BlackRock scores biggest mid market CLO since 2018
BlackRock has teamed up with Barclays to print a second CLO backed by loans to middle market companies following its buyout of Tennenbaum Capital Partners in 2018

PGIM resets Dryden 44 and switches from six-month to three-month Euribor
JP Morgan has arranged the reset of PGIM's 2016 vintage Dryden 44, switching paying liabilities from semi-annual basis to quarterly

Credit manager prices second tech-focused CLO after 2.5-year break
Vista Credit Opportunities has priced its second ever CLO backed by loans to middle market companies in the technology sector

PGIM refinances CLO it won management rights to in 2018
PGIM has teamed up with Morgan Stanley to refinance a CLO that it won the management rights to in 2018

BlackRock brings three-year US CLO triple As inside 100bp
BlackRock has priced a three-year reinvestment CLO via Morgan Stanley with the triple As yielding just 99 basis points over Libor

European CLO head becomes latest PM to leave asset manager after announcing retirement
A large European credit manager has had a number of departures across its CLO and direct lending businesses in recent weeks

Investcorp preps first CLO refi in Europe with triple and double Bs since 2019
Investcorp Credit Management is working with Deutsche Bank to refinance six tranches of its 2018-vintage CLO named Harvest XVI

US banks embrace CLOs again to drive spread compression
The three big US bank-buyers of senior CLO tranches — Citi, JP Morgan and Wells Fargo — all returned to the mar-ket as investors in January after sitting out for much of 2020

Redding Ridge equity covers at 116 for new European CLO record
Redding Ridge Asset Management set a new record on Wednesday as €5.2 million of RRE 4, a 2020 vintage CLO, traded in the secondary CLO market with a cover of 115.8

Refis and resets fly amid tight spreads and outlier 2020 CLOs
CLO refinancing and reset activity got off to a rocket-fuelled start in 2021, with over $9.48 billion printing on a global basis — almost reaching the $9.76 billion printed between March and December of 2020, according to Creditflux data

Carlyle scores tightest CLO triple A print since 2018
Carlyle Group has priced a new record triple A spread on its latest deal at just 114 basis points over Libor, a full 5bp inside previous market tights

Former Seix CEO joins Marble Point
Marble Point Credit Management has hired the former chief executive officer at Seix in a move that reunites him with former GoldenTree colleagues

Neuberger Berman breaks through into European CLOs
Neuberger Berman has become the latest debut in the European CLO management, the 20th manager to do so since 2018

Bardin Hill CLO attaches double Bs low and drops A tranche
Bardin Hill Investment Partners has returned to the US CLO primary market with its first new issue transaction since November 2018, and the deal is not without its quirks

Global CLO b-wic round-up: US lower mezz trades strong, but European piece softens
CLO investors have had no chance to catch their breath after a historic 2020 as US CLO secondary volume reached $3.3 billion and European secondary listings topped €1 billion in January

Assured markets first new issue European CLO in over 15 months
Assured Guaranty is marketing its first European new issue CLO in 15 months, BlueMountain Euro 2021-1

European CLO triple As go tighter still as KKR prints at 83bp
Triple A spreads ground tighter in January with KKR’s latest European CLO

Barclays prices CLO refis for Kayne Anderson and NYL
Barclays priced two CLO refinancings on Friday, reworking deals managed by Kayne Anderson and NYL Investors. These total $742 million, meaning the US CLO market absorbed $8.42 billion of refi paper in January - or 38.55% of the total refis priced in 2020

CLO manager returns to new issue market for first time since 2018
OFS Capital has priced its first new CLO in over two-and-a-half years years, teaming with Jefferies to print the $313.15 million deal named OFS BSL CLO X

CLO pipeline: OFS to make comeback as 2020 absentees eye new issues
As liability spreads tighten day by day, the CLO pipeline is filling fast. 2020 absentees are joining the parade as four US managers and three European managers aim to return to the new issue market after taking a break of 12 months or longer

Three-year US CLO triple As reach 106bp with Neuberger Berman deal
US CLO spreads notched a new record on Wednesday as Neuberger Berman printed its latest new issue with triple As at just 106 basis points over Libor

OC health check: CLOs end 2020 with fragile recovery
Only 109 CLOs breached an overcollateralisation test in December, falling from 121 in November. This in turn was down from the 147 CLOs that breached an OC test in October, but 33 cured their breaches in November and a further 11 cured all OC test failures in December

Redding Ridge prices European CLO triple As at tightest levels since July 2018
A new triple A benchmark has been set for European CLOs with Redding Ridge pricing triple A notes at Euribor plus 87 basis points, inside its low/mid 90s guidance

Jefferies picks up three big mandates to get European CLO plans rolling
Jefferies has taken huge strides towards building out its European CLO arranging business with sources indicating the bank has won mandates from three managers

European reset wave begins as Partners reworks 2018 CLO
Partners Group’s Penta CLO 5 has become the first European CLO to reset in 2021