Keep calm and buy corporate loans
Calm heads prevailed in 2018. Markets were volatile and risk retention was supposed to cause problems, but there was no need to panic and volumes went on to break records set in 2014

HPS targets CLOs with new fund
The New York-based manager has raised nearly $100 million for its second opportunistic CLO fund, according to SEC filings

HPS takes leaf from Ellington's CLO book with 50% triple C bucket
HPS Investment Partners has priced its inaugural high-triple C bucket CLO via Citi

HPS markets CLO via Citi with 50% triple C bucket
HPS Investment Partners is set to become the largest manager to date to launch a CLO with a 50% triple C allowance

HPS prices first five-year CLO of the month
HPS Investment Partners has priced a $517 million reset of its 2015 deal named HPS Loan Management 5-2015

Fair Oaks acquires control equity position in new US CLO
Fair Oaks Capital has acquired a control equity position in a new US CLO managed by HPS Investment Partners, according to a stock exchange announcement

Deutsche Bank's CLO desk wins new client after pricing HPS deal
Deutsche Bank has issued its first CLO transaction in partnership with HPS Investment Partners

Neuberger's Dyal acquires minority stake in HPS
Dyal Partners, a division of Neuberger Berman, has acquired a minority equity stake in global credit manager HPS Investment Partners

HPS prices $458.75 million CLO reset via Goldman
HPS Investment Management priced a $458.75 million CLO reset on Friday

HPS set to add junior triple As to 2016 CLO in $515.98 million reset
HPS has mandated Goldman Sachs to reset its $515.98 million CLO, HSP Loan Management 8-2016, according to a presale report from Standard and Poor’s

HPS gets off the mark with first new issue CLO of the year
HPS Investment Partners priced its first new issue deal of the year yesterday in a $510.55 million transaction arranged by Bank of America Merrill Lynch

B-wic round-up: above par bids flood in for CLO double Bs
$401.43 million worth of CLO paper was available via b-wics last week out of which $378.23 million (94.2%) traded, according to CLO-i

US CLO round-up: Unfazed by risk retention uncertainty, a busy market tests reissue and L-shape trends
Qualms about the future of risk retention regulations have not impeded a busy week in primary market CLOs, with managers dabbling in reissues, L-shaped deals and shorter non-calls

Goldman Sachs prices first CLO reset since risk retention verdict
A New York manager has priced its second CLO reset of the year via Goldman Sachs

US CLO round-up: spreads tighten as investors get comfortable with cushions
2018 is off to a promising start with the US CLO market having produced $7.0 billion of issuance

CLO reset spreads tighten as HPS knocks 4bp off last year's tights
HPS Investment Partners has priced its first CLO transaction of the year

CLO tranche investor follows colleagues to HPS for structured credit build out
According to market sources, an experienced CLO buyer has moved to HPS Investment Partners

HPS sets new benchmark for CLO triple A pricing after resetting 2014 deal
Senior US CLO spreads continue to grind tighter with HPS Investment Partners yesterday resetting a 2014 deal and in the process achieving a 118 basis point print on its triple As

Ares and KKR score five-year resets for US CLOs
Amid a burst of US CLO new issue activity, Friday saw two relatively rare five-year resets

RBC captures the imagination with syndicated CLO vertical strips
RBC’s novel approach to CLO risk retention financing has earned plaudits, with arrangers, managers and investors alike commending the bank for creating a securitised vertical strip

RBC CLO team gets set for billion-dollar day this week
RBC is gearing up to price two US CLO deals on Thursday, totalling over $1 billion, according to market sources.

RBC gets to work on first CLO of 2017 after winning new manager client
RBC Capital Markets has won a mandate to arrange a US CLO for a new manager client, according to market sources