Global CLO trading lab: Payments season prompts equity to surge but short-dated bonds trade low
Over the last two weeks, $2.8 billion of US CLOs and €640 million of European CLO paper have appeared on b-wics, with equity making up 33% and 40% of the respective markets

Credit funds at a glance (February 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Credit funds at a glance (January 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Apollo breaks into CLO co-placement agent role on first Euro third-party deal
Apollo has typically served as co-placement on its own Redding Ridge European CLOs, but on Thursday was co-placement agent on a HPS European CLO new issue

CLO managers join forces as they line up behind SFDR
A plethora of European CLO managers have teamed up with regulatory reporting provider FinDox to form a working group focused on Sustainable Financial Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), sources tell Creditflux.

Credit funds at a glance (October 2021)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

2019 CLO refis still on agenda as HPS reworks European deal
HPS Investment Partners has become the latest manager to partially refinance a 2019 European CLO, Aqueduct European CLO 2019-3

European CLO weekly volume passes €4 billion as HPS resets former Bardin Hill deal
European CLO weekly volume rose to over €4 billion on Friday, with HPS Investment Partners rounding off the week

CLOs at a glance (July 2021)
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month

HPS reworks Bardin Hill European CLO for first time since acquisition
HPS Investment Partners has refinanced a 2019 European CLO formerly managed by Bardin Hill

HPS inserts loan tranche in European CLO reset
European CLO loan tranches have made another appearance as HPS Investment Partners' resets a 2019 European CLO, Aqeuduct European CLO 2019-3

Global CLO pricing lab: let’s all point at that 108bp print while spreads leak out
The tsunami of CLO paper coming to market is the biggest technical factor causing spreads to widen, according to sources

Points up front: Waterway to name and brand your CLO
When taking over a CLO launched by another firm, CLO managers face a dilemma: how do you re-brand it so it’s clear it’s one of your CLOs, but not so much that it fudges your personal track record? Well, HPS Investment Partners has found a neat balance

Global CLO pricing lab: investors get over fatigue and embrace reset roll over
The demand for CLOs is showing no signs of slowing down after the market had experienced some fatigue at the end of the first quarter and into the second. In the last two weeks, there have been 47 CLO transactions across all forms of pricing in the three markets; led by 18 US CLO new issues

Bardin Hill sells European CLO business to HPS with head Snyder set to retire
Bardin Hill Investment Partners has sold its European CLO platform to HPS Investment Partners

European CLO portfolio manager jumps ship to HPS
A London-based European CLO portfolio manager has moved to HPS Investment Management

HPS refis European CLO triple As at 64bp with six months of reinvestment left
HPS Investment Partners has refinanced its inaugural European CLO, Aqueduct European CLO 2017-1

Goldman markets refinancing of HPS's debut European CLO
Goldman Sachs is marketing a refinancing of HPS Investment Partners’ debut European CLO 

LP round up: Monroe and Angelo Gordon beat 25 for direct lending mandate, as private credit plans brew
US public pension funds have disclosed $1.2 billion in commitments to credit focused strategies

Credit fundraising: Dubai manager gets in on the act as direct lending takes off
Shuaa launches credit fund in the Gulf as Ares, Contingency, HPS and Perceptive are among those to close billion-plus funds

Euro CLO league tables: Apollo blasts its way to top spot
July marked the largest month of European CLO issuance since coronavirus pandemic-induced volatility hit financial markets

Double As reach 200bp as HPS prices European CLO
HPS Investment Partners has priced its inaugural European CLO of 2020 via BNP Paribas, achieving market tights across nearly all parts of the capital stack

HPS markets largest European post-covid CLO via BNPP
HPS Investment Partners has returned to the European CLO market after 14 months' hiatus, marketing the largest European post-covid CLO transaction

LP round up: horseshoe does the trick for Pimco and other distressed managers
Institutional investors poured $2.7 billion into credit this week through 14 managers, according to board documentation seen by Creditflux

HPS CLO warehouse hit by downgrade as it reaches 8.34% triple C assets
CLO warehouses have been hit with an increasing number of triple C assets in their portfolio. And those in one CLO warehouse managed by HPS increased from 0.5% in March to 8.34% by May