Deutsche Bank hires in syndication as it looks to bounce back in CLOs
Deutsche Bank has re-affirmed its commitment to CLO issuance with Colin Parkhill joining later this year as head of European ABS and CLO syndication in London, and the bank lining up several mandates

Beneath the triple C: CLOs get their sneakers on as retailers run into bankruptcy
July added further relief to CLO portfolios with the slowest rate of downgrades to triple C since March. US CLO portfolios faced downgrades of $2.18 billion to triple C while European portfolios faced just €59.13 million of such downgrades

US CLO managers show they are quite partial to refis as Aegon prices
Cedar Funding V has become the ninth US CLO to refinance its debt in the last month as part of a wave of partial refinancings

MUFG refis fixed rate tranches in two US CLOs
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group refinanced fixed rate tranches in CLOs managed by CBAM and Invesco yesterday

CLO managers turn out pre-covid warehouses by splitting them in half
CLO managers are working through their backlog of hung warehouses that were ramped before the coronavirus crash by splitting their deals in half, according to market sources

AGL again becomes largest US CLO issuer by volume since pandemic sell-off
AGL Credit Management has cemented its position at the top of the 2020 US CLO new issue league tables for the second time in as many weeks, overtaking Redding Ridge Asset Management after pricing AGL CLO 7 on Monday

Global CLO b-wic round-up: Palmer Square sets highest cover as double B curve inverts
Palmer Square and MJX set the CLO secondary market trading range, but pickings in Europe were the slimmest they have been in almost five months

Another CLO ETF emerges as Alternative Access unveils senior tranche fund
You wait ages for one CLO exchange-traded fund to emerge and then two come along at once: Alternative Access Funds has launched AAF First Priority CLO Bond ETF, which will take exposure to triple A-rated US CLO tranches

US CLO manager to dance to its own tune with breakthrough CLO equity fund
A large US CLO manager is on the verge of a first close for a fund that will invest in the majority of its CLOs, ending its reliance on third-party CLO equity investors

CLO pipeline: AGL aims high as it prepares fifth new issue of 2020
US CLO managers are sensing opportunities in the CLO market either via new issue CLOs or by refinancing the fixed-rate tranches in their legacy deals

Mid market CLO league tables: Owl Rock rolls past Golub for new issue lead
Owl Rock Capital Advisors priced its third new issue mid market CLO of the year, and its second since the coronavirus pandemic last month, but with a twist

US CLO league tables: refis return as Apollo and Citi maintain leads
US CLO monthly issuance rose above $8 billion in July for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc across the globe

CLOs at a glance: managers show creative side to price new issues

Acis CLO fights back against risk retention financier
A 2014 US CLO which was part of the acrimonious split between asset managers Acis Capital Management and Highland Capital Management has become the centre of a dispute stemming from a risk retention financing agreement signed in 2018

Fieldwood slips into second bankruptcy as CLOs hold $314 million
CLO managers hold $314.5 million of oil and gas drilling company Fieldwood Energy, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy yesterday for the second time in two years 

US CLO single Bs reach post-crisis tights despite rating pressure
US CLO single Bs are trading at their tightest levels since the coronavirus pandemic outbreak and ,while these bonds make up a tiny slice of the market, more and more instances of single B b-wics are ocurring

CLOs hold $600 million of bankrupt retailer Tailored Brands
Tailored Brands has become the latest US retailer to file for Chapter 11 as a result of the coronavirus-induced pandemic. 37 US CLO managers hold $588.9 million in term loans of the Houston-headquartered firm,

Global CLO b-wic round-up: secondary CLOs rally but dispersion persists
The US CLO secondary market rallied, and spreads compressed last week, but there are still several outliers

Majority equity in BlueMountain US CLO goes up for sale
A majority of the equity in BlueMountain CLO 2018-1 is up for sale tomorrow in a sign that Assured Guaranty could be following through on its plan to change its CLO manager’s issuance model

New asset management firm in Los Angeles acquires rights to 2014 CLO
The CLO management contracts for a 2014 CLO managed by Tortoise Credit Strategies has tranferred to Los Angeles-based manager Ducenta Squared Asset Management

Eaton Vance prices in line with price talk with first CLO in 15 months
Eaton Vance returned to the CLO primary market on Wednesday with its first new issue deal in 15 months

Single A CLO investors fight volatility as market widens
Two single A-rated CLO tranches appear on a b-wic due at 1pm New York time Tuesday, after investors in the volatile rating band faced another week of widening spreads

CLO pipeline: Redding Ridge plans fourth US CLO since March
Last week proved to be one of the busiest weeks of the primary CLO market since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, with $5.21 billion worth of new paper issuance coming through: eight US CLOs, one middle market deal and three euro CLOs

Eaton Vance embarks on annual foray into primary with upcoming CLO
Eaton Vance, one of the most patient issuers in the US CLO market, is marketing its first deal since April 2019, with senior notes guided at market tights

Owl Rock swoops inside Golub triple-As with first lien-only CLO
Owl Rock Capital has priced a first lien-only middle market CLO, via Société Générale