Europe leads corporate credit rally, but US outperforms in CLOs
iTraxx Crossover has been the CDS market's outperformer this week, tightening over 30 basis points, or 11.4%, to trade at 235bp today. But in the CLO market, US deals have come out on top thanks to a BlackRock CLO that priced its double Bs at some of the tightest levels this year

Double B spreads shrink to just 635bp as BlackRock prints tightest CLO yet
BlackRock has once again priced the tightest three-year reinvestment CLO post-covid, repeating a feat it last acheived back in September

Compression plays out as HY and European CLO double Bs outperform
Investment grade and high yield credit spreads have tightened in sync with each other this week, but CDS and CLOs alike underline that the big theme over the past month has been compression between investment grade and high yield

European CLO double Bs jump wider amid October macro worries - but seniors stand firm
The fortunes of investment grade and high yielding European CLO tranches have gone in opposite directions in the last month. In a year where relative value has shifted several times, Creditflux analysis shows that new issue European CLO double Bs have blown out by 16.5% in October versus September, while triple A-rated notes have tightened 6.7% in that time

Elmwood teams up with Credit Suisse for first time on CLO
Elmwood Asset Management has priced its second CLO within three months, as well as the first CLO in its history to be arranged by Credit Suisse

Garrison BDC agrees to merge with Portman Finance
As part of the transaction, Portman will assume Garrison’s on-balance sheet CLO liabilities upon closing 

One William Street launches fifth ABS-focused fund
One William Street Capital Management has launched its fifth ABS focused fund, OWS ABS Fund V

Dishware maker files for bankruptcy as CLOs hold $200 million
CLOs hold $207.58 million of Libbey Glass, which filed for chapter 11 protection in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware on Monday, as a result of the firm's impending debt maturities and the impact of coronavirus

GSO prices first post covid-19 European CLO
GSO has partnered with BNP Paribas to print its first post covid-19 European CLO, according to market sources, marking the seventh transaction in the continent since the pandemic began

$350 million of CLO collateral drips into default as oil companies file for Chapter 11
CLOs hold $353 million worth of debt of two oil and gas companies - Ultra Petroleum and Gavilan Resources - which have become the latest casulties of the precipituous decline in oil prices. The pair filed for chapter 11 protection in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas on Thursday and Saturday, respectively

TCW looks to price static US CLO with triple As at 230bp
TCW Asset Management is the latest manager to test the market for new CLOs amid the coronavirus crisis, with the firm targeting a Wednesday pricing date for its new deal named TCW CLO 2020-1

Who's got the moves US: Carlyle leads as $3.7 billion of CLO loans recover
CLOs were exposed to $833.4 million worth of paper in the 10 term loans that suffered the largest price falls last week. But CLOs also had exposure to $3.67 billion of loans that recovered the most over the seven days.

Refi wave gets bigger as Apollo and Neuberger reprice CLOs
The US CLO refi wave continues unabated with Apollo Global Management and Neuberger Berman pricing the 27^th and 28^th refis to hit the market in 2020, according to market sources, pushing volumes to $12.5 billion in the process

Golub prices its second largest CLO backed by broadly syndicated loans
Golub Capital Partners has priced its first new CLO backed by broadly syndicated loans for seven months today

Anchorage lands first bond-flex CLO after Volcker u-turn
Anchorage Capital Group has priced its first new issue bond-flex CLO of 2020

CLO market celebrates Valentine's Day by romancing with resets
Refinancings have been the talk of the month in the CLO market, but this Valentines day saw managers turn their minds to resets

Neuberger Berman refinances 2014 US CLO
Neuberger Berman has become the seventh CLO manager to refinance a transaction this week, after teaming up with JP Morgan to rework 2014’s Neuberger Berman CLO XVII

Oak Hill prices large US CLO reset via JP Morgan
Oak Hill Advisors has brought a $610.85 million CLO reset of OHA Loan Funding 2016-1, marking the third largest CLO transaction in 2020 to date

High yield pioneer Shenkman joins roster of bond-flex CLO issuers
Romark Credit Advisors, the CLO manager linked with Shenkman Capital, has joined the exclusive but growing group of bond-flex CLO managers

Refis back in the money as Citi brings two 2017 vintage US CLOs
The CLO refinancing market has reawoken, with Citi yesterday pricing two refis of 2017 vintage deals for DoubleLine and Rockford Tower

Anchorage prices second-ever reset in bond securitisation market
Anchorage Capital Group priced a reset of 2015-vintage bond-flex CLO Anchorage Credit Funding 2 on Friday, completing just the second CBO reset in this market’s history

Pacific AM prices first new US CLO in 18 months
Pacific Asset Management has sailed back into the CLO primary market with its first new issue deal since May 2018, becoming the first CLO manager to issue a five-year reinvestment CLO in 2020

Investcorp lines up new CLOs on both sides of the Atlantic
Investcorp Credit Management is gearing up to price new issue CLOs in both the US and Europe, according to market sources

Palmer Square markets static deal as 2020 CLO primary market kicks off
Palmer Square Capital Management is out of the gate first in the 2020 CLO primary market

Apex brings 2019's CLO market to a close with final transaction
Apex Credit Partners, the CLO management arm of Jefferies, brought 2019’s CLO market to a close on Christmas Eve by pricing the final transaction of the year