US pension's joint venture with Barings set to produce first CLO
Jocassee Partners, a joint venture established between Barings' business development company and South Carolina Retirement Systems, is marketing a CLO

Global CLO league tables - April 2020 YTD
Global CLO league tables - April 2020 YTD

34% of CLOs on track to miss equity payments, virtual conference hears
The impact of the coronavirus crisis on CLOs could only just be starting to bite, said panellists at a virtual CLO conference hosted by IMN

Citi makes $100 million-plus gains on CLO triple A trade
Citi bought $2 billion of CLO triple As from PGIM last month and made more than $100 million in profit after selling the bonds when triple A prices recovered, according to Bloomberg

GSO out the gate with first new issue CLO post-covid 19 crash
GSO Capital Partners today became the first manager to issue a CLO following the coronavirus-triggered financial crash

PGIM revives CLO plan with switch to static transaction
The CLO market has been on hold for three weeks due to coronavirus-induced volatility, but experienced CLO managers are attempting to revive the primary pipeline via a static format

GSO close to pricing static US CLO after buying $428 million of secondary loans
A CLO primary pipeline is starting to re-emerge following the March sell-off, with GSO Capital Partners marketing a static $463.5 million CLO to investors via Citi

Junior US CLO tranches outshine European CLOs as GSO makes it a double
GSO Capital Partners has achieved the feat of becoming the only CLO manager to issue deals on both sides of the Atlantic amid the coronavirus-induced market selloff

Credit funds at a glance
A round-up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Palmer Square static CLO reveals funding-cost spike since January
Palmer Square Capital Management yesterday priced its second static CLO of 2020, according to market sources – but pricing levels show the toll coronavirus-related volatility has taken on short-dated CLO liabilities

US CLO league tables: $2 billion reissue fires Apollo and JP Morgan to top spots
Apollo Global Management and JP Morgan teamed up to price the largest CLO of the 2.0 era in February that helped propel both to the top of the US CLO and global CLO league tables

Global CLO league tables - February 2020 YTD
Global CLO league tables - February 2020 YTD

Mid market CLO league tables: Sumitomo enters the ring
Golub Capital became the first middle market CLO manager to price two deals in 2020 after partnering with first time lead arranger, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Nikko in February

Apollo mid-market CLO arm prices first reset
MidCap Financial, the middle market CLO manager affiliated with Apollo, today priced its first CLO reset

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

CLO pipeline: new loves kindle as managers finish with old flames
US new issue CLO paper is back on the agenda after a January dominated by refinancings. 14 new deals are in the pipeline, but refis are holding steady with eight of these in the works. CLO refinancings have been the front runners this year, with 22 CLO refis versus 12 new US CLOs. 

Rockford Tower dashes out second CLO refi in three weeks
Rockford Tower Capital Management has priced its second CLO refinancing in three weeks as CLO managers rush to refinance their 2017 transactions

Flurry of US CLO refis takes year's tally to 16
Four US CLO refinancings took place on Friday, underlining that 12- to 18-month deals can price their senior liabilities in the low 100s

2020 US CLO refi volume passes $5.4 billion as Brigade and Bain price
US CLO refinancing volume this year passed $5.4 billion yesterday as Brigade Capital and Bain Capital together refinanced over $1 billion CLO paper

CLO pipeline: make some noise for repricings
CLOs may be a bit late to the spread-tightening party, but a hoard of CLO repricings is aiming to make up for it by sheer volume

US CLO league tables: old deals get a fresh start in the new year
The majority of CLO issuance last month was in all forms of repricings, which totalled $4.8 billion and accounted for 54.5% of US CLO volumes

Global CLO league tables - January 2020 YTD
Global CLO league tables - January 2020 YTD

CSAM sees sun after nine years in shade

Credit funds at a glance

Neuberger joins rush of CLO managers refinancing 2017 deals
Neuberger Berman has joined the group of managers to refinance 2017 CLOs with a $368 million deal arranged by Citi