secondary market with 50% trade rate
European CLO equity valuations ranged from the 50s to 70s, but only two our of four positions traded yesterday

US CLO round-up: Dry January ends early as spreads get hammered
Is the 2019 vintage going to be a classic? It's certainly started off slow, but it could mature into something very special if loan volatility persists

KKR prices new US CLO with triple As at 137.72bp
KKR Financial Advisors priced its first new issue CLO of the year on Friday named KKR CLO 24

KKR promotes three European credit specialists to managing directors
KKR has promoted several members of its team to managing directors - including a former US CLO portfolio manager

Pensions pile in as KKR sets $2 billion direct lending fund target
KKR Credit has raised at least $1.6 billion for its third US direct lending fund, according to US regulatory filings.

Till debt us do part: CLOs have and hold David's Bridal loans as they plummet 10.87%
CLOs hold $26.63 million exposure to David’s Bridal, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday

KKR prices its fifth CLO reset of 2018
KKR Financial Advisors priced a $372 million CLO reset yesterday (20 November) via Credit Suisse

Kartesia invests in equity of 2018 European CLO
Kartesia has invested in the equity of KKR’s latest European CLO 

115bp emerges as senior triple A benchmark as KKR prices new US CLO
KKR Financial Advisors has priced its fifth new issue CLO of 2018

Spreads jump tighter again as KKR prices new European CLO
CLO triple A spreads in Europe have been inconsistent of late with recent deals pricing within a 10 basis point range. The latest CLO to be issued on the continent emerged late on Friday and its pricing is tight relative to market spreads

KKR prices rare four-year reset via Deutsche Bank
KKR Financial Advisors priced a rare four-year reset of its 2015 CLO named KKR CLO 12 yesterday

KKR and Schroders back €1 billion Dutch direct lending fund
Neos, a Dutch direct lending firm, has held a €1 billion close on its Dutch and German direct lending joint venture

Credit drives strong returns for five of the largest asset managers in the business
Carlyle is close to hitting its ambitious fundraising target; direct lending has been kind to Ares; and Och-Ziff has decided to shed its US CLO risk retention stakes after exiting its financing agreements

KKR forms lending JV to target "clear need for UK mainstream housing development"
KKR and London-based Urban Exposure, a specialist residential development finance provider, have formed a strategic partnership and launched a lending joint venture to target significant opportunities in "mainstream housing throughout the UK”.  

Texas pension fund puts $150 million into credit
A $29.7 billion pension fund has approved commitments to two credit fund managers