"This is the CLO market’s time to shine and prove it deserves to be a mainstream asset class"
The CLO market shouldn’t fear inflation — in fact, 2022 could be a very good year indeed

I’ll see your 2020 and raise you 2021
Discounted loans, Libor floors and bond flexibility helped make 2021 an even better year for CLO returns than 2020, as US CLOs distributed 15.54% and European CLOs paid 13.93% annualised

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

LSTA adds US CLO specialists Comer and Russell to its board
AGL's Wynne Comer and Morgan Stanley's Rachel Russell are two of four new members of the LSTA's board, replacing four members who have served multiple terms

Two CLO funds launch following at least 20 in 2021
Two US credit managers have kicked off the year by launching funds geared towards investing in CLO tranches

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 

US CLO league tables: Blackstone and Citi win new issues but CSAM and JP Morgan take overall issuance crown
The US CLO market had an extraordinary 2021 with almost $400 billion of overall issuance pricing as records were set for all forms of issuance

Re-issues show their worth after mid market deal morphs into BSL CLO
Re-issues are scarce in the CLO market, but a transaction late last year highlights how managers can use these effectively to make radical CLO transformations

CIFC turns three-year CLO into five-year deal with reset
CIFC has turned its three-year reinvestment deal named CIFC Funding 2014-IV-R into a full five-year transaction with a reset via BNP Paribas

CLO managers show respect to their elders
Alongside lucrative new issues, managers also make time for refinancing and resetting old deals. Our data shows that, in 2021, mid-sized firms were the most effective at this balancing act

BlueBay adds CLO specialist and structured credit PM
BlueBay Asset Management has made two senior hires to its structured credit team in New York

AMMC and Assured refinance CLOs to the tune of $715 million
American Money Management Corporation and Assured Investment Management together refinanced $714.8 million worth of CLO liabilities on Friday

LP round up: CLO fund included in whopping $13 billion of credit allocations in November
Credit took centre stage in November as investors allocated over $13 billion to credit funds in the month, with one pension allocating $50 million for a European CLO risk retention fund 

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

Correction: ArrowMark, Octagon and Trimaran print five-year CLOs
ArrowMark Partners, Octagon Credit Investors and Trimaran Advisors each priced a five-year CLO on Monday

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

Bain and Columbia add $840 million to CLO reset supply
Bain Capital Credit and Columbia Management both reset a legacy CLO on Friday, adding $840 million to total supply

Mid market CLO league tables: deal record breaks as Wells Fargo gains new issue lead
The mid market CLO space had a record-breaking month in November on three counts

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 

AIG scores new personal record after issuing its third CLO in the space of a year
AIG Asset Management priced its third CLO of 2021 on Wednesday, marking the first time it has issued three CLOs in the space of a year following its return to the asset class in 2018

Ex-Citi structured products co-head launches crypto investment firm
Citi's former structured products trading co-head has launched a venture investment firm for crypto companies, digital assets and blockchain protocols with an inaugural $1.5 billion multi-strategy venture

Mount Logan adds junior debt in reset of 2018 mid-market CLO
Mount Logan has reset a Us mid-market CLO it signed in 2018, increasing the size of the deal and shaving the cost of the capital stack and adding junior tranches

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

Golub prices second billion dollar and second-largest CLO of 2021
Golub Capital has priced the second largest CLO of 2021

Tikehau becomes first European CLO manager to enter US market in over three years
Tikehau Capital on Friday became the fifth debut CLO manager in the US this year and the first European manager to issue a US CLO in over three years