Zais hit with class action filing over proposed go-private deal
A Zais Group stockholder has filed a putative class action lawsuit against the firm, taking aim at Zais’s plans to merge with subsidiary ZGH Merger Sub and Zugel’s firm Z Acquisition – a plan that would result in the company going private

Columbia CLO to transfer to Carlyle following refi
Columbia Asset Management's 2013 CLO, Cent CLO 17, will have management responsibilities transferred to Carlyle Group, according to a notice

Spreads tighten once more as manager becomes first to price five 2018 CLOs
A CLO manager has become the first to price a fifth CLO transaction this year

BlueMountain prices its first CLO transaction of the year
New York-based BlueMountain priced its first transaction in the CLO market of 2018 yesterday, market sources say

ICG resets previously-refinanced 2014 CLO
Intermediate Capital Group has taken the new issue-refi-reset route with a 2014 US CLO after working with Morgan Stanley to compete the third leg of that process yesterday.

B-wic round-up: secondary CLO market is looking more and more like new issue
2017 and 2018 CLOs flooded the secondary market last week, with bonds referencing Ares Management, LCM Asset Management and Napier Park Global Capital going on sale

Leverage goes down as Octagon converts 2013 US CLO into new deal
Market sources say that Octagon Credit Investors re-issued a 2013-vintage US CLO on Friday

European CLO round-up: Voya debuts in Europe as managers opt for dual-compliance
Europe has today welcomed a new manager with Voya Alternative Asset Management getting off the mark by pricing Voya Euro CLO I. That's now 41 active managers in Europe

US CLO round-up: managers make quick-fire return and numbering systems go out the window
It’s normal practice for managers to number their CLOs sequentially – but this week’s issuances have not paid heed to this practice, creating havoc for Excel spreadsheets and causing those of a scrupulous manner to take a sharp intake of breath

Triple A price talk circulates on US manager's first new issue CLO of 2018
JP Morgan has begun marketing a new US CLO on behalf of a fast-growing CLO manager

Spire prices its first dual-compliant European CLO via Citi
London-based Spire Partners has made a long-awaited return to the European new issue CLO market after a year's break

PGIM notches up its third new issue CLO of 2018 in $612 million deal
A CLO manager priced its fourth CLO transaction of the year yesterday with $612 million new issue 

BlackRock prices dual-compliant European CLO
BlackRock priced its first new issue CLO of the year yesterday, which is set to close on 9 May

Control equity position in 2018 CLO goes on the auction block
A 52.88% control equity position in a CLO that closed in February appears on b-wic for sale tomorrow

2.0 mid market spreads jump tighter following refi of 2014 Golub CLO
A Chicago-based middle market CLO manager has priced its triple A notes at 95bp following a refi

B-wic round-up: mid market CLOs find new homes in secondary market
The US secondary CLO market has had another eventful week as $908.2 million worth of CLO notes were made available, out of which $693.2 million, or 76.3%, traded successfully

Carlyle prices European CLO in its first new issue deal of the year
Carlyle Group has issued its first new CLO of the year following a €439.35 million transaction

US CLO round-up: triple A notes come in all different shapes and sizes
CLO triple As priced at varying levels this week with an 8.5bp gap between the tightest and widest prints

European CLO round-up: senior CLO spreads shift wider - but not for long
2017 was characterised by relentless spread tightening in the European CLO market, but 2018 so far seems to be following a different tune.

Citi's European CLO head earns another promotion
Citi is streamlining its structured finance business and has assigned additional responsibilities to its primary European CLO head

Five Arrows targets its first CLO transaction of the year
Five Arrows, the Rothschild affiliate, is planning its first CLO transaction of 2018

Jefferies affiliate isssues its first new CLO of 2018
Apex Credit Partners, the credit management affiliate of Jefferies, has priced its first CLO transaction of 2018

Ares opts for senior and junior triple A notes as it prices new US CLO
Ares priced its first new CLO of the year in the US market yesterday, which scored the second tightest triple A spread

BlackRock hires two arrangers as it markets first new US CLO of 2018
BlackRock is preparing its first new issue CLO in the US market since June last year

Bain prices first new issue CLO of the year
Bain Capital priced a $611.3 million new issue CLO yesterday, according to market sources.