Affinion skipped interest payment impacts small number of CLOs
Only two CLO managers could be affected by the debt of Affinion Group, who skipped its scheduled 19 Feb interest payment ($22.2 million) to its first-lien 2022 term loan holders 

Octagon jumps to top of CLO leaderboard with fourth transaction of 2019
Octagon Credit Investors on Friday became the first manager to price its fourth transaction in the CLO market this year, with a new issue named Octagon Investment Partners 41

THL prices two CLOs in a single day, including first middle market-backed deal
THL Credit Advisors left a $914.65 million mark on the CLO market on Friday by pricing two new issue deals, including its first transaction backed by middle market assets

THL prepares $505 million CLO alongside Natixis
THL Credit is looking to issue a new CLO via Natixis named THL Credit Wind River 2019-1

Ares notches up its second US CLO of the year after partnering with SocGen
Ares Management priced a five-year CLO with the second tightest weighted funding costs of 2019 last week

Octagon prices CLO reset with triple A controlling class condition
Octagon Credit Investors teamed up with Bank of America Merrill Lynch on Friday to reset its 2015 vintage CLO named Octagon Investment Partners XXIV

Kayne Anderson prices its third CLO as triple As hit 148bp
Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors has priced its third new issue CLO, pricing the deal in line with other smaller CLO managers that have recently debuted

Palmer Square shows it's not afraid of experimenting as it prices debut CBO
Palmer Square - the market leader for static CLOs - has tried its hand at a new structure by pricing its first CBO

King Street returns to US CLO primary market after six month pause
The CLO management arm of King Street Capital Management, Rockford Tower Capital Management has priced its first US CLO in six months named Rockford Tower CLO 2019-1

Anchorage prices 2019's first CBO with seniors at 4.62%, halving basis with CLOs
Anchorage Capital Group priced 2019’s first CBO yesterday, naming the $300 million deal Anchorage Credit Funding 7

Canyon prices $405 million CLO with triple As printing 1.85bp tight of average
Canyon Capital returned to the new issue CLO market yesterday, pricing its $404.95 million deal named Canyon CLO 2019-1 via Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Wellfleet prices triple As tight of market average after issuing CLO via Mizuho
Wellfleet Credit Partners teamed up with Mizuho on Friday to launch a new issue CLO named Wellfleet CLO X

Senior CLO spreads tighten by fractions as BlueMountain prices US deal
CLO spreads showed signs of tightening on Friday, with BlueMountain Capital Management printing the tightest triple As for a five year deal of the month

CLO managers exposed as US mortgage lender files for bankruptcy
CLOs hold $164.9 million exposure to the debt of Ditech Holding Corporation, who refiled for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday 

CLO spreads drift wider as Investcorp prices double Bs at 768bp
Investcorp Credit Management teamed up with Citi yesterday to price a $455.2 million CLO named Jamestown XII

CLO pricing stands firm as Barings prices senior triple As at 132bp
Barings priced its first new issue CLO of the year yesterday, with the triple As coming in 1.91 basis points tight of the ten-day average at 134.82bp, although the deal still indicates a widening market

MUFG prices its first CLO for Golub
MUFG priced its first deal for Golub Capital Partners on Friday, according to market sources

GSO becomes first manager to price two new issue CLOs this year
GSO Capital Partners on Friday became the first manager to issue two new CLOs in 2019, following the $502.05 million deal named Buckhorn Park

Anchorage prices $505 million US CLO after pre-placing triple A notes
Anchorage Capital Group priced its first CLO of 2019 yesterday via Goldman Sachs, marking the manager’s first partnership with Goldman on a CLO transaction

Senior CLO spreads tier up as CarVal prices its second deal
US CLO spreads remain dispersed in the opening weeks of 2019 with CarVal Investors pricing a CLO which saw triple-A debt price with a coupon of 148 basis points

Carlyle scores 2019's tightest print to date with 2015 CLO reset
Carlyle has scored the tightest five-year triple A print of 2019 to date, following its reset of Carlyle GMS 2015-5 via Citi

Mizuho wins first new issue CLO arranger mandate since 2015
Mizuho is marketing its first new issue CLO since 2015, having scored the mandate to arrange the forthcoming 10th CLO to be managed by Wellfleet Credit Partners

Triple As hit 150bp as PPM prices second post-crisis CLO with longer call-lock
PPM Loan Management priced its second CLO of the 2.0 era yesterday, according to market sources, with an extension of its triple-A call-lock from pre-marketing that took the notes 10-15 basis points wide of initial price talk

Sound Point starts 2019 with a bang pricing $508.8 million new issue CLO
Sound Point Capital Management priced a $508.8 million new issue CLO yesterday named Sound Point CLO XXII

Octagon prices 2019's first reset as Nomura begins to fulfil CLO promise
Octagon Credit Investors has teamed up with Nomura to reset 2014’s Octagon Investment Partners XXI for five years additional reinvestment