CLO M&A to pick up with underperformers at risk
CLO manager consolidation is expected to be elevated into 2021 as the market recovers from the aftershock of covid-19

Global CLO b-wic round-up: Junior tranches rally amid heavy supply, including portfolio liquidation
The US CLO secondary market rally is showing no signs of slowing down after a week of over $1 billion worth of bonds was listed and well absorbed, according to market sources. The European market also had a roust week with over €300 million of paper up for grabs, although the market stayed generally flat with some tightening in double and single Bs

Global CLO round-up: fresh start for five year deals as market reopens
The CLO market is still producing deals at a good pace, with $2.6 billion of global issuance last week. Four new issue deals priced in the US with Intermediate Capital Group and NYL Investors pricing their first transactions of the year while CVC Credit Partners made it two and Barings three in 2020

NYL prints five-year reinvestment CLO with triple As at 130bp
New York Life Investment Management has brought the second five-year reinvestment CLO to market and placed its triple A notes at just 130 basis points over Libor 

CLO pipeline: managers prepare to end quarter with a bang
CLO issuance is showing no signs of slowing down as spreads continue to grind tighter and election day draws ever closer

NYL markets five-year CLO with spreads poised to move tighter than Q4
NYL Investors is marketing a five-year reinvestment US CLO with price guidance indicating CLO spreads are tighter than they were during the sell off in the fourth quarter of 2019. However, IG and HY credit are on different paths

Fracking servicer FTS files for chapter 11 protection
Fracking servicer FTS International filed for chapter 11 protection in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas Houston yesterday. The credit is not widely featured in CLOs with only nine managers holding $47.9 million of FTI’s term loans

Trading places: it can pay to bet on the little guy
It’s assumed investors know how good a CLO manager is by the rate at which they trade their way through a crisis. But this time fi ve small, nimble managers are outperforming the market

2018 US CLO adds junior class X tranche paying 10%
FlatIron CLO 18 investors have approved the inclusion of a class X note which will pay 10%, according to an announcement on the London Stock Exchange

Cashflowing 2018 CLO looks to issue class X notes
A 2018 US CLO, with low financing costs and a 5.18% junior OC cushion, is looking to issue more debt in the form of class X notes

New York Life takes annual shot at US CLO market
The manager's new US CLO comes with Libor circling the same level as when it last priced a new deal in 2018, but triple-A tranche levels are in a very different context

MacKay Shields integrates CVP's loan team while spinning out distressed debt
MacKay Shields has spun out the distressed debt business of Credit Value Partners and focus resources on CVP’s leveraged loan platform

New York Life brings in $495 million for credit fund
New York Life Investors has pulled in nearly $500 million for Madison Square Structured Debt Fund

Global CLO b-wic round-up: 71% of equity positions trade as supply picks up
The European and US secondary CLO market took a step back this week as the primary CLO generated $7.8 billion of deal flow globally

US CLO refi highlights 4bp roll down on term curve
TCI Capital Management refinanced its 2016-1 CLO last week via BAML on Friday, with pricing revealing a 12 basis points differential between two-year CLOs and five-year deal

US CLO round-up: Anchorage keeps primary open as debutants and newcomers fill pipeline
Anchorage Capital shored up the CLO market this week against an untroubled horizon as the sole manager to price a new issue, while TCI Capital Management priced the first refinancing of the year as Creditflux went to press.

Three US managers capitalise on loan volatility to price new CLOs
It’s late in the year, but loan market volatility seems to be presenting CLO managers with ideal circumstances in which to ramp up portfolios and price deals

NYL prices US CLO with record low funding costs
NYL Investors issed its first new CLO of the year yesterday

US CLO spreads set to contract sharply as JP Morgan markets three deals
US CLO spreads look set to tighten significantly this week, with JP Morgan marketing three new issue transactions with triple A notes yielding less than 100 basis points over Libor

US CLO spread tightening shows no sign of slowing as JP Morgan markets deal
A New York CLO manager is planning to launch a $511.6 million new issue CLO via JP Morgan, according to market sources

US CLO debt tranches trade at a premium in secondary market
CLO secondary market in 2018 opens with four positions trading at a premium

NY Life reignites Tetragon partnership as it prices new US CLO
TCI Capital Management, the CMOA platform established by Tetragon, priced the $512.3 million deal yesterday

NYL prices US CLO triple As at 89bp in refi of 2015 deal
NYL Investors has refinanced three senior tranches of Flatiron 2015-1 CLO, sources say

NYL Investors converts rated warehouse into dual-compliant CLO
NYL Investors has priced its first CLO of the year, according to market sources