Global CLO b-wic round-up: Junior mezz covers return while triple A supply drives big week
Narrowing of the bid-ask gap that has plagued junior mezzanine tranches could bring a change of fortunes in the US CLO secondary market 

The ideal home for a loan

PGIM becomes first CLO manager to price 12 transactions in 2019
PGIM has priced a €412.38 million new issue CLO via Citi named Dryden 73 Euro CLO 2018, becoming the first CLO manager to complete 12 transactions globally this year

Kroll fires back at ‘factual errors’ in WSJ CLO rating report
Kroll Bond Rating Agency has hit back at the Wall Street Journal article that suggested the firm gives higher ratings to CLOs than its competitors

Euro CLO round-up: debt investors own the floor as tempo picks up
It was one of those rare weeks in Europe when volumes surpassed the much larger US CLO market and, to cap it all off, spreads made a big jump tighter.

PGIM scores Europe's tightest CLO print of 2019 as resets make a comeback
PGIM yesterday reset its 2016 CLO named Dryden 48 via BNP Paribas, according to market sources, scoring the European market’s tightest triple A print of the year at 101 basis points over Euribor

PGIM's euro credit research head joins former colleague at Angelo Gordon
PGIM’s head of European credit research has joined Angelo Gordon

CLO pipeline: Golub and Sound Point to cement positions among market leaders
Last week there were nine CLOs priced in the US market, including four broadly syndicated loan new issues and two middle market new issues, whereas there was no issuance in Europe. The CLO action over the next few weeks is again weighted towards the US, according to market sources

PGIM to join exclusive list of managers to reset, rather than refi, a euro CLO
PGIM is set to join the small but growing list of managers to reset a European CLO this year, as the manager teams up with BNP Paribas to bring a reset of Dryden 48 Euro CLO

Global CLO b-wic round-up: 71% of equity positions trade as supply picks up
The European and US secondary CLO market took a step back this week as the primary CLO generated $7.8 billion of deal flow globally

CLOs at a glance

Global b-wic round-up: Short-dated CLO paper hits the market
Last week brought over $800 million of b-wics listed in the US CLO secondary market for the first time this month, with around 10% being paper that had a reinvestment period that ended in 2019.

European managers find tight debt execution by refinancing once more
PGIM and Carlyle Group joined the growing list of CLO managers to refinance in Europe since the seven-month refinancing drought was brought to an end last month – and these managers are enjoying tight debt execution on their liabilities

Managers slide down term curve
PGIM and Voya were among managers issuing short dated deals in the first quarter. These CLOs, along with a surge in b-wics, kept up the supply of short dated paper as refinancings fell away

CLO pipeline: refinancings to make a comeback
CLO refinancings look set to continue their recent surge in the US CLO market, with another five refinancings and two resets appearing in the pipeline.

European CLO volumes reach €10 billion in 2019 as PGIM prices
The deal also features three fixed-rate tranches 

CLO pipeline: managers seek to return as others arrive, after testing Q1
With the first quarter of 2019 now in the books, the CLO market looks to be continuing where it left off.

PGIM markets new European CLO with Deutsche Bank
PGIM is back in the European CLO primary market after five months, with the manager marketing a new issue deal named Dryden 69 Euro CLO 2018

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

Euro CLO league tables: New issues dominate in record-breaking year
The European CLO market bloomed to the fullest in 2018 and new issue volumes broke all records as €27.59 billion of new paper entered the market. Including all forms of refinancings, 2018 volumes reached €43.68 billion – just €2.05 billion short of 2017’s figures

PGIM gets its kicks on Dryden 66 European CLO
PGIM has brought its sixth European CLO of the year, pricing the €411 million Dryden 66 via Credit Suisse, according to market sources. The transaction’s €238 million triple-A tranche hit the tight end of recent European deals at a coupon of Libor plus 96bp

Updated, upgraded and ready to launch
Whether it’s a software update or a full-blown upgrade to a newer model, CLO technology is advancing fast, with Be-Spoke and Ellington the latest to launch new types of securitisations

Euro CLO league tables: PGIM climbs to the top after sterling effort
PGIM is leading 2018 European CLO manager rankings. Its recent deals include a sterling-denominated CLO and a reset of a 2014 deal

Global CLO round-up: buttermilk-shakes things up as CLO spreads go everywhere
Ahead of the US Labor Day weekend, CLO issuers have been grafting away with $6.5 billion pricing across the US market through 11 deals

PGIM prices €379 million CLO reset via Barclays
PGIM has priced its first CLO reset in Europe of 2018, marking its fifth transaction on the continent and 15th globally this year