Weighted average life divides CLO industry
Creditflux’s second CLO Census reveals stark differences of opinion on weighted average life and par-flush for US CLOs. But there is a clear consensus on which bank is best at CLO execution

Wellfleet prices its second new issue CLO of the year
Wellfleet Credit Partners priced its eighth-ever new issue CLO yesterday following a $508.6 million transaction

PGIM prices its ninth new issue CLO of the year
PGIM priced its ninth new issue CLO of 2018 last night, becoming just the second manager this year to reach this feat

LCM prices CLO reset via Citi with unusual triple A debt structure
LCM has priced a $5224.88 million reset of a 2014 CLO via Citi, with the deal’s triple A debt in three tranches

Onex prices three-year reset of 2014 CLO
Wednesday was a big day for short-dated CLO issuance, as three deals hit the market with between two and three years of reinvestment totalling $1.3 billion

York is back in the game with first CLO transaction of 2018
York Capital Management returned to the CLO market yesterday with its first transaction of the year

US CLO league tables: CSAM aces it to take top spot in new issue reshuffle
Carlyle Group now leads the CLO market on two fronts with the firm moving into top spot in the 2018 US CLO rankings, adding to its position as a market leader in Europe

Carlyle resets 2015 mid market CLO with unusual triple A debt structure
Carlyle Group has reset its 2015 vintage middle market CLO, Carlyle Direct Lending CLO 2015-1

Not a bad time to try your hand at CLOs

Citi prints three US CLOs in one day
Citi priced three US CLO transactions on Friday with deals for Carlyle Group, Intermediate Capital Group and Romark

Clifford prepares its first infrastructure CLO
Clifford Capital is preparing to price its first ever CLO transaction, which is expected to close in July 2018, according to a Moody’s pre-sale report

Mill Hill poaches former Citi structured credit specialist
New York-headquartered Mill Hill Capital has appointed Nick Pepe as head of business development and investor relations

BlueMountain prices its second new US CLO within a month
Within a month of pricing its first US CLO of 2018, BlueMountain Capital Management has returned to the primary market after pricing a $475.1 million deal yesterday through Citi.

Benefit Street reworks 2016 CLO to reduce funding costs by 61bp
Benefit Street Partners has made a quick-fire return to the CLO market with a reset of its 2016 deal, Benefit Street Partners IX

Boutique CLO manager becomes first to refi post reinvestment CLO this year
A California-based CLO manager has become first firm this year to refinance a CLO that has left its reinvestment period

Sound Point reissues 2014 deal for five years as spreads push wider
Sound Point Capital Management priced its seventh CLO transaction of the year yesterday

Manager races to beat July payment date by resetting 2016 CLO
A CLO manager priced its first US CLO reset of 2018 yesterday in a $405.35 million deal arranged by Citi

BlueMountain appoints four portfolio managers
New York-based BlueMountain Capital Management has hired four portfolio managers to bolster its global governments and agency mortgages strategy 

CSAM prices its second bond-heavy US CLO transaction
Credit Suisse Asset Management has priced the second transaction in its ‘One Eleven’ series of bond-heavy CLOs

US CLO league tables: new issue deals bring 2018 volumes to $140 billion
Half a year in and we’ve seen $140.7 billion worth of CLO activity in the broadly syndicated loan CLO market – just $4 billion behind H1 2017’s ground breaking volumes

Evolving strategy takes Norinchukin close to top spot in CLO investment
Over the years, Nochu has tweaked its cov-lite stipulations, and added mid market and European CLO exposure to its CLO investments. It’s now nearly the market’s biggest investor  

Och-Ziff prices short-dated CLO reset with three year reinvestment period
Och-Ziff Loan Management has reworked a 2014 CLO  for a second time

Napier Park's new issue CLO volumes pass $1 billion for 2018
Napier Park has priced its second new issue CLO of the year

Guggenheim prices CLO refi with triple As at 105bp
Guggenheim Partners has refinanced five classes of senior debt notes in its 2016 vintage deal Seven Sticks CLO

Carlyle prices its third US CLO reissue of 2018
Carlyle Group teamed up with Citi to reissue Carlyle GMS CLO 2014-4