US CLO league tables: BofA takes a big leap ahead
It has been a slow start to the year for the US CLO market, which has so far welcomed $33.42 billion worth of issuance – the second lowest in the last five years. But Bank of America is taking big strides

BNP Paribas AM claims debtholder agreement means US CLO 'default' was avoided
BNP Paribas Asset Management has disputed the downgrade to D, by S&P Global, of two junior debt tranches in its 2014 US CLO known as BNPP IP CLO 2014-1

Credit Suisse braves market turmoil to print CLOs for Nuveen and Onex
Credit Suisse has maintained its CLO issuance amid market turmoil by printing transactions for Onex Credit Management and Nuveen Asset Management

US banks' exposure to triple A-rated CLO paper climbs 84%
US banks held $170 billion of CLO paper at the end of 2021 – a massive increase of $72 billion from the end of 2020, according to Bank of America research

Want an upsize with that reset?: Golub follows Ivy Hill with mid market CLO
Golub Capital made it two mid market CLO resets in two days by reworking its 2016 CLO, Golub 30 (M)-R, and upsizing the deal by $196.4 million from the original size

CLO pipeline: deals come in two by two hurrah! hurrah!
It is raining CLOs in February and some issuers are preparing for the deluge by printing deals at the double

Global CLO trading lab: Payments season prompts equity to surge but short-dated bonds trade low
Over the last two weeks, $2.8 billion of US CLOs and €640 million of European CLO paper have appeared on b-wics, with equity making up 33% and 40% of the respective markets

Franklin makes it back to CLOs as parent company looks to issue through two channels
Franklin Advisers has made a return to CLO management after 10 years in a deal arranged by JP Morgan

CLO pipeline: US manager base poised to hit 119 and Europe 57
The CLO market is open to newcomers as both the US and European are set to welcome first time CLO issuers – BlueBay Asset Management in the US and Acer Tree Investment Management in Europe

Invesco tightens triple As to 130bp with its second largest CLO
Invesco priced a new US CLO on Wednesday with the triple A notes paying 130 basis points over Sofr

CLO pipeline: biggest managers come to market as Rockford Tower sets sight on CBO
The Sofr-era of CLOs is well and truly upon us judging by the pipeline, with 14 US CLO managers marketing their first Sofr CLOs. and six European CLO managers are locked in a race to bring the first new issue of 2022

CBAM goes on block with parent Eldridge exploring 'strategic options': Bloomberg
Eldridge Industries is said to be considering selling a stake of its $15 billion credit unit CBAM Partners, according to a report by Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter

Timber! Boutique US CLO manager looks to offload deal to Benefit Street
A boutique US CLO manager is set to offload collateral management rights for its 2014 US CLO to Benefit Street 

Dam breaks as first fully Sofr-CLOs shed light on price discovery
AB, Palmer Square Capital Management and New York Life Investment Management on Friday became the first CLO managers of deals with a full capital stack linked to Libor replacement rate Sofr, shedding light on the price discovery process after weeks of speculation

BlackRock and Irradiant refinance legacy CLOs
BlackRock and Irradiant Partners each refinanced a legacy CLO on Thursday

Barings prices short-dated reset of 2016 CLO
Barings priced a reset of Barings 2016-II last night, according to market sources, and opted for a short-dated 2.1 year reinvestment period

Goldman hires veteran CLO structurer to boost US business
Goldman Sachs has hired a well known CLO structurer to its operations in New York

US CLO pipeline: Carlyle and Blackstone aim for CLO-a-month 2021 as BlackRock goes for baker's quadruple
The Thanksgiving holiday has not dampened the US CLO market’s appetite as a flurry of deals are set to price in the next couple of weeks. That includes 18 new deals, 11 resets and seven refinancings in the US

Treasury desk lists $818 million b-wic as hedge fund looks to offload control CLO equity in bumper day
State Street once again listed over $800 million of US CLO triple A bonds on Tuesday, having sold $834 million of triple A paper last month

CLO managers refi $1.7 billion across four deals
Four CLO managers refinanced legacy deals on Tuesday, for a total $1.7 billion

Ares and Wellfleet partially refi legacy CLOs
Ares Management and Wellfleet Credit Partners partially refinanced a legacy CLO each Wednesday night via Goldman Sachs and Citi, respectively

CLO resets drive equity returns to highest in five years: JP Morgan
Equity investors in US CLOs are earning, on average, the biggest returns of the past five years, finds JP Morgan – with deals reset this year having done most to raise the numbers

Muzinich secures "substantial equity commitment" for new CLO platform
Muzinich’s CLO ambitions – reported by Creditflux late on Wednesday – are being supported by equity capital, both internally and through investors

Nuveen and Sixth Street turn CLO reset attention to older deals
Nuveen and Sixth Street both reset an older vintage CLO on Friday, with the two managers reworking $850 million worth of legacy transactions

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