US CLO roundup – US spreads fall to 'historically tight' level
The year kicked off with a bang for US CLOs with a major new tight and investor demand running red-hot

CIFC’s first new issue of year prices triple-As at 115
The top of the stack for the US BSL CLO was just 2bps outside the current market tight    

HPS's massive deal sets new low for private credit CLO spreads
HPS has priced its first new private credit CLO since its purchase by BlackRock, clearing a massive USD 1.25bn deal 

Apollo and Churchill set new low for middle-market CLO spreads
New deals from Churchill and MidCap have triple-A coupon spreads inside the tight set late last year by Blackstone  

Brigade scores its tightest cost of funds ever in new US BSL CLO
The manager secured its lowest overall cost of funding thus far with its first new US issue of 2025  

Oaktree reprices two US CLOs in two days
Oaktree priced a reset and refi at the end of last week as it kicked off its primary market issuance for 2025  

Trimaran prices first deal for 2025 with half-billion-dollar new issue
The deal is the first print from Trimaran Advisors since November

New Mountain resets its debut US CLO a second time
New Mountain Capital has reset the US BSL deal that marked its debut as a CLO manager for the second time

Napier Park resets US BSL CLO from 2021
Napier Park has priced its first CLO transaction of the year with a reset of a 2021-vintage deal

Irradiant substantially changes US CLO in reset of 2023 vintage deal
Irradiant Partners has reset a US CLO, via Nomura, adding extra tranches in the process

Ares refinances 2019 US CLO for second time
Ares Management has refinanced a 2019 vintage US BSL-backed CLO for the second time via Societe Generale

Allstate sets new tight for triple-As for US CLOs this year
Allstate sets new lows for US BSL triple-As, clearing latest new CLO at SOFR plus 113bps

Investor demand boosts CLO deals but loan tightening may pose future challenges
US CLO spreads have narrow dramatically in 2025, but leveraged loans have fallen even more, which may eventually erode the arb and hamper dealmaking, but for now CLO issuance remains strong

Aegon prices second reset of 2017-vintage issue
Aegon USA Investment Management has priced a reset of a US BSL CLO arranged by Jefferies 

Blue Owl prints another looks-like-a-middle-market-deal BSL CLO
Blue Owl has priced a US BSL CLO with a structure that closely resembles that of a middle-market deal via BofA

CLO manager rankings by AUM - FY 2024
Blackstone retains its crown as the largest CLO manager in the world in the latest update to our definitive CLO manager league tables by principal liabilities

Fidelity adds to sub-120 US CLO reset dealmakers
Fidelity Investments, through its CLO management subsidiary Ballyrock Investment Advisers, has reset a 2023-vintage deal

Global CLO law firm rankings - FY 2024
Our definitive global, US and European rankings for CLO law firms in 2024

Global CLO trustee rankings - FY 2024
Our definitive global, US and European rankings for CLO trustees in 2024

Palmer Square approaches market tight with 116bp new-issue print
Palmer Square Capital Management has priced its first new US CLO issuance of 2025, arranged by Bank of America 

Neuberger Berman prints two nearly identical refis on same day
Neuberger Berman has refinanced a duo of US BSL CLO deals from 2021 via Wells Fargo

Elmwood tightens US AAA spreads to 115 with market-shifting print
Elmwood Asset Management has priced a new-issue US BSL CLO with triple-As at 115bps arranged by Nomura 

Apollo's Redding Ridge joins Elmwood in pricing AAAs below 120
RR 37 was the second deal to price triple-As inside the levels seen in 2024

Franklin resets 2023 vintage CLO, tightens triple-A spread by 71bps
Franklin Advisers has printed a reset of US BSL CLO that slashed more than 70bps off the spread at the top of the stack

CIFC lowers US triple-A spread mark to 122 with a reset CLO
CIFC has reset reset a CLO, arranged by Bank of America, that takes US triple-A spreads a major step closer toward the 120 mark