Global CLO trading lab: bank sells $834 million triple As in quarterly reallocation as hedge fund trades CLO equity
Thursday’s secondary CLO market was the busiest of 2021, with over $1 billion of US CLOs on offer. This featured an enormous b-wic worth $834.3 million, where sources have told Creditflux of the bank behind the aucton. While a large credit hedge fund is said to have sold out of control CLO equity 

BNP Paribas markets Partners European CLO new issue and PGIM reset
BNP Paribas is marketing a new issue European CLO managed by Partners Group and PGIM’s reset of its 2018 vintage deal Dryden 69, according to market sources

European CLO manager of the year PGIM strikes while the iron is hot as it markets new issue
One week after bringing home two prestigious awards at the Creditflux 2021 Manager Awards, PGIM is on the road marketing its latest new issue European CLO

CLO pipeline: four US and two European managers prepare first 2021 CLOs
The CLO market is set to carry on roaring with the pipeline as full as ever despite the summer slowdown just around the corner  

Siaci €202 million loan to leave CLOs after merger as new debt guided in low 400s
Burrus has outlined price talk on an €850 million loan backing its acquisition and merger with Siaci, a popular CLO credit

CLO investors don Euribor caps to hedge rising rates
Euribor-capped tranches have made a comeback in European CLOs, with AIG and PGIM understood to be behind them. Sources say PGIM has been investing in triple A-rated tranches, while AIG has taken on double-A rated tranches

PGIM opts for short-dated reset of 2017 European CLO
PGIM has opted for a short-dated reset on its 2017 European CLO, Dryden 52

Global CLO league tables - May 2021 YTD
Global CLO league tables - May 2021 YTD

European CLO managers bake in triple C flexibility
Three European CLO managers are understood to have embedded language in post-covid CLO documentation that affords them flexibility in managing triple Cs, according to market sources

CLO pipeline: queue gets longer as Blackstone goes again and Sancus makes first move
The queue to price for US CLO managers is only getting larger with 18 new issue CLOs in the pipeline, according to market sources, along with 18 repricings and two new issue European CLOs and two mid market CLO resets

CLO PM set to leave PGIM ahead of move to London-based manager
A London-based mid-sized CLO manager has hired an official from PGIM 

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

Global CLO league tables - April 2021 YTD
Global CLO league tables - April 2021 YTD

Record-breaking Apollo and Blackstone European CLOs make first distributions
Two 2020 CLOs managed by Blackstone Credit and Redding Ridge (Apollo) that set equity cover records in the secondary CLO market earlier this year have made their first payments

CLO triple As leak wider but mezz comes in as Carlyle, PGIM and KKR price Euro new issues
CLO heavyweights Carlyle, KKR and PGIM all took to the primary market on Friday pricing a total of €1.22 billion issuance

CLO pipeline: go long! new issues and resets push refis aside
The CLO market is ready to go beyond refinancings - after this year's opening blitz of those deals - into the longer tenored territory of resets and new issues

CLO pipeline: Deutsche Bank and Carlson hit comeback trail
The CLO market is preparing to be very active in the coming weeks, as the issuance slow-down is set to be in the rear view mirror

CLO managers eye bonds as short-dated loan universe shrinks
European CLO managers that focus on bonds say they had flexibility in the first quarter as the new issue loan pipeline ramped up

Triple Bs diverge and loan tranches increase as KKR and PGIM reset CLOs
KKR and PGIM have become the latest managers to reset European CLOs

CLO pipeline: busy year, so let's take time to reset
The US CLO market this year has been dominated by new issues and refinancings, but now is the time of the reset judging by this week’s pipeline

Sterling-heavy loan b-wic points to PGIM CLO
A £233 million-equivalent portfolio of bids wanted in competition (B-wic) on loans, comprising £177 million worth of sterling paper and €65 million of euro paper, is almost identical to collateral of PGIM’s Dryden 63 GBP CLO 2018

European CLO leverage hits double-figures
European CLO leverage has increased this year, from an average of 9.4 debt-to-equity in 2020 to 10.3 times in 2021, according to Creditflux data.

European CLO repricings top €8 billion in 2021 as Ares and PGIM rework deals
Ares and PGIM printed two repricings of European CLOs  on Wednesday, taking year-to-date volume to €8.29 billion

PGIM resets Dryden 44 and switches from six-month to three-month Euribor
JP Morgan has arranged the reset of PGIM's 2016 vintage Dryden 44, switching paying liabilities from semi-annual basis to quarterly