‘Walk, don’t run’ to take advantage of software disruption, says KKR
Eddie O’Neill and Jeremiah Lane, co-heads of global leveraged credit at KKR, give their view on the headwinds and opportunities in CLOs

News in brief
Top stories on creditflux.com: from First Trust’s CLO start to Apollo’s next generation

US CLO spreads break 120bp barrier as Oak Hill Advisors prices latest issue
OHA Credit Funding 26 priced the tightest standard-duration US deal in almost two months, while the end of the week also saw KKR printing its latest new-issue deal

New US CLOs see mezz widening even as issuance maintains steady pace
Over USD 2.4bn of new CLO paper priced on Tuesday and Wednesday as Blackstone, Nuveen, Voya, Sixth Street and KKR all printed new BSL transactions

KKR prices second deal in programmatic private credit CLO strategy
The transaction is the second in the manager’s series of private credit CLO issues under the KIMM (KKR Institutional Middle Market CLO) banner, following the pricing of KIMM CLO I in October 2024

KKR issues 2023-vintage US reset
KKR’s latest US CLO reset priced via Citi as a USD 465m transaction

KKR resets US CLO for first time since 2017
The 12-year-old KKR Financial CLO 2013-1 recapitalised its debt tranches to the tune of around USD 243.5m in the repricing

Euro AAAs tighten to mid-120s with new KKR issue
Avoca CLO XXXIV lowered the existing market tight by two bps, to Euribor plus 126bps

KKR’s Avoca XXX resets at current Euro tight
The deal matches KKR's own triple A tight of Euribor plus 128bps, set with the reset of Avoca CLO XXIX at the end of August

KKR, Warwick print 2023-vintage US resets
Both deals issued their triple As at SOFR plus 128bps

KKR breaks 130 barrier for Euro CLOs as brace of resets wrap up August
KKR has smashed the 130 barrier for standard-duration European CLO triple As for the first time since April, while Redding Ridge and BlueBay also priced resets to end the month

KKR prices fourth new US BSL CLO for the year
KKR CLO 58 takes the manager’s total issuance for the year to over USD 8bn

KKR keeps busy with new Euro print
The deal comes the day after the manager priced the tightest European reset since April, both deals issuing their triple As at Euribor plus 132bps

KKR resets short-dated US deal from last year
The USD 373m reworking renewed KKR CLO 45a on a standard 2Y/5Y timeline

KKR prices tightest Euro reset since April
Tuesday's reworking of the nine-year-old Avoca CLO XVII issued its triple As at Euribor plus 132bps

KKR issues third new US CLO for the year
The USD 402.5m deal priced its senior triple As at SOFR plus 133bps

KKR prices second new Euro issue for the year
The deal saw its triple As clear at Euribor plus 133bps

KKR resets 2019-vintage Euro deal with increased cost of funding
Friday's print was the second repricing of Avoca CLO XX, following a partial refi in 2021

KKR takes year-to-date US issuance to USD 2.5bn with latest reset
The USD 313m repricing of KKR CLO 52 reworked a deal that originally printed in May 2023

Mapping the present and future of credit
Keynote speakers at this year’s Creditflux Symposium highlighted the success of credit markets during recent volatility and argued that a wave of securitisation could drive growth in Europe

KKR reprices second ultra-tight Euro deal
The transaction was the manager's second reset of a 2015-vintage European CLO in the space of a week

Credit markets have become more stable and behave differently – KKR’s Eddie O’Neill
PODCAST: The co-head of global liquid credit at KKR sees opportunities and reasons for optimism after the recent market upheaval, especially in Europe and Asia in the latest "Credit Exchange with Lisa Lee" podcast

KKR sees funding costs widen with reset of ultra-tight Euro deal
Triple As priced at Euribor plus 138bps in the latest reset

KKR prices new short-dated US CLO
The USD 403m print was the manager’s first new US deal since November