Global CLO pricing lab: let’s all point at that 108bp print while spreads leak out
The tsunami of CLO paper coming to market is the biggest technical factor causing spreads to widen, according to sources

European CLO manager pushes for platform sale
A boutique European CLO manager has become the latest to look at placing its platform up for sale

Euro refi CLO triple As hit 78bp - 1bp wider than 5yr deal in March
Cairn Capital partially refinanced its 2018 European CLO Cairn CLO X, highlighting the widening trend in triple As but tightening in mezz refi notes

S&P caps ratings for US CLOs through to end of August amid heavy supply
S&P Ratings will limit its acceptance of new US CLOs for rating through to the end of August as it models $120 billion of new issue supply in the US for 2021

Mid market CLO league tables: BlackRock takes new issuance lead with unusual deal via Morgan Stanley
BlackRock became the third mid market CLO manager to price two new issues this year and in doing so took the lead from Golub Capital in mid market CLO new issue league tables

No labels mean CLO triple As refuse to budge as mezz rallies
Senior European CLO spreads are stuck in the mid 80s as mezzanine tranches rally, with market participants bemoaning the lack of depth in the triple A investor base relative to ABS products

US CLO managers with eye on Europe opt for risk retention
The US CLO market celebrated as domestic risk retention requirements were overturned in February 2018, but issuers are increasingly taking down 5% of their CLOs voluntarily with a view to satisfying European risk retention rules

CLO managers syndicate equity as arb is finally attractive
Some CLO managers have forgone majority equity holders in the past month, opting instead to syndicate first-loss tranches to between four and six minority investors

Bain passes €1 billion mark for Euro CLO 2021 volume with new issue
-Bain Capital Credit has taken its 2021 European CLO volume to over €1 billion in pricing its latest new issue, Bain Capital Euro CLO 2021-1

"Fat" triple Bs come to mid market CLOs via Maranon
"Fat" triple Bs have arrived in middle market CLOs after Maranon Capital reset its 2018 deal Maranon Loan Funding 2018-1 via Wells Fargo on Monday

GoldenTree refis irregular 2012 CLO
GoldenTree Loan Management refinanced the double A notes of its irregular CLO named GoldenTree Credit Opps 2012-1

CLO pipeline: queue gets longer as Blackstone goes again and Sancus makes first move
The queue to price for US CLO managers is only getting larger with 18 new issue CLOs in the pipeline, according to market sources, along with 18 repricings and two new issue European CLOs and two mid market CLO resets

CLOs bask in 'golden period' as industry approaches $1 trillion market cap
The economic rebound following the reopening US economy has created a 'golden period' for the CLO market, market participants say

Alcentra's global CLO fund closes at $484 million and over 50% deployed
Alcentra has closed its fourth global CLO fund, Alcentra Structured Credit Opportunities Fund IV, at $484 million

Redding Ridge cuts triple C exposure with reset of debut CLO
Redding Ridge Asset Management reset its 2018 CLO RR 1 on Friday, cutting its Moody's Caa concentration from 8.9% to 3.03%, and its S&P CCC concentration from 10.1% to just 3.54% in the process

Voya picks its spots with rework of triple As and triple Bs in unusual US CLO refi
Voya Investment Management has executed an unusual CLO refi transaction that cuts the spreads on just the triple A and triple B notes of a 2018 deal named Voya CLO 2018-4

Sound Point cuts US CLO funding costs by 13.38bp with refi
Sound Point Capital Management teamed up with Barclays on Thursday to print a $381 million refinancing of a 2018 CLO, Sound Point VII-R

CLO pipeline: US market on track for June boom
CLO issuance is set to boom in the coming weeks with the pipeline ballooning as the market looks ahead to June

European PM departs as Investcorp shakes up CLO management approach
A European loan portfolio manager and trader has parted ways with Investcorp Credit Management amid a shake-up in how the firm manages its CLOs

Spire European CLO features Euribor caps and tight single As
Euribor caps have made a comeback in European CLOs with Spire Partners' new deal, Aurium CLO VIII, the latest to feature such a tranche

Global CLO trading lab: Octagon CLO comes out top in CLO double B spike
Double B-rated bonds made up 40% of the European and US CLO secondary markets last week. $222 million of US CLO double B bonds were on sale and a further €105 million of European CLO double B items were listed

CLO PM set to leave PGIM ahead of move to London-based manager
A London-based mid-sized CLO manager has hired an official from PGIM 

CLO pipeline: Five out, five in as market digests new issuance wave
Five new issue US CLOs priced from last week’s pipeline, but five more have replaced them in this week's edition of our pipeline report

Control position in strong 2018 Axa CLO on sale today
$29.2 million of Allegro VII, a 2018 CLO managed by Axa Investment Managers, is on sale today in an all US CLO equity b-wic at 10am EST (3pm UK time). The bond is the fifth US CLO majority equity position to be listed on a b-wic this year

Global CLO pricing lab: investors get over fatigue and embrace reset roll over
The demand for CLOs is showing no signs of slowing down after the market had experienced some fatigue at the end of the first quarter and into the second. In the last two weeks, there have been 47 CLO transactions across all forms of pricing in the three markets; led by 18 US CLO new issues