US CLO league tables: new issue rankings go to wire as post-pricing upsizes pop up
The new issue US CLO rankings are tightly contested with JP Morgan leading Citi by just $641 million with one month left of the year. Even in December's typically slower weeks this is a closeable gap 

Global CLO league tables - November 2020 YTD
Global CLO league tables - November 2020 YTD

CLO pipeline: LCM switches arranger to complete deal and join issuance surge
Over $3.5 billion of global CLO issuance priced last week and managers in all three CLO markets are taking advantage of tightening spreads across the capital structure after three major covid-19 vaccine breakthroughs and increased confidence since the US presidential election

Three managers print middle market CLOs worth $1.3 billion
Three managers - Apollo affilliate MidCap, Cerberus, and Maranon - brought new CLOs to market backed by loans to middle market companies on Friday. Worth a total of $1.32 billion, the three CLOs account for 16% of 2020 mid market CLO issuance and 21% of total issuance post-covid

Sculptor CLO refi ends US primary pause with first deal post-election
Sculptor Capital Management on Wednesday priced the first transaction in the US CLO primary market following the US election, bringing to an end the lengthy 16-day pause in dealflow

Neuberger Berman prints first new issue US CLO of November as mezz spreads tighten
Neuberger Berman has brought to an end the CLO issuance drought surrounding the US election by printing the market's first new issue of November

Correction: JP Morgan shifts bulk of CLO portfolio to held to maturity
JP Morgan has shifted two thirds of its CLO portfolio to the 'held to maturity' part of its balance sheet, posting $31.15 billion worth of CLO holdings on 30 September of which $20.95 billion were held to maturity

IG and crossover indices converge while European CLO double Bs rally
iTraxx Crossover is again outperforming Main today with the investment grade index widening 0.11bp to 52.56bp while the crossover index is 2.42bp tighter to 296.99bp. Meanwhile bank research signals that junior CLO tranches could benefit as investors look at covid industries through a different lense 

US CLO league tables: JP Morgan nips ahead of Citi as debutants pour in
JP Morgan has surged to the top of new issuance rankings following a busy September and October in which the bank was lead arranger for 10 new CLOs totalling $3.9 billion

Global CLO league tables - October 2020 YTD
Global CLO league tables - October 2020 YTD

Sound Point grows reinvestment period with second European CLO of 2020
Citi has teamed up with Sound Point Capital Management to price a €340.2 million deal named Sound Point European CLO IV

CLO Census results: Citi comes out top but several banks make big leaps
Citi has been voted top in five out of the eight primary CLO categories as part of the 2020 Creditflux CLO Census, but BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs, Jefferies and Natixis are among the banks that have made huge strides compared to last year

HalseyPoint opts for rare four-year reinvestment structure in CLO
HalseyPoint Asset Management returned to the CLO primary market yesterday, pricing its largest new issue to date

Elmwood officially reopens CLO reset market with five-year extension of debut deal
Elmwood Asset Management has completed the US CLO market's first reset transaction for almost eight months, after teaming up with Citi to reset its debut CLO from 2019 named Elmwood CLO I

Silver Rock becomes third debut US CLO manager of 2020
The world welcomed a new CLO manager into the market yesterday as Silver Rock Management issued an inaugural transaction via Citi

First Eagle refinances partially paid-down senior CLO tranche
First Eagle Investment Management has teamed up with Citi to refinance a triple A-rated fixed CLO tranche that has been partially paid down

Four-year CLOs return to Europe as CBAM makes breakthrough
Citi returns to the European CLO market after a six month hiatus, while CBAM delivers Europe's first four-year CLO post covid

Elmwood preps first reinvestment-extending CLO reset since sell-off
Elmwood Asset Management, the CLO manager linked with Elliott Management, is on track to reopen the US CLO reset market officially. The firm is planning a five-year reset of its inaugural CLO from 2019, Elmwood CLO I, with Citi overseeing arranging duties

Long awaited comeback as ArrowMark brings first CLO reset since Q1
ArrowMark Colorado Holdings has reopened the market for CLO resets after pricing the first in more than eight months

CLO pipeline: primary tightening opens door for CLO managers to print new issues
The CLO primary market is hitting a fast pace as it enters the last quarter of 2020. Last week brought a surge of new issuance as 11 US, two European and one mid market CLO manager priced their latest transactions

CLO reset market set to reopen after eight months as ArrowMark plans deal
ArrowMark Partners is marketing the US CLO market's first reset since February, as the industry takes another step on the path back to normality

Voya passes $1 billion US CLO issuance in 2020
Voya Alternative Asset Management has surpassed $1 billion CLO new issuance since the March coronavirus sell off began, joining the ranks of managers to print three transactions in this time

Static US CLOs snap back to early March levels as Palmer Square prints
Palmer Square Capital Management priced its fourth static CLO of the year yesterday, with its triple A spread tightening to just 100 basis points over Libor. The print is another step for the CLO market toward pre-pandemic levels

Octagon steams ahead with fourth fixed CLO tranche refi since August
Octagon Credit Investors has become the first CLO manager to complete four fixed-rate CLO tranche refinancing or repricing transactions this year, after teaming up with Citi to refinance the double A-rated fixed notes of Octagon Investment Partners 31

Manager tiering inceases as Sound Point prices fifth largest CLO post-covid
Sound Point Capital Management has priced the fifth largest CLO amid the coronavirus pandemic known as Sound Point CLO XXVII at a deal size of $503.2 million