CLO managers find safety and return potential in IG
An investment grade bond might not seem the most suitable candidate for a CLO portfolio, but managers are increasingly going up the capital structure as they brace for a recession.

PGIM goes short with new three-year reinvestment CLO
PGIM priced a new CLO on Friday, opting for a shorter-dated structure with a one-year call-lock and three-year reinvestment period

US CLO pipeline: $100bn new issue mark about to be surpassed
Seven US CLO managers join one holdover in the new issue US CLO pipeline this week, as the market bears down on $100 billion of new issuance in 2022

Boston-based investor looks to sell entire equity tranche of 2020 PGIM CLO
An unusual equity position is on sale on the secondary market today at 9.30am EST (2.30pm London time) as the entire equity tranche of Dryden 83 has been listed

Global CLO league tables - August 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - August YTD

US CLO league tables: Citi closes in on BofA’s lead
Despite market slowdown, US CLOs continue to produce steady monthly volumes over the $10 billion mark. July brought an influx of $11.99 billion to the US market from 28 new issue deals

PGIM scores new CLO with five-year reinvestment period
PGIM priced a new $494.3 million CLO on Thursday via Citi named Dryden 104 CLO

PGIM goes for three years of reinvestment with new US CLO
PGIM opted for a shorter three-years of reinvestment on its latest CLO

Global CLO league tables - June 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - June YTD

Can someone call the triple A? We’ve stalled
CLO issuers are in need of AAA roadside assistance. Despite the emergence of new buyers, a lack of senior CLO investors — particularly US banks — has brought the primary market to a halt  

CLOs at a glance (July 2022)
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month
 
 

   

CLO pipeline: large managers defy loan drought to keep market moving
US CLO senior spreads may have blown out to 180-190 basis points over Sofr for five-year deals, and even wider for short-dated new issues, but that will not stop the market from soldiering on

PGIM scores tightest CLO triple A print in two weeks
PGIM priced a new CLO named Dryden 108 on Thursday, scoring the market's tightest triple A print in over two weeks

Global CLO league tables - May 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - May YTD

CSAM does the CLO awards double
Winning the Creditflux Manager of the Year award is a feat in itself. Winning it back-to-back in such different markets is an outstanding achievement — and CSAM can take great pride in it

US CLO league tables: Blackstone gets back to business as it rises to the top
Blackstone is no longer the largest CLO manager globally (it lost that title in March). But it is the most prolific issuer in 2022 

Global CLO league tables - April 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - April YTD

CLOs at a glance (May 2022)
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month
   

PGIM surpasses $2 billion new US CLO volume for 2022
PGIM surpassed $2 billion of US CLO volume for 2022 on Thursday by printing its fourth new transaction

Livermore reveals investment in Blackstone and PGIM CLO equity
US CLO equity investor Livermore Investments Group has been active in the primary market 

Sofr, so complicated
At Creditflux’s US CLO Summit debate centred on Libor and Sofr. Hot topics included tenors, Libor floors being out-of-the money and investors changing their views on spread adjustments

Managers debate ethics of investments in arms makers

Arb work pays off
With day-one arbitrage alone delivering projected CLO cash-on-cash returns of 20-25%, 2021 may have been the best year ever for equity investors — at least until CLO spreads began to widen  

CLOs at a glance (April 2022)
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month  

Global CLO league tables - March 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - March YTD