CLO pipeline: queue gets longer as Blackstone goes again and Sancus makes first move
The queue to price for US CLO managers is only getting larger with 18 new issue CLOs in the pipeline, according to market sources, along with 18 repricings and two new issue European CLOs and two mid market CLO resets

Sticky European CLO triple As refuse to budge but mezz comes in as Redding Ridge resets
BNP Paribas arranged the €461.3 million transaction, which cuts the deal’s financing costs by around 38 basis points

Woah, we’re halfway there
Judging by the 2020 vintage, European CLO overlap is 50%. But varied approaches to holding bonds and the many loans managers turn down mean there are ways for issuers to outperform

Euro CLO league tables: cramming a year's worth of work in two months
It is no surprise the European CLO market has been experiencing fatigue at times this year with the last two months of issuance alone almost equalling issuance figures for the whole of 2020: last year €22.78 billion worth of European CLOs priced, while in March and April 2021, managers brought €21.48 billion to market

Record-breaking Apollo and Blackstone European CLOs make first distributions
Two 2020 CLOs managed by Blackstone Credit and Redding Ridge (Apollo) that set equity cover records in the secondary CLO market earlier this year have made their first payments

CLO pipeline: and breathe... issuance splurge clears the backlog
Over 20 deals remain in the CLO pipeline, despite a glut of issuance last week in which 38 transactions priced, totalling $18.1 billion

Global CLO b-wic round-up: equity trades break new records as investors look to redeploy cash
The CLO secondary market is experiencing heavy churn with €273.5 million of European CLO paper and $1.05 billion of US CLOs listed last week. Within that supply, a record trade for a 2.0 European CLO equty tranche was recorded 

KKR pushes for nearly five-year reinvestment as Redding Ridge resets €554 million CLO
The European CLO reset wave is proceeding apace with KKR and Redding Ridge pricing deals on Tuesday

Global CLO b-wic round-up: 2020 deals trade at premium
As the primary CLO market continues to grind tighter, the secondary market is holding steady, but last year's vintages are trading well as they near the end of their call-locks

CLO equity record broken again as Blackstone European deal trades over 116
Within eight days of Redding Ridge Asset Management setting a record for the highest cover on a European CLO equity bond, Blackstone Credit has brushed it aside to claim top spot  

CLO pipeline: snow business like the CLO business
CLO issuers are putting aside the cold snap and are warming up with a flurry of deals.

Redding Ridge equity covers at 116 for new European CLO record
Redding Ridge Asset Management set a new record on Wednesday as €5.2 million of RRE 4, a 2020 vintage CLO, traded in the secondary CLO market with a cover of 115.8

Redding Ridge prices European CLO triple As at tightest levels since July 2018
A new triple A benchmark has been set for European CLOs with Redding Ridge pricing triple A notes at Euribor plus 87 basis points, inside its low/mid 90s guidance

Global CLO b-wic round-up: junior tranches trade above par as US volumes reach $45bn
A busy week of over $1.4 billion of US CLO secondary bonds and €290 million of European CLO paper gave light to CLO spreads across the capital structure continuing their push towards pre-covid levels

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

Redding Ridge prints third European CLO since March sell-off
Redding Ridge Asset Management has priced its latest European CLO named RRE 5

Managers weigh up matters of principal
CLO managers that were able to avoid OC traps made double-digit equity distributions in Q2, despite the headwinds. But these firms tended not to be among those that built the most par

Euro CLO league tables: Apollo blasts its way to top spot
July marked the largest month of European CLO issuance since coronavirus pandemic-induced volatility hit financial markets

Global CLO league tables - July 2020 YTD
Global CLO league tables - July 2020 YTD

Redding Ridge back as top CLO issuer post sell-off with new US and EU deals
Redding Ridge Asset Management has shot back to become the largest CLO issuer by volume since the sell off in March after printing a new issue apiece in the US and Europe, according to market sources

Global CLO b-wic round-up: US triple Bs edge wider but 2020 bonds trade at a premium
The furious rally that the secondary CLO markets have gone through over the last two weeks was brought a halt by the Federal Reserve’s reminder on Wednesday night that all is still not well with the economy

Euro CLO league tables: You wait all month for a pricing and then three come along at once
Two CLO managers chose April to price their first CLOs of the year. Three European CLOs priced last month as the primary market opened following a coronavirus-enforced closure in mid-March

European CLO market gets going in a hurry with Redding Ridge three-year deal
The European primary CLO market has gone from being shut for a month to pricing two deals within hours of each other and developing a term curve that is very much in its infancy

Global CLO b-wic round-up: CLO triple As recover but mezz left behind
The CLO secondary market was a tale of two halves last week. 100% of all bonds listed in b-wics on Monday and Tuesday had no covers released (either traded or did not trade), but the end of the week was a different story for both markets

Apollo goes short-dated route for forthcoming European CLO reset
Apollo Global Management is marketing a short reset of its 2014 CLO named ALME Loan Funding III - but price talk is inside a new issue of similar tenor