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

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

SME CLO supremo leaves Be-Spoke for expanding Spanish firm
One of the pioneers behind SME CLOs has left Be-Spoke Capital to join another Spanish lender. He leaves behind the only SME CLO in Europe since the 2008 financial crisis  

WhiteStar to absorb MacKay Shields' European CLO platform
WhiteStar Asset Management has swooped for MacKay Shields’ European CLO business, ending weeks of speculation over the latter’s CLO ambitions and confirming WhiteStar's status as a rising star 

PGIM switches Euro CLO double A tranche from fixed to floating rate with refi
PGIM has refinanced three tranches – the triple As, one double A tranche and triple Bs - of its 2018 European CLO Dryden 66

It's All Relative: CQS, Capital Four and Tikehau look for CLO breakthrough as debutant premiums drop
The number of US CLO issuers in 2021 could be about to reach 106 with Capital Four, CQS and Tikehau looking to price debut deals, with price talk set at ambitious levels

CLO issuance set for big slump as managers relax on Sofr: JP Morgan
CLO new issue supply will likely decline sharply from this month to next, with the rush to complete deals ahead of the transition to Sofr base rates having added to November's historical heavy weighting over December, say JP Morgan structured credit strategists

Credit Suisse beefs up European CLO trading with buy side hire
Credit Suisse has run secondary CLO trading – US and European – out of New York for the past few years. But now it has hired a London-based trader

ICG resets European CLO for third time
Intermediate Capital Group has reset a 2013 European CLO transaction, having initially reset it in 2017, reissued in 2018 and reset the deal in 2018

BofA adds to Euro CLO volume with Permira new issue and Spire triple A refi
Bank of America added €635.6 million to its European CLO arranging volume having priced a new issue for Permira and a partial refi for Spire 

PGIM drops fixed rate triple A tranche in reset
PGIM has paired with BNP Paribas to price the reset of its 2019 European CLO named Dryden 69

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 

Anchorage partially refis Euro CLO with less than year left of reinvestment
Anchorage Capital has opted to partially refinance its debut European CLO, which ends reinvestment in July next year

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

Global CLO trading lab: Seasoned equity prices lag as debt spreads level out
The CLO secondary market took a back seat to the surging primary market in August and September with secondary US CLO volume accounting for just 3.7% and 4.2% of the total US CLO market (primary and secondary volumes). But opportunities are there in CLO equity tranches

Anchorage prints 60th Euro CLO new issue of 2021
Anchorage Capital has priced the 60^th European new issue CLO of 2021, taking new issue volume above €24 billion

CIFC European CLO head leaves on eve of deal pricing
CIFC Asset Management's European chief investment officer has left the firm resulting in two senior US officials plugging the gap on a short-term basis 

2019 CLO refis still on agenda as HPS reworks European deal
HPS Investment Partners has become the latest manager to partially refinance a 2019 European CLO, Aqueduct European CLO 2019-3

CBAM promotes eight to investment committee on fifth anniversary
CBAM Partners has promoted eight people to its investment committee as it marks the five year anniversary of its founding

CLO pipeline: Birch Grove and Fort Washington dish out first 2021 deals as Carlyle goes for sevenths
CLO investors can feast on a range of deals in the new issue market over the next month. 

Blackstone prints Euro CLO reset at wider end of guidance
Blackstone Credit has priced the reset of its European CLO Tymon Park via Goldman Sachs

Global CLO trading lab: Equity supply spikes as investors go long
CLO equity returned to the secondary market in a big way last week, after a month of very little visibility, with $118.3 million of US CLO and €44.9 million of European CLO subordinated notes on sale

NIBC scores tight execution on Euro CLO reset with triple As at 94bp
NIBC has scored tight execution on a reset of North Westerly V, with triple As pricing tighter than other recent new issue deals

Oaktree Euro CLO moves market tighter as Deutsche Bank joins forces with Standard Chartered
European CLO triple As have jumped tighter with Oaktree Capital Management resetting senior notes at 93 basis points, compared to the 96.2bp July average for European CLOs with similar reinvestment profiles