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

Global CLO league tables - October 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - October 2022 YTD

Experienced CLO trader parts ways with Deutsche Bank
A Euro trader with nearly two decades of experience in the CLO industry has left Deutsche Bank 

Four Euro CLOs emerge with target pricings as early as tomorrow
According to the latest marketing blasts, WhiteStar is targeting pricing tomorrow, Palmer Square and Cross Ocean are aiming for ‘as early as’ tomorrow and Five Arrows will aim for early-to-mid next week

Euro CLO league tables: gear shift brings flurry of new issues before summer break
After a slow June, the European market picked up its pace in July with managers eager to price deals before the summer lull 

CLO arrangers take down triple As to get European deals completed
European CLO arrangers are taking down large chunks of triple A paper to get deals over the line amid market volatility, according to market sources. Others, meanwhile, have committed to investing in triple As to secure future mandates

Global CLO league tables - June 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - June YTD

Sound Point breaks one month European CLO market silence as pipeline builds
After the longest pause in the European CLO primary market since December 2018, Sound Point has broken the silence with a static new issue while other managers are exploring static and print and sprints to get deals done

Sound Point explores European static CLO with turbo tranche
Sound Point Capital Management has opted to explore a static structure for its latest European CLO, in the latest sign of managers trying to be innovative to get the market moving

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.

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

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

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

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

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.   

Euro CLO triple A benchmark drops to 94bp as CVC edges to top spot
The benchmark for European CLO triple As has dropped further with levels tightening to 94 basis points over Euribor on CVC’s latest new issue

CLO Census results: Citi and JP Morgan still top in US but Jefferies breaks through in Europe
Citi and JP Morgan are the clear favourites in US CLO arranging – the pair are locked in a close battle for supremacy over deal volumes and they have been voted joint-best at US CLO execution, according to the results of Creditflux’s CLO Census

Deutsche Bank to hold triple As as Blackstone resets another European CLO
Deutsche Bank has reset a 2019 Blackstone-managed European CLO named Dunedin Park. The bank will also hold a portion of the deal's triple As, subject to one investor approval

Euro 2020 CLO resets reach €8 billion as Blackstone and Fair Oaks price at similar levels
Blackstone and Fair Oaks Capital took to the European CLO reset market this afternoon with both managers reworking 2020 deals

Blackstone edges the European market tighter with third new issue of the year
Blackstone Credit priced Dillon’s Park on Friday via Deutsche Bank, according to market sources, for its third new issue of 2021 after Carysfort Park in March and Rockfield Park in June

Global CLO league tables - Aug 2021 YTD
Global CLO league tables - Aug 2021 YTD

Euro CLO refis return as CIFC reworks debut deal
European CLO refis returned yesterday for the first time in Q3 as CIFC Asset Management refinanced its debut European CLO, CIFC European Funding CLO I

Invesco takes 2021 Euro CLO volume to over €1 billion with reset
Invesco has taken its European CLO 2021 volume to just over €1 billion after the manager reworked its 2019 vintage deal, Invesco Euro CLO II

Oaktree Euro CLO moves market tighter as Deutsche Bank joins forces with Standard Chartered
European CLO triple As have jumped tighter with Oaktree Capital Management resetting senior notes at 93 basis points, compared to the 96.2bp July average for European CLOs with similar reinvestment profiles