Busy KKR prints new US CLO and refinances another
KKR Credit had an active day in the CLO primary market on Wednesday, printing one new CLO and refinancing another

US CLO pipeline: 1.0 manager returning, Carlyle going for CLO 10 as market goes to 100
Never in 1,000 years would the critics have expected this 

KKR joins exclusive group of six-time US CLO issuers in 2021
KKR Credit teamed up with JP Morgan on Monday to print its sixth US CLO backed by broadly syndicated loans of 2021, becoming the seventh manager this year to complete this feat

US CLO pipeline: 33 new issues enter market with historic CLO records on the verge of shattering
The US CLO market is running as hot as it has all year with a whopping 33 managers marketing new issues CLOs, according to market sources

Mid market CLO league tables: No change up top but KKR and Silver Point enter race
The mid market CLO space welcomed two new faces to its ranks last month as Silver Point Capital and KKR priced a new issue CLO each

KKR upsizes 2016 CLO by $120 million
KKR Credit on Monday reset its 2016 CLO, named KKR CLO 16, with a $121.54 million upsize

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

Euro CLO league tables: Blackstone back on top while Jefferies extends lead as focus turns to new issues
2021 European CLO issuance crossed €60 billion in July, which is more than the 22 months that preceded this year

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

Euro CLO triple As widen as market participants expect spreads to hit 100bp
European CLO triple As are leaking wider with CSAM and KKR resets the latest to demonstrate this - and some anticipate spreads could widen to 100bp, leading to a potential slowdown

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

Euro CLO league tables: out with the old, in with the new as Jefferies leads way
Despite being a newcomer to the European CLO market this year, Jefferies has taken the market by storm and leads the way in overall European CLO issuance

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

Euro CLO league tables: cramming a year's worth of work in two months
It is no surprise the European CLO market has been experiencing fatigue at times this year with the last two months of issuance alone almost equalling issuance figures for the whole of 2020: last year €22.78 billion worth of European CLOs priced, while in March and April 2021, managers brought €21.48 billion to market

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