Zais prices wide of the market with reset of post-covid CLO
Zais Group on Thursday became the 30th manager to reset a post-covid CLO, teaming up with Jefferies to rework Zais CLO 15 from June 2020 and renewing the deal's reinvestment period for three years

Niagara falls: CLO spreads come down in Blackstone refi to highlight 2019 v 2021 basis
Blackstone Credit has refinanced one of its 2019 US CLOs. The CLO, Niagara Park CLO, has three years of reinvestment remaining and while the seniors priced inside the five-year Point Au Roche (100bp to 108bp), mezzanine tranches were wider despite the refi's shorter tenor.

Global CLO pricing lab: let’s all point at that 108bp print while spreads leak out
The tsunami of CLO paper coming to market is the biggest technical factor causing spreads to widen, according to sources

AB cuts 2019 CLO's funding costs by 42.5bp with refi
AB has refinanced its 2019 middle market CLO named ABPCI Direct Lending Fund V via Natixis, lowering the deal's cost of debt by 42.5 basis points

Global CLO trading lab: secondary volumes inflate and easily get absorbed
Weekly secondary CLO volume has been lower across the capital structure in recent weeks as 2021’s refinancing wave left investors with plenty of choice

Global CLO b-wic round-up: 2020 deals trade at premium
As the primary CLO market continues to grind tighter, the secondary market is holding steady, but last year's vintages are trading well as they near the end of their call-locks

Global CLO round-up: fresh start for five year deals as market reopens
The CLO market is still producing deals at a good pace, with $2.6 billion of global issuance last week. Four new issue deals priced in the US with Intermediate Capital Group and NYL Investors pricing their first transactions of the year while CVC Credit Partners made it two and Barings three in 2020

Allstate prices tightest new CLO post-covid
Allstate Investment Management Company has priced the tightest new issue US CLO since the covid-19 led sell off. The manager teamed up with JP Morgan to price the $448.55 million AIMCO 11, which has weighted funding costs of 183.9 basis points

Global CLO b-wic round-up: US CLO triple As finally rally while European investors go ‘all in’
A huge supply of $731 million of US CLO triple A bonds pushed US CLO secondary volumes to just shy of $1.5 billion last week

Beneath the triple C: downgrades hold steady as Travelport loses its luggage
For the second month in a row downgrades to triple C steadied, with just under $9 billion of CLO loans falling to this rating across 34 corporate borrowers

CLO double Bs on sale as sub-investment grade rally fizzles out
After more than a month of rapid tightening, CLO double Bs trended wider last week by roughly 60 basis points, as the market for these sub-investment grade tranches stabilises in the mid-800s

KKR goes for three years of reinvestment to capitalise on steep CLO term curve
KKR Credit has priced the first three-year CLO of 2020 as the manager looks to capitalise on a steeper term curve

Medalist makes CLO breakthrough with $305.9 million new issue
Medalist Partners Corporate Finance has priced its first CLO since rebranding from JMP Credit Advisors, according to market sources

AGL makes US CLO market debut via JP Morgan
The world welcomed a new CLO manager on Friday as AGL Credit Management priced its first ever transaction, named AGL CLO I

AGL pre-markets debut US CLO
AGL Credit Management is getting its US CLO issuance programme underway less than six months after being formed

KKR becomes latest CLO manager to adopt mascot feature
KKR Financial Advisors yesterday became the latest manager to adopt the 'mascot' feature in its latest new issue CLO, known as KKR CLO 27

Axa IM prices first CLO refinancing since 2017
Axa Investment Managers refinanced its 2016 CLO, Allegro CLO IV yesterday via Goldman Sachs. The $440 million transaction knocks 22 basis points off of CLO’s funding cost from 200.1bp to 178.1bp.

GSO prices CLO with tightest prints across senior and junior tranches
CLO spreads fell sharply yesterday as GSO Capital Partners priced a new issue deal named Niagara Park CLO with a weighted average funding cost of 176.65 basis points over Libor

Single A and triple B spreads tighten as Goldman prices new CLO for TICP
TICP and Goldman Sachs priced their latest CLO offering yesterday with bonds tightening since premarketing information was first reported by Creditflux

Spreads set to tighten as TICP closes in on three-year CLO
TICP, the credit management division of TPG Capital, is close to pricing a new issue CLO via Goldman Sachs, with sources suggesting the deal could print as early as today

Kayne Anderson prices its third CLO as triple As hit 148bp
Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors has priced its third new issue CLO, pricing the deal in line with other smaller CLO managers that have recently debuted

Price talk suggests Kayne Anderson CLO to print in line with other new managers
Price talk for Kayne CLO III points to a 148 basis points area print on the triple As, which puts the deal in the region of other managers that priced their first deals in 2018

GSO becomes first manager to price two new issue CLOs this year
GSO Capital Partners on Friday became the first manager to issue two new CLOs in 2019, following the $502.05 million deal named Buckhorn Park

PineBridge prices $454.5 million new issue CLO with triple As at 120bp

PineBridge Investments has priced its fourth new issue CLO of the year via Barclays

Pretium passes $1 billion annual CLO issuance mark for first time
Pretium Credit Management has priced its third new issue CLO of the year, bringing its annual volumes over $1 billion for the first time in its history