US league tables: CBAM tops US CLO rankings after meteoric rise
Just over a year ago, New York-based CBAM Partners commenced operations amid much fanfare. Fast forward 12 months and the asset manager has delivered on its promise, with Creditflux data showing that the firm was the largest CLO issuer of 2017

CLO market opens for business as BMO prices first deal of 2018
Despite hazardous weather conditions affecting the US east coast, the CLO market is open for business in 2018

Price talk tightens for forthcoming MidOcean CLO
Price talk for MidOcean Credit's forthcoming CLO deal has tightened since premarketing information was previously reported by Creditflux

Los Angeles manager hires JP Morgan for debut CLO
Specialist energy asset manager Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors is set to launch its debut US CLO this year having hired a senior portfolio manager and raised a risk retention vehicle

Points up front: zombie managers near extinction
The long-term nature of CLOs means the market tends to have a large number of zombie managers, those with one or two deals outstanding but no plans for future issuance. However, a spate of redemptions, especially in Europe, has swept away some of the ghostly deadwood.

Fitch rating outlook: CLO spread compression to continue in 2018
Spreads on new broadly syndicated loan (BSL) CLO notes rated AAA down to BBB will be further squeezed in 2018

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US CLO debt tranches trade at a premium in secondary market
CLO secondary market in 2018 opens with four positions trading at a premium

LCM prices its third 2017 CLO to keep triple A spreads stay below 110bp
The manager hired Morgan Stanley to arrange its fifth transaction in the CLO market this year

Ellington earns investor support for high-spread CLO strategy
Ellington priced its second CLO and the firm seems to be have support for its novel approach to launching CLOs

New York manager teams with Citi to price its fourth new issue CLO of 2017
The manager made its 14th CLO transaction of the year yesterday, according to market sources

CVP brings its CLO AUM over $2 billion following latest deal
The manager priced its fifth new issue CLO on Friday, bringing its CLO AUM to $2.13 billion

MidOcean to set sail into 2018 with its eighth new issue CLO
MidOcean Credit Partner plans to begin the new year by pricing its eighth new issue CLO

Former CLO trader joins risk retention specialist Nearwater
A well-known CLO specialist has joined a fast-growing outfit which has $500 million to put to work in CLO risk retention

Voya targets triple As and triple Bs in US CLO refi
Voya Alternative Asset Management has refinanced two tranches of one of its CLOs, cutting the cost of debt by 50 basis points

US manager prices its second CLO transaction of the year
The manager has priced its second CLO transaction of 2017, teaming up with Mizuho Securities to price a $471.5 million refi

BlueMountain seals 2017's tightest new issue CLO triple A print by fractions
BlueMountain's new US CLO has the tightest triple A print by just 0.13 basis points

Two US managers ride short-term CLO reset wave
Two US managers have priced short-dated CLO resets, joining the ranks of managers pricing short term CLO paper with low funding costs

CIFC resets 2012 CLO with triple As pricing at 80bp
CIFC made its 13th CLO transaction in the US CLO market this year yesterday, resetting CIFC Funding 2012-II, according to market sources

US boutique to launch fund of funds investing in CLOs and alternatives
The asset and wealth management RIA firm is establishing an alternatives fund of funds to be launched in 2018, according to market sources

Crescent prices $427.83 million short-term CLO reset
The manager priced its fifth transaction in the US CLO market this year yesterday

New Jersey manager shaves 21bp off 2017's US CLO reset tights
The manager priced its triple As at just 82 basis points over Libor, according to market sources

CSAM prices CLO with second lowest cost of debt following a refi
The manager has completed its 19th CLO transaction of the year

US CLO debutant to make spectacular move into European CLOs
A fund manager that priced its first US CLO just months ago has started working on its debut European CLO

Investcorp prices US CLO triple As at 69bp following refi
Investcorp priced its 13th CLO transaction of the year on Friday