CLO pipeline: go long! new issues and resets push refis aside
The CLO market is ready to go beyond refinancings - after this year's opening blitz of those deals - into the longer tenored territory of resets and new issues

Beneath the triple C: CLOs benefit as upgrades make for lighter triple C buckets
For the first time since the sell off in March last year, downgrades to triple C have come to a near-standstill

CLO pipeline: Deutsche Bank and Carlson hit comeback trail
The CLO market is preparing to be very active in the coming weeks, as the issuance slow-down is set to be in the rear view mirror

Deutsche Bank commits to US CLOs with first 2021 deal set to price and plans to hire
Deutsche Bank is taking the loss of two officials from its US CLO business in its stride with a spokesperson for the bank telling Creditflux that it expects to price a deal next week and there are plans to hire this year

Natixis poaches New York-based CLO sales specialist from Deutsche Bank
Natixis has hired a CLO sales specialist in New York in a move which reunites two former Credit Suisse officials 

Head of US CLO syndication leaves Deutsche Bank
A CLO specialist with 17 years' experience at Deutsche Bank has left 

Blackstone reaches €2 billion European CLO volume with 2016 deal reset
Blackstone has reset a 2016 vintage European deal, Elm Park CLO, taking the manager's year-to-date volume in Europe to almost €2 billion

Axa IM combines single As in European CLO refi
Deutsche Bank arranged the € 274.7 million transaction, which cuts cost of debt by 31.8 basis points

BofA forecasts record European CLO volume in 2021 as another reset prices
Carlyle Group has become the first manager in March to reset a European CLO, while BofA estimates the European CLO market might break a new record in 2021

Alcentra, BlackRock and CVC refi €1.5 billion of European CLO paper
Deutsche Bank arranged the transactions for BlackRock and CVC while Morgan Stanley arranged partial refinancings for three of Alcentra’s deals

Commerzbank prices CLO as it replaces Tikehau-bound official
Deutsche Bank arranged the €360.5 million deal for Commerzbank

European CLO spreads set to tighten as BlackRock markets refi
BlackRock is looking to partially refinance the senior-most tranches of a 2018 CLO

Euro CLO single As and triple Bs could tighten by 10bp with CVC refi
CVC Credit Partners is looking to refinance the five most senior tranches of its 2018 European CLO, CVC Cordatus Loan Fund VII. Price talk on mezzanine tranches suggests a big shift in prevailing spreads  

Carlyle adds equity and seeks tight pricing with 2016 European CLO reset
Carlyle Group is looking to add equity and price triple A debt tight to the primary CLO market with a €434.3 million reset of its 2016 transaction, Carlyle Global Market Strategies Euro CLO 2016-2

Euro CLO repricing hits €4bn as Jefferies arranges first deal and Investcorp drops double Bs
Spread compression is driving European CLO refinancing activity, with three transactions pricing on Friday: Carlyle Euro CLO 2017-2, Harvest CLO XVI and Man GLG Euro CLO III

CLO pipeline: snow business like the CLO business
CLO issuers are putting aside the cold snap and are warming up with a flurry of deals.

2020 absentee launches new European CLO with 85% ramp
A European CLO manager is coming back to the market, after sitting out 2020, with a deal that is close to being fully ramped

Investcorp preps first CLO refi in Europe with triple and double Bs since 2019
Investcorp Credit Management is working with Deutsche Bank to refinance six tranches of its 2018-vintage CLO named Harvest XVI

KKR features delayed-draw single Bs in US CLO
KKR priced its fourth US CLO of 2020 last week, taking its deal volume for the year to $1.31 billion in the US and around $2.17 billion globally

GSO European CLO adopts 'loss mitigation loan' concept to boost workout flexibility
GSO Capital Partner’s Deer Park CLO has introduced the concept of loss mitigation loans to European CLOs, according to a report by Fitch Ratings today

Faith in structures has been rewarded
CLOs have been resilient against covid-19 fallout, said speakers at Creditflux’s CLO Symposium last month. But there’s always room to improve and 3.0 deals may add ESG and bullet tranches

Deutsche Bank returns to US BSL new issue CLOs with first print in over 16 months
Deutsche Bank has priced its first US CLO backed by broadly syndicated loans in over 16 months after teaming up with CVC Credit Partners to issue the $402.5 million Apidos CLO XXXIV

CVC sets new triple A benchmark for Euro CLOs at 110bp
Triple A spreads continue to grind tighter with CVC pricing notes on CVC Cordatus Loan Fund XVIII today with a Euribor plus 110 basis points discount margin

CLO pipeline: managers prepare to end quarter with a bang
CLO issuance is showing no signs of slowing down as spreads continue to grind tighter and election day draws ever closer

Deutsche Bank upsizes comeback European CLO in €344 million GSO deal
GSO Capital Partners has issued its second CLO in Europe since the coronavirus pandemic outbreak, upsizing the transaction by almost €50 million in the 24 hours before pricing