KKR refinances 2022 vintage CLO and tightens senior spread by 27bps
KKR Financial Advisors has refinanced KKR CLO 40, a US BSL deal from the 2022 vintage of CLOs

KKR resets 2021 vintage BSL deal
KKR has reset KKR CLO 29, a vanilla deal from 2021, breaking the triple-B notes into two classes in the process

US CLO refinances with 110bps senior spread
Spreads on US refis hit a new yearly tight on Friday, when KKR refinanced one of its 2013-vintage deals

KKR resets 2020 vintage US CLO
KKR on Thursday reset its 2020 vintage KKR CLO 32, with Bank of America acting as the arranger of the deal.

KKR prices its first new US CLO of 2024
KKR returned to the US primary market with its first new CLO of the year,  just days after KKR’s first European print of 2024.

KKR leads flood of European CLOs
The first European print of 2024 for KKR, arranged by JP Morgan, came on a busy day for Euro CLOs

KKR chooses two year reinvestment period for latest BSL CLO
KKR priced KKR CLO45a last Friday, a short-dated 1Y/2Y USD 405.03m BSL offering

European triple As drop below 150 as KKR prices new CLO
The somewhat limp activity in the European primary market so far in 2024 was given a kick along on Friday with the pricing of Avoca CLO XXIX, a new EUR 402.85m BSL CLO from KKR

KKR keeps it short-dated for latest reset
Morgan Stanley has priced the first short-dated deal of the year, with a USD 427.9m reset of the 2020 vintage KKR CLO 28

KKR and Bank of America team up on static refi
We missed one CLO from our holiday primary roundup yesterday, with KKR taking advantage of the end-of-year tightening across the market to round off 2023 with a refi of its first static BSL CLO

KKR adds US reset to 2023 tally
In what is likely to be one of the last primary market CLOs to price in 2023, KKR last week reset its 2022-vintage US BSL KKR CLO 43, with Deutsche Bank acting as sole arranger

KKR looks to squeeze in another reset
As activity in the CLO primary market winds down for the year, KKR has signalled it has one more shot in its locker – it is in the market with a reset of a short-dated CLO

KKR makes it four US CLOs this year
KKR last week priced its biggest CLO of the year, a half-billion-dollar new-issue US transaction, in a deal arranged by Citi

KKR prices third US CLO this year
Bank of America arranged a new USD 402.7m deal US CLO for KKR yesterday

KKR goes static for latest European CLO
KKR has priced a new static European CLO, arranged by Morgan Stanley

Jump in loan prices sees CLO primary stall in the US
US CLO primary supply almost ground to a halt in June with just three transactions printing in the first half of the month

KKR's new CLO sees triple As print 3bp tight of market average
KKR Credit teamed up with Morgan Stanley on Wednesday to print a new CLO named KKR 52

Rally in three-year reinvestment CLOs ensues as KKR prices US deal
KKR Credit has continued the recent theme of three-year reinvestment US CLOs pricing closer to five-year deals, closing a massive gap between tenors that opened up last month.

US CLO pipeline: busy January sets the tone for the year
US CLO new issuance in January has exceeded 2022’s volumes with $6.4 billion priced last month compared to $4.6 billion last year, and the market is showing no signs of slowing down

Euro CLO league tables: Jefferies wins at a canter as fellow newcomer Palmer Square wins in new issues
A year of turmoil in the CLO market inevitably led to European CLO issuance dropping in 2022 from its record 2021

KKR's 2022 US CLO volumes climb to $3.5 billion after eighth new issue
KKR Credit priced its eighth new US CLO of the year on Monday, bringing its new issuance volumes for 2022 to $3.5 billion

KKR pulls low-ramp European CLO amid loan rally
KKR is understood to have pulled its new issue European CLO Avoca XXVIII, according to multiple sources. The deal was due to price this week

Beneath the triple C: Stormy October hits CLOs with rising tide of downgrades
After a slight respite in the pace of downgrades over the summer for CLOs, October brought renewed momentum as macro-economic pressures - primarily high interest rate burdens for corporate borrowers and supply side inflation - became the recurring rationale

US CLO pipeline: five-year triple As solidify at 220bp
US CLO spreads are showing signs of widening as the benchmark triple A levels shift by 10 basis points. Senior triple As are aiming for a 220bp benchmark as LCM Asset Management and Neuberger Berman market five-year deals

eBay and IBM lead as US firms plug-in to CLO triple As
Major US corporations eBay and IBM have begun investing in senior CLO debt tranches, while Apple has also been looking to enter the market.