US investors welcome flurry of CLO new issues
The UK may have been off from Thursday for the Jubilee holiday, but in the US the primary CLO pipeline proceeded apace with several new issues hitting the market before Friday’s close

CEO steps down after DWS greenwashing allegations lead to police raid
A tumultuous 24 hours for DWS Group, in which police and regulators raided its office, has been compounded by the resignation of its chief executive officer Asoka Woehrmann on Wednesday morning

We’ll get through this awkward patch
Wide liabilities have made pricing CLOs trickier in the past few months. But speakers at Creditflux’s CLO Symposium were optimistic that the arbitrage is OK — so long as you can place those triple As

KKR readies three-year CLO as loans start to tighten
KKR is readying a new CLO with three years of reinvestment capability

Mid market CLO league tables: Arranger base grows as bumper day boosts issuance
Managers priced $3.4 billion of mid market CLO paper priced last month, the second busiest month of the year behind February and the third straight month new issues and resets made up 100% of issuance

Global CLO league tables - April 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - April YTD

Managers look at rating agency combos as weighted average life drops
CLO managers are looking closely at rating agency pairings as investors opt for shorter risk horizons, according to market participants.

Mizuho CLO trader rejoins Deutsche Bank
A CLO trader and executive director has resigned from Mizuho to rejoin Deutsche Bank

Mid market CLO sales explode with BlackRock, Churchill and Monroe printing deals
Middle market CLO sales flared on Friday, with managers pricing three deals worth a combined $1.2 billion

Antares upsizes billion-dollar CLO in third-largest primary transaction of 2022
Antares Capital reset its 2018-2 CLO via Deutsche Bank on Thursday, in the third-largest primary market transaction of the year at $1.06 billion

Global CLO league tables - March 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - March YTD

Mid market CLO league tables: $1.1 billion Golub deal shuffles the pack
Mid market CLO issuance slowed last month amid market volatility with just one new issue and two resets pricing in March, worth a combined $1.9 billion

First Eagle brings first new mid-market CLO since start of Ukraine crisis
First Eagle Investment Management has priced the first new middle market CLO since Russia's invasion of Ukraine sparked high volatility in the credit market

Mid market CLO league tables: diamonds are for 2019 and BCRED is for now
Middle market CLO issuance is off to a fast pace in 2022 as a busy February welcomed three new issue CLOs and three resets – adding $3.8 billion to this year’s tally of $4.39 billion

Global CLO league tables - February 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - Feb YTD

AB targets software companies after niche securitisation
Deutsche Bank priced an unusual securitisation for AB last month. The deal accommodates the manager’s expertise in the software and technology sector

MidCap doubles size of 2018 CLO with reset
MidCap Financial almost doubled the size of its 2018 CLO named Woodmont 2018-4 Trust by resetting the deal via Deutsche Bank on Friday

Monroe prints first reinvesting mid market CLO linked to Sofr
Monroe Capital has become the second middle market CLO issuer to print a new deal in 2022 by teaming up with Deutsche Bank on Wednesday to print Monroe Capital MML CLO XIII at $456.5 million

Global CLO league tables - January 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - Jan YTD

Monroe markets first reinvesting middle market CLO linked to Sofr
Monroe Capital has launched a new middle market CLO with Deutsche Bank, which is believed to be the first reinvesting mid market deal linked to Sofr

Fortress prints first Sofr-linked middle market CLO
Fortress Investment Group has priced the first middle market CLO with liabilities linked to Sofr

Fortress pushes first post-Libor middle market CLO
Fortress Investment Group is marketing a new CLO via Deutsche Bank, which is understood to be the first middle market CLO to launch referencing Sofr

BNP Paribas bolsters CLO sales team with hire from DB
BNP Paribas has hired a Frankfurt-based CLO and ABS sales director

Aoyuan credit event does not require auction settlement: DC
No auction is required to settle CDS contracts referencing China Aoyuan, the Determinations Committee has decided – despite the property developer having triggered a credit event

CLO 2022 Outlook: 2021 is hard act to follow, but CLO buyers have positives aplenty
New CLO issuance in 2022 will remain elevated but below 2021’s record numbers, banks agree. But there is no consensus among strategy desks on the volume of repricings to come, partly due to the unknown impact of the Sofr transition.