Citi names sales head with global structured credit remit
Citi has promoted Rajiv Amlani to global head of special products solution sales, in which he will be responsible for non-flow structured credit and securitised trading business

KKR and Citi price largest CLO refi of 2019
CLO refis continue to build popularity since a slow start to the year. On Friday KKR Financial Advisors refinanced its 2016 CLO named KKR CLO 16, which edged in as the largest CLO refi of 2019 to date

KKR and FS Investments' BDC platform markets new issue CLO
KKR and FS Investments’ business development company, FS KKR Capital Corp, is marketing a new issue CLO via Citi named FS KKR MM CLO 1

US CLO league tables: Octagon and Citi lead the way
April was the busiest month yet in the US CLO market this year with $16.42 billion in transactions, beating February by around $500 million. 

CLO pipeline: refinancings to make a comeback
CLO refinancings look set to continue their recent surge in the US CLO market, with another five refinancings and two resets appearing in the pipeline.

Carlyle and PSP join forces for mid market CLO
Middle Market Credit Fund - a joint venture between Canadian pension fund PSP Investments and Carlyle Group - priced its second middle market CLO

Palmer Square brings single Bs back to its static CLOs as funding costs tighten
Palmer Square Capital Management priced its second static CLO of the year on Thursday named Palmer Square Loan Funding 2019-2, according to market sources

BlueMountain partially refinances 2013 vintage CLO
BlueMountain Capital Management on Thursday priced a $372 million partial refinancing of BlueMountain CLO 2013-1 via Citi

CIFC prices its third US CLO of the year
CIFC Asset Management priced a $605.4 million CLO, CIFC Funding 2019-III, last week via Citi

CBAM makes it 10 CLOs in two years after pricing new issue via Citi
CBAM priced a milestone CLO yesterday with CBAM CLO 2019-10 representing the firm’s 10^th CLO. These deals have come in rapid time with CBAM’s debut deal pricing in May 2017

US CLO league tables: heavyweights dust off and jump back in the ring
Competition has prevailed after a tough quarter for the CLO market, in which banks offloaded their carry-ons from last year

Bespoke gains pull CLO buyers as market tipped to hit $100bn
Synthetic bespoke issuance could catch up with the more visible CLO market this year, say structured credit specialists

Sound Point slashes leverage in 2015 vintage CLO following reissue
Sound Point Capital management reissued its 2015 vintage deal Sound Point CLO VIII yesterday, slashing the transaction’s leverage in the process

Senior CLO investors get extra call protection as Angelo Gordon prices
Senior CLO investors are scoring enhanced call protection this month, as Angelo Gordon yesterday became the second manager to price a CLO with variable levels of callability

Mariner returns to CLO pricing with new issue incorporating variable callability
Mariner Investment Group returned to the CLO primary market on Friday with its first deal in nine months

First Eagle prices refinancing of middle market CLO
First Eagle saves big on triple Bs as part of refinancing

Angelo Gordon readies new CLO with unusual callability structure
Angelo Gordon is marketing a $448.75 million new issue CLO via Citi, according to market sources

US CLO league tables: new issues drive volumes as Morgan Stanley and Citi occupy top two spots
Two months into 2019 and the US CLO market looks very different to previous years, as the balance of deal origination has changed

Palmer Square follows its own path after pricing static CLO with triple As at 105bp
Palmer Square Capital Management is steering clear of the beaten track most CLO managers go down: the firm has followed up a hybrid CDO with a static CLO

Carlyle leads CLO count as it prices third deal of year
With US CLO 2019-1, Carlyle prices its first new US deal after a reset and a new issue in Europe 

Elmwood prices debut CLO with triple As at 135bp in three-year deal
Elmwood Asset Management issued its inaugural CLO named Elmwood CLO I yesterday, with Citi arranging the $499.4 million transaction

CLO spreads drift wider as Investcorp prices double Bs at 768bp
Investcorp Credit Management teamed up with Citi yesterday to price a $455.2 million CLO named Jamestown XII

Elliott-backed CLO manager hires Citi for debut deal
Elmwood Asset Management, a firm led by ex-BlackRock and GoldenTree portfolio managers, has hired Citi to arrange its inaugural CLO

Shorter-dated CLOs grow in popularity with BlackRock pricing three-year deal
Short CLOs gained in popularity yesterday with BlackRock joining the list of managers issuing deals with less than the standard five years of reinvestment

Keep calm and buy corporate loans
Calm heads prevailed in 2018. Markets were volatile and risk retention was supposed to cause problems, but there was no need to panic and volumes went on to break records set in 2014