Senior global CLO trader leaves JP Morgan after 20 years
A senior global CLO trader has parted ways with the bank after two decades

Sound Point to take on Assured's asset management business in new partnership
Assured Guaranty and Sound Point Capital Management have struck up a partnership, according to an announcement, which will make Sound Point the fifth largest CLO manager globally.

Board aims to grant Blackstone fund ability to invest directly in primary CLOs
The board of publicly traded fund Blackstone Loan Financing is proposing to amend its investment policy to allow it to directly invest in primary CLO opportunities, following the results of its shareholder consultation announced today.  Changes to NAV valuation methodology alongside various potential exit opportunities was also discussed.

Pimco promotes global lev fin and CLO head to managing director
Pimco's leveraged finance head is one of five senior officials promoted to managing director

CLO investor expands into IG tranches with new global fund
The junior CLO debt and equity investor is going up the capital stack to invest in single A and triple B tranches

Global CLO league tables - February 2023 YTD
Global CLO league tables - February 2023 YTD

Barclays won't let sleeping dogs lie after another Newfoundland CLO reset
Newfoundland CLO, the long running and world's largest balance-sheet CLO, has been given a new leash of life by upsizing in a reset yesterday, according to announcements from Moody’s and Scope Ratings.

Global CLO league tables - January 2023 YTD
Global CLO league tables - January 2023 YTD

Senior CLO investor lands at fintech Revolut as head of global structured credit
A senior CLO investor has landed at rapidly growing fintech Revolut as head of global structured credit, in a move which suggests the start-up could start investing in CLOs

Sound Point holding CLO M&A talks which could catapult it to fifth-largest manager
Sound Point Capital Management is locked in talks with a large, global CLO manager over a deal that could take its CLO AUM north of $36 billion

Beneath the triple C: Life could be better, but it’s just a letter, under the CCC
Many market participants were eagerly looking forward to a break in December after a gruelling year, but the rating agencies were in no mood to oblige. 

Global 2022 CLO league tables
Global 2022 CLO league tables

CLO rankings: manager AUM, advisory firm and trustees Q4 2022
As 2022 draws to a close manager consolidation through mergers and acquisitions have been balanced out by new market entrants to leave roughly the same number of managers that entered the year, at least for now.

Citi forms new securitised trading business
Citi has formed a new securitised products trading business, with sources saying the combined business is better aligned with how the bank’s clients are organised

Citi's global co-head of CLO trading joins Octaura
Citi's global co-head CLO, ABS, Trups and CDO trading has left the bank after 13 years to join electronic loan and CLO trading platform Octaura as its chief product officer

Milbank promotes two CLO specialists to partners
Law firm Milbank has promoted two CLO specialists to partners as part of a cohort of 17.

Experienced CLO investor parts ways with bank treasury desk
A senior triple A CLO investor has parted ways with a treasury desk ahead of a move to another financial institution  

CLO 2023 Outlook: CLOs look set to rise to the challenge of a tough 2023
CLO researchers had an (understandable) inability to accurately predict the staggering array of macro shocks that affected the CLO market this year. So it comes as a surprise that overall CLO issuance reached a lot closer to anticipated levels than many would have expected back in Q2

Beneath the triple C: Winter is coming for CLOs as downgrades outstrip upgrades
Both US and European issuers have felt downward pressure from the rating agencies as we head towards the end of the year, with downgrades to triple C now firmly outpacing upgrades out of it.

Bain holds final close on $650 million fund to buy own CLO equity globally
Bain Capital Credit has closed its second captive equity fund with $650 million commitments, thought to be among the largest manager-controlled CLO equity funds raised

Belstar partners with Apollo to launch global corporate and structured credit fund
Belstar Management Company has launched a credit fund to invest across global liquid and private credit - including both corporate and structured credit

Global CLO league tables - November 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - November 2022 YTD