First Trust teams with TCW to launch unconstrained credit ETF
First Trust Advisors will act as investment advisor to the new actively managed fund, while TCW Investment Management will act as sub-advisor

Singapore central bank looks to launch infrastructure-backed CLO
The new vehicle was announced by Ravi Menon, managing director at Monetary Authority of Singapore, at the Nomura Investment Forum Asia 2018

CLO b-wic line-up: in-demand GoldenTree CLO returns to secondary market
The double B notes in a recent GoldenTree Loan Management CLO are available in the secondary market today. The low-coupon bond is expected to trade at around 97 cents which would equate to a DM inside recent levels in the primary CLO market 

Zais partners with JP Morgan to arrange forthcoming CLO
Zais Group is working with JP Morgan to arrange its second new issue CLO of 2018 named Zais CLO 9

Triple A spreads near 100bp again as PGIM prices its sixth new issue CLO of 2018
PGIM has become the first CLO manager to price six CLOs this year, according to market sources

Eight deals for Octagon in 2018 after manager prices $470 million reset
Octagon Investment Partners has inserted a junior triple A and single B tranche into a 2016 deal

CLO manager teams with Barclays to price third new issue deal of the year
A large US credit manager priced its third new issue CLO of the year on Friday, according to market sources

US CLO round-up: volumes move in sync with 2017, but it could not be more different
$111 billion of CLO isssuance this year compared to $113 billion by this point last year. But new managers, spread movements and no risk retention make it seem like a completely different environment

CLO manager pulls off rare feat of pricing two CLOs on the same day
According to market sources, a manager has priced two CLOs today, with new issue deals on both sides of the Atlantic

Flat Rock prepares $100 million CLO equity-focused fund after big hire
Flat Rock will launch the new interval fund to primarily invest in CLO equity, with newly hired anchor CLO investor Shiloh Bates acting as one of the portfolio managers

Portfolio manager central to European CLO expansion to leave Neuberger
One of the key figures behind the launch of Neuberger Berman’s European CLO business is set to leave the firm

CLO manager looks to sell IG bonds in risk retention-compliant deals
A US CLO manager is looking to offload its risk retention holdings from four of its CLOs

US manager plans debut 2.0 European CLO, six years after selling 1.0 deals
A large US CLO manager is warehousing its first 2.0 CLO in Europe

Ex-Columbia CLO heads launch new firm in El Segundo
Former co-heads of leveraged debt group at Columbia Lynn Hopton and Yvonne Stevens have founded their own firm 

CLO b-wic line-up: 100% of junior triple As in debut Insight CLO go up for sale
100% of the junior triple As in Insight Investment's first 2.0 CLO, Cutwater 2014-1, is available today with $45 million of the deal’s A1BR tranche currently circulating on a b-wic with price talk in the low 100s

Wellfleet deal breaks records with 2016 CLO refinancing
CLOs of 2016 vintage are looking particularly ripe for refinancing

Experienced CSAM holds off boutiques to win biggest prize
Credit Suisse Asset Management became a two-time winner of the Creditflux Manager of the Year award last month after picking up the 2018 trophy in front of a packed house at London’s Landmark Hotel on 9 May

2018 US CLOs are highly ramped at closing, but this could decline, says Fitch
New US CLO portfolios at closing have been ramped by over 83% on average every month this year, according to research from Fitch Ratings

CLO b-wic line-up: over $300 million of senior CLO paper goes on the block
Senior notes dominate the secondary market today as $306.5 million worth of triple A notes are up for grabs

Mariner steps up the pace as it closes in on its second CLO of the year
2018 is set to be a record breaking year for Mariner Investment Group’s CLO issuance, as the manager is anticipating new issue volumes of over a billion dollars for the first time

Octagon prices its largest new issue CLO since 2016
Octagon Credit Investors priced its third new issue CLO of the year yesterday 

Steele Creek reinforces 2016 CLO with $284.25 million reset
Steele Creek’s 2018 CLO volumes passed the $1 billion mark today following the reset of Steele Creek 2016-1

CIFC selects Deutsche Bank to arrange first European CLO
CIFC Asset Management has mandated Deutsche Bank with warehousing its first ever CLO in Europe

US CLO market welcomes new manager as Partners' Pikes Peak prices
The US CLO market welcomed a new manager yesterday as Partners Group teamed up with Credit Suisse to price a new issue deal