BNP Paribas makes it two US refis in a week
BNP Paribas has priced a deal for PGIM, following on from Monday’s refi of Valley Stream Park CLO

PGIM's latest CLO is tightest regular new issue of 2023
PGIM priced a new vanilla US CLO named Dryden 102 on Friday with the tightest capital structure of the year

PGIM launches new ETF targeting CLO triple A notes
PGIM has launched its first CLO-focused exchange traded fund targeting investments in triple A debt tranches

PGIM joins pricing rush with second deal this year
The US CLO market didn’t let the 4^th of July holiday slow it down last week, and PGIM’s Dyden 107 is among deals looking to price this week.

PGIM buys majority stake in direct lender Deerpath
PGIM has bought a majority interest in direct lending firm Deerpath Capital Management

Pressure starting to mount as CLO warehouses turn stale
In the US CLO market, deals have been marinating for a long time. That’s to say CLO warehouses – the traditional appetiser before a CLO is served – have been at the prep stage far longer than managers would have originally expected.

CLO portfolio manager parts ways with Hayfin
An experienced figure in the European loan and CLO market has left Hayfin Capital Management in London

RBC keeps up 2023 momentum with new US CLO for PGIM
Royal Bank of Canada has notched up its third US CLO arranging credit of the year 

Credit Rendezvous: Make yourself comfortable, there’s a storm coming
In our Q1 outlook, we speak to Edwin Wilches, PGIM (US CLOs), Mikkel Sckerl and Flemming Dose, Capital Four (European CLOs),  Jim Fitzpatrick, CQS (US loans), Loic Prevot, Polus (European loans), Madelaine Jones, Oaktree (global high yield), Art Penn, Pennant Park (US direct lending), Mattis Poetter, Arcmont (European direct lending), Keerthi Raghavan, Waterfall (structured credit), Ray Costa, Benefit Street (distressed), Grant Webster, Ninety One (Emerging markets), Oumar Diallo, Aeon (real assets) for their views for the upcoming quarter. 

CLO resets poised to return despite wide liability spreads
CLO onlookers are heralding the return of resets in 2023 in a boost to CLO primary market forecasts.

Lights go out for Heritage Power with 120 CLOs left in the dark
US based power plant operator Heritage Power filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in the bankruptcy court of Texas on Tuesday night, impacting $124.45 million of assets held by 120 US CLOs.

PGIM's global CLO chief to become CEO of fixed income in 2024
John Vibert, who oversees PGIM’s global CLO business, has been appointed president and chief executive officer of PGIM's fixed income unit effective January 2024

US CLO league tables: Blackstone and BofA rise above competition in volatile 2022
A tumultuous year in the US CLO market led to total issuance dropping from a record $391.2 billion in 2021 to $134.8 billion in 2022

Euro CLO league tables: Jefferies wins at a canter as fellow newcomer Palmer Square wins in new issues
A year of turmoil in the CLO market inevitably led to European CLO issuance dropping in 2022 from its record 2021

Global 2022 CLO league tables
Global 2022 CLO league tables

LDI funds prepare for return to CLOs and ABS early next year
Liability-driven investment (LDI) strategies that had to sell senior CLO tranches in droves could come back in for CLOs in the early part of 2023, sources say

Global CLO league tables - November 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - November 2022 YTD

Euro CLO league tables: Final whistle beckons in close manager race as Jefferies looks to park the bus
Last month, just shy of €3 billion of European CLO paper was priced in the primary market, the most since March and Russia’s war with Ukraine

European CLO managers trade loans to avoid (par) burn
Between March and July, European CLO managers traded €21 billion of assets within CLOs that were still in their reinvestment period as opportunities arose amid a weaker macro environment and Russia’s war with Ukraine

Fidelity adds European CLO structurer to team from buyside
A European CLO structurer is understood to have left PGIM ahead of a move to Fidelity International, according to market sources

Beneath the triple C: Stormy October hits CLOs with rising tide of downgrades
After a slight respite in the pace of downgrades over the summer for CLOs, October brought renewed momentum as macro-economic pressures - primarily high interest rate burdens for corporate borrowers and supply side inflation - became the recurring rationale

CVC and PGIM add to European CLO new issue surge
CVC and PGIM joined Ares, Neuberger and Oaktree in pricing new issues last week

US CLO league tables: Usual suspects keep market rolling as Citi moves within $1 billion of BofA
October experienced $7.1 billion of US CLO issuance with over half of that priced by the managers that occupy one to eight in the US CLO new issue league tables

Global CLO league tables - October 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - October 2022 YTD

LP round up: two managers terminated as 20 win $2.5 billion
US institutional investors allocated over $2.5 billion to 20 credit managers in October, according to documents seen by Creditflux. Two credit fund managers however were terminated in the month