CLO manager looks to raise up to $2 billion to invest in CLOs globally
A US CLO manager is planning to invest in CLO tranches for the first time. It is understood that the firm is putting together a structured credit fund that will also have the ability to invest in index tranches

Shrinking spread cushions prove hard for CLOs
 Falling loan spreads are placing ever tighter constraints on CLO managers’ choice of investments just as the loan supply itself is declining

Deadline approaches for Creditflux CLO Syndication Survey
Competition is hotting up as the deadline for Creditflux's groundbreaking CLO study takes shape  

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Nearwater aims to put $500 million to work in global risk retention financing
Start-up company Nearwater Capital has closed on a $500 million capital commitment which will fast-track its move into risk retention financing, sources say. The firm has already deployed capital into CLO risk retention

US CLO debutant to make spectacular move into European CLOs
A fund manager that priced its first US CLO just months ago has started working on its debut European CLO

Creditflux enhances CLO-i database
Creditflux is happy to announce that CLO-i, our CLO and loan database, now has expanded coverage of every US and European deal in the market

Large US CLO manager prices its first refi of 2017 via Credit Suisse
A US manager that typically favours resets over refis has achieved a 68bp cut in CLO triple A financing as part of a refi

Angelo Gordon leads the way as US CLO managers turn to Europe
US CLO managers are looking to replicate their success domestically by building European CLO businesses

Infrastructure-backed CLOs return as $450 million deal prices
An investment bank affiliate has priced the first CLO backed by infrastructure assets since the financial crisis

Oak Hill launches new CLO-focused hedge fund
Oak Hill Advisors has so far raised $77.4 million for an offshore fund that invests in CLOs, filings suggest

Accunia prices its second CLO in €386.6 million transaction
Accunia European CLO II priced yesterday in a deal arranged by Deutsche Bank

CLO industry says Citi marries quality and quantity
Citi, Nomura and Wells Fargo are among the leading service providers to the CLO industry, according to the results of Creditflux’s first ever CLO Census

JP Morgan promotes experienced manager to head European CLO business
The reshuffle at JP Morgan fills the hole left by former head of European CLOs Amberine Nagree

CLO round-up: number of US managers unfazed by risk retention hits 70
It says a lot about the CLO market this year that a week in which $1.6 billion of new issue paper prices qualifies as a 'quiet' week. Our analysis finds that 70 managers have priced new US CLOs this year - a 52% increase on 2016

Marathon leads the pack to top US CLO performance tables
Recently refinanced CLOs top our ranking of the deals with the highest equity distributions over the last week with Marathon Asset Management leading the way

CLO round-up: it's a good time to be a debut manager
New managers are taking advantage of welcoming debt investors by speedily raising CLOs. Our analysis shows that 2017 is the perhaps the best time to price a debut CLO since 2013

Help us to re-write the Volcker rule, says US bank regulator
OCC gives first indication that regulators may be willing to exclude CLOs from the definition of “covered funds”

Apollo notches up 100% CLO refi/reset record
It’s not easy being a large CLO manager and staying on top of the refi-reset market, but Apollo has managed to do just that

CLO round-up: market participants welcome back returning CLO managers
CLO managers returning to the market after a period of absence has been the main story of the last week.

Investcorp prices refi of 2014 European CLO
Since taking over the former 3i Debt Management platform, Investcorp has been an active issuer of CLOs

Axa buys into MJX and Alcentra CLO dual-compliant double Bs
Axa Investment Managers bought into recent deals from MJX Asset Management and Alcentra, according to a monthly update for its listed fund Volta Finance.

CLO round-up: ICG switches risk retention method as Apollo CMV nears debut
ICG completed a total revamp of a European CLO this week (vertical to horizontal risk retention, and sponsor to originator); BlueMountain set a record for tightest US 2.0 CLO print and Apollo is marketing its first risk retention-compliant US CLO