KKR prints largest new CLO of 2021 with static mid market deal
KKR Credit has priced the largest new issue CLO of the year to date, teaming with Bank of America on the huge $1.13 billion static deal named KKR Lending Partners III

KKR becomes eighth manager to print five US CLOs in 2021
KKR Credit notched up its fifth new US CLO of the year on Friday, becoming just the eighth manager to reach this feat

Global CLO league tables - Jul 2021 YTD
Global CLO league tables - Jul 2021 YTD

US CLO pricing lab: expensive legacy deals take priority as two-three year point on term curve tightens
The US CLO market may have gapped out in recent weeks, but expensive 2019 and covid-era CLO refis and resets are still in the money

Credit fundraising: managers take care of infrastructure with new partnerships
Credit managers were busy launching new partnerships to support growth in infrastructure and CLOs. There were 13 announcements in the month paving the way for upcoming funds, platforms, and joint ventures

Carlyle and KKR greet US holiday with $830m of CLO refis
Carlyle Group and KKR each refinanced CLOs with the two deals totalling $830.3 million, according to market sources

Global CLO trading lab: quality and optionality shine as 2020 and 2019 mezz trades up
The primary and secondary CLO markets are moving in tandem with both markets drifting wider amid a wealth of supply

KKR prints fourth new US CLO of 2021
KKR Credit priced its fourth US CLO of the year on Friday, bringing its new issue volume for 2021 to $1.9 billion

Global CLO league tables - May 2021 YTD
Global CLO league tables - May 2021 YTD

Lighten up, these are due an upgrade
CLO triple C buckets were overflowing last year, but the average exposure is now 7.3%. That is still close to trigger levels, but CLO managers are relaxed, as further loan upgrades are on the horizon

CLO pipeline: queue gets longer as Blackstone goes again and Sancus makes first move
The queue to price for US CLO managers is only getting larger with 18 new issue CLOs in the pipeline, according to market sources, along with 18 repricings and two new issue European CLOs and two mid market CLO resets

KKR, Oak Hill and Madison print combined $1.3 billion CLO resets
KKR Credit, Oak Hill Advisors and Madison Capital each priced a CLO reset on Wednesday, with the three deals amounting to $1.27 billion

KKR prints new $406.05 million CLO via GreensLedge
KKR Credit teamed up with GreensLedge on Friday to produce its latest CLO offering

Woah, we’re halfway there
Judging by the 2020 vintage, European CLO overlap is 50%. But varied approaches to holding bonds and the many loans managers turn down mean there are ways for issuers to outperform

Global CLO league tables - April 2021 YTD
Global CLO league tables - April 2021 YTD

Structurers tempted by buy-side perks amid CLO bonanza
Do you have experience structuring CLOs? If the answer is yes, then your skills are in demand, with asset managers keen to add CLO capital markets specialists amid the onslaught of CLO transactions that have taken place this year

CLO pipeline: and breathe... issuance splurge clears the backlog
Over 20 deals remain in the CLO pipeline, despite a glut of issuance last week in which 38 transactions priced, totalling $18.1 billion

JP Morgan US CLO structurer switches to buy side
A JP Morgan executive director is leaving the bank's CLO arranging team to join KKR Credit as a CLO structurer

KKR matches PGIM CLO triple A print despite extra year of reinvestment
PGIM and KKR have turned to the primary market to refinance legacy CLO transactions, each placing their triple A notes at Libor plus 95 basis points

Secondary CLO spike pushes double Bs to 800bp as KKR resets
KKR Credit has priced a US CLO reset in another example of how junior CLO spreads have gapped out over the last two weeks

Waiting for afters
Day one arb remains important, but last year there were opportunities aplenty in the secondary market, which put the onus on printing CLOs and waiting for the day after non-call periods expired

KKR US CLOs highlight sharp February rally as triple Bs move in by 60bp
KKR priced its largest CLO in almost three years on Friday, teaming up with Citi to issue the $607.6 million deal named KKR CLO 31

Global CLO b-wic round-up: 2020 deals trade at premium
As the primary CLO market continues to grind tighter, the secondary market is holding steady, but last year's vintages are trading well as they near the end of their call-locks

Global CLO league tables - January 2021
Global CLO league tables - January 2021 YTD

CLO pipeline: snow business like the CLO business
CLO issuers are putting aside the cold snap and are warming up with a flurry of deals.