CLO resets should be used to renegotiate, conference hears
A short-dated reset looks very much like a refinancing, but it also gives managers and investors the all-important opportunity to renogotiate terms

They said it: “Occam’s razor, the marshmallow test and the Pareto principle – what do they have in common?”
The simplest solution is often the best solution, delayed gratification and the 80/20 rule; these can all be used in the assessment of CLO manager performance

Past returns: KKR CLO was sign of things to come
Five years ago in Creditflux, we reported on KKR Credit pricing a US CLO that complied with European risk retention rules, in what was believed to be one of the first deals of its kind

Investors gather to talk teams and tactics
With US CLO risk retention recently ruled off-side, attendees at the Creditflux Symposium were expecting a number of small, nimble managers to enter the field of play as the year progresses

Experienced CSAM holds off boutiques to win biggest prize
Credit Suisse Asset Management became a two-time winner of the Creditflux Manager of the Year award last month after picking up the 2018 trophy in front of a packed house at London’s Landmark Hotel on 9 May

CLO b-wic line-up: over $300 million of senior CLO paper goes on the block
Senior notes dominate the secondary market today as $306.5 million worth of triple A notes are up for grabs

CIFC selects Deutsche Bank to arrange first European CLO
CIFC Asset Management has mandated Deutsche Bank with warehousing its first ever CLO in Europe

Five Arrows prices new European CLO via Morgan Stanley
Five Arrows has returned to the new issue CLO market, pricing its first transaction of the year with triple As at 82 basis points

Alcentra markets its first new issue European CLO of 2018
Alcentra is launching its first new issue CLO of the year with pricing expected in the next two weeks

58% of US CLO managers will keep risk retention funds in place, finds Maples
Maples and Calder has surveyed US CLO managers and found that 58% will keep funds in place, while 61% plan to sell some or all of their retention interest

PGIM issues new euro CLO without floating rate double As
PGIM issued its fifth new issue CLO of 2018 yesterday in a €465.03 million transaction arranged by Barclays

Sterling-denominated CLOs to make a comeback as NatWest returns to market
PGIM is working with NatWest to launch a CLO transaction denominated in pound sterling

PDM strengthens CLO structuring team with former Och-Ziff official
Permira Debt Managers has strengthened its CLO structuring team and hired former Och-Ziff’s Pierre Driant, Creditflux has learned

Spire looks to refinance award-winning CLO
A London-based CLO manager is preparing its second ever CLO refinancing transaction

CVC reworks debut 2.0 for a second time following €455.9 million reissue
CVC Credit Partners priced its first ever CLO reissue transaction on Friday

GSO prices fifth new CLO of the year with triple As at 78bp
GSO Partners has priced its second European CLO of the year and become the first manager to issue five new transactions globally in 2018

European CLO round-up: 78bp is the benchmark if you're a European CLO manager
Dispersion in CLO spreads is exclusive to the US CLO market with with three European CLOs pricing this week, and triple A notes in all of them hitting 78 basis points.

CLO b-wic line-up: middle market positions trickle into secondary market
CLO b-wic lineup: middle market positions and blast of double Bs flood the market

Five Euro CLOs for Five Arrows as manager markets first new issue of 2018
Five Arrows, the CLO manager affiliated with Rothschild, is marketing its first new issue CLO of the year