Black Diamond returns to CLO primary with first new issue in two years
Black Diamond Capital Management made its long-awaited return to the CLO primary market on Friday with its first new issue deal in over two years

Apex refinances triple A-free CLO from 2019
Apex Credit has refinanced an unusual CLO from 2019 that was structured without triple A-rated debt liabilities

New issues take a backseat as US CLO market absorbs three resets and a refi
CLO primary market activity was briefly diverted away from heavy new issue supply on Thursday and attention turned to resets and refinancings, with four deals printing in total

Golub prints largest reinvesting CLO of 2021 at $950 million
Golub Capital Partners priced the largest reinvesting CLO of the year so far on Tuesday

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

Five Arrows completes first reset of post-covid CLO from 2020
Five Arrows Managers on Tuesday became the 23rd US CLO manager to reset a 2020 CLO from 2020, bringing the volume of post-covid resets over $12 billion for the first time

Hayfin pairs with Jefferies on first new US CLO of year
Hayfin Capital Management returned to the CLO primary market on Friday with its first US new issue deal of 2021

Nuveen lowers 2019 CLO's funding costs by 31 basis points
Nuveen refinanced its 2019 CLO named Symphony XXI on Wednesday, lowering the deal's funding costs by 31 basis points in the process

Alcentra and Octagon each reset 2019 CLOs
Alcentra and Octagon Credit Investors each reset a 2019 CLO on Thursday, with the two transactions totalling $861.3 million

Post-covid US CLO resets pass $7 billion as DoubleLine prices
DoubleLine Capital became the 14th US CLO manager to reset a post-covid deal on Wednesday, bringing the volume of post-covid CLO resets over $7 billion for the first time

Z Capital prints first post-covid CLO with elevated triple C bucket
Z Capital Credit teamed up with Amherst Pierpont on Friday to print the first new high-triple C CLO post-covid

Partners saves 55bp with reset of post-covid CLO
Partners Group has reset a post-covid CLO priced in May 2020, pulling the vehicle's funding costs 55 basis points tighter in the process

Global CLO b-wic round-up: record level of CLO paper stalls rally
Record levels of primary and secondary CLO supply has left investors spoilt for choice and led to the CLO rally stalling

TCW CLO tranches digitally refinanced for second time
TCW CLO 2019-1 AMR was digitally refinanced for the second time today following the third successfully cleared applicable margin reset auction

Beneath the triple C: 13 CLO loans take a dive but defaults subside to a ripple
22 corporate debt issuers were downgraded to triple C or below in November and December by Moody’s or S&P, out of which 13 can be found in CLO portfolios  – hurting $4.55 billion of US CLO loans, €1.87 billion of European CLO portfolios and almost $80 million of middle market CLOs loans, according to CLO-i

Europe leads corporate credit rally, but US outperforms in CLOs
iTraxx Crossover has been the CDS market's outperformer this week, tightening over 30 basis points, or 11.4%, to trade at 235bp today. But in the CLO market, US deals have come out on top thanks to a BlackRock CLO that priced its double Bs at some of the tightest levels this year

CLO pipeline: LCM switches arranger to complete deal and join issuance surge
Over $3.5 billion of global CLO issuance priced last week and managers in all three CLO markets are taking advantage of tightening spreads across the capital structure after three major covid-19 vaccine breakthroughs and increased confidence since the US presidential election

CLO pipeline: New issuance pause ends as managers look to gain from rallying spreads
It is two and a half weeks since the last US CLO new issue priced, but that is set to change and Bridgepoint’s debut European transaction on Friday brought an end to Europe’s own two-and-a-half-week primary break

US CLO round-up: 23 managers wait in the wings after avoiding pre-election rush
CLO managers rushed to the primary market last week as they sought to lock in financing before the US presidential elections. This resulted in one of the busiest weeks in the primary market with 10 new issues

CLO pipeline: deal flow slows ahead of US election
Only two forthcoming new issue US CLOs have been added to the pipeline this week as the election slowdown hits credit markets. This comes after eight new issue US CLOs and five European CLOs have priced over the last ten days during the pre-election rush

CLO pipeline: fixed income giants plan debut 2.0s with Morgan Stanley
Two large fixed income managers are pre-marketing debut 2.0 CLOs

CLO pipeline: three behemoths prepare for quick-turnaround new issues
CLO managers have printed at a frenetic pace since the start of the quarter with $3.36 billion of issuance across all CLO markets and pricing types

Global CLO round-up: fresh start for five year deals as market reopens
The CLO market is still producing deals at a good pace, with $2.6 billion of global issuance last week. Four new issue deals priced in the US with Intermediate Capital Group and NYL Investors pricing their first transactions of the year while CVC Credit Partners made it two and Barings three in 2020

CLO pipeline: primary tightening opens door for CLO managers to print new issues
The CLO primary market is hitting a fast pace as it enters the last quarter of 2020. Last week brought a surge of new issuance as 11 US, two European and one mid market CLO manager priced their latest transactions

CLO pipeline: managers prepare to end quarter with a bang
CLO issuance is showing no signs of slowing down as spreads continue to grind tighter and election day draws ever closer