Seix widens horizons with first Goldman-arranged CLO
Seix Investment Advisors has issued its second new CLO of 2019 named Mountain View CLO XV, according to market sources

Brightwood becomes 132nd active CLO manager of 2019
Brightwood Capital Advisors on Friday became the 132^nd active CLO manager of 2019, after the firm printed a new issue deal backed by loans to middle market companies

Heavyweight investors poised to step up US CLO allocations
CLO issuance in 2020 could be boosted by the return of two of the asset class’s largest historic investors, sources say.

CLOs wrestle back control of the European loan market
The share of European loans bought by CLOs is now larger than those acquired by loan managed accounts and hedge funds, according to a research paper by Barclays.

Carlyle matches 2018 US new issue CLO volume with fourth deal of 2019
Carlyle Group completed its fourth US new issue CLO offering of the year on Friday, according to market sources

US Insurers stress test CLO exposure
Insurer CLO holdings are not a big risk, according to a joint study by the National Association of Insurance Commisioners and the Center for Insurance Policy and Research 

Fortress prices its first CBO of the year
Fortress Investment Group priced its first new issue CBO of the year on Friday via GreensLedge, the lead arranger on the deal, and Natixis

HalseyPoint markets debut deal with single Bs as senior US CLO spreads gap wider
HalseyPoint Asset Management is marketing a debut US CLO, which brings a return to CLO issuance for experienced portfolio managers Lynn Hopton and Yvonne Stevens

Highland Capital Management LP bankruptcy moves to hostile territory
Highland is set to return to the scene of trauma, as its restructuring moves to a Texas bankruptcy court

CLO pipeline: high triple C bucket opens a Gateway to pricing
In less than ideal market conditions, even experienced CLO managers are learning new tricks to keep the pipeline full. Of the 11 US new CLOs that appear in the pipeline this week, two are high triple C bucket transactions

Former DFG CLO head resurfaces at Silver Rock
CLO specialist Tim Milton has landed at Silver Rock Financial, it has emerged

Crescent swoops into mid market CLOs with 'reverse-sequential' ramp-up strategy
Crescent Capital Group is launching its debut CLO backed by middle market loans and has opted to use an unusual ramp-up tactic

Global CLO b-wic round-up: Junior mezz covers return while triple A supply drives big week
Narrowing of the bid-ask gap that has plagued junior mezzanine tranches could bring a change of fortunes in the US CLO secondary market 

Conservative approach pays off as Kayne Anderson issues tight CLO triple Bs
US loan managers that run conservative portfolios are being rewarded in the primary CLO market with tighter junior debt financing

CLO managers brace themselves for Acosta bankruptcy
CLOs hold $402.5 million exposure to Acosta, a sales and marketing agency that is looking likely to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy soon. A total of $163.7 million of Acosta’s term loan left the hands of CLOs in 2019

Alcentra prices second consecutive short-tenor US CLO
Alcentra has stuck to its guns by pricing its second consecutive new US CLO with a short reinvestment period, shunning the market standard five-years to price a two-year deal

Churchill splits double Bs for first mid market CLO in two years
Churchill Asset Management has priced its first middle market CLO of the year in a transaction which underlines how lower-rated CLO debt tranches are increasingly being carved up into senior and junior pieces

Mid market CLO league tables: springing back into life after September drought
After a September hiatus, three managers returned to mid market CLOs in October to bring issuance back on track as monthly volume exceeded $1 billion for the sixth time this year

GSO completes 12th CLO transaction of 2019 as junior spreads edge wider
It has been, by the firm's own standards, a slow year for the largest CLO manager globally, but nevertheless GSO Capital Partners has completed 12 transactions in 2019

BlackRock’s first mid-market CLO to be managed by experienced team acquired from Tennenbaum in 2018
BlackRock is on track to become the latest manager to start issuing CLOs backed by loans to middle market companies.

Fidelity issues first three-year CLO since June
Fidelity has brought a CLO with a three-year reinvestment period, the first new issue deal with this shorter duration to come to the US market since June

PGIM launches US CLO with unfunded double Bs
To double B or not to double B, that is the question as PGIM issues an unfunded double B-rated note as part of Dryden 80 CLO, a new issue deal which priced on Friday via Bank of America

MidOcean ends 15-month break from new issue CLOs after making big hires
Having made two key hires in the last few months, MidOcean Credit Partners has priced its first new issue US CLO since July 2018

Few CLOs charred by Murray bankruptcy
25 CLO managers hold  $389.6 million exposure to the debt of coal company Murray Energy Holdings, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the Southern District of Ohio on Tuesday, according to the latest trustee reports from CLO-i   

CLO syndication head exits BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas' head of US CLO syndication has parted ways with the bank, according to market sources, ending an eight-year stay at the firm