First Brands’ disputes raise alarming concerns that all SPV lenders should be watching – Legal Analysis
SPV lenders face potential risks, including substantive consolidation and collateral devaluation

First Brands examiner officially approved following negotiations on scope
Key parties agree on scope and budget after negotiations; Examiner to probe allegedly missing funds, review company transactions within USD 7m budget

First Brands Group faces UMB Bank objection to Weil Gotshal, Lazard, and Alvarez retentions over conflict concerns
UMB Bank questions Weil’s independence, dual representation of debtors and non-debtors; Bank cites removal of Global Assets’ independent director and potential SPE conflicts

US Trustee seeks examiner in First Brands bankruptcy, citing USD 2.3bn of missing funds and ‘malfeasance’
The US Trustee has called First Brands' internal investigation insufficient due to the scope of the allegations, while factoring provider Raistone is also seeking an examiner, citing the need for an impartial investigation

First Brands rolls through operational motions in second half of first day hearing
EXCLUSIVE: USD 1.5bn rollup approved as part of USD 4.4bn DIP financing package including USD 175m new money to support company's continued operation

Audax reworks 2021-vintage issue with fifth deal of the year
The triple A paper, split as part of the reset into discrete loan and note tranches, issued at SOFR plus 150bps

End of week sees private credit CLO issuance rush
The mid-market saw a flurry of issues from Eldridge, Churchill, StepStone and BlackRock toward the end of last week, with the total value of the four deals across Thursday and Friday totalling over USD 1.5bn

HIG issues first new CLO in 15 months
The deal is the first new print from the manager since it priced HIG WhiteHorse Trinity CLO 2024-1 in February last year

BlackRock refinances 2017 vintage US BSL CLO Magnetite XIX
BlackRock has printed a USD 469.25m refinancing of its Magnetite XIX with Wells Fargo servering as the arranger

Carlyle resets 2020-vintage CBAM Euro deal
Carlyle has reset a European CLO, sized at EUR 298.425m, that was originally priced by CBAM in October 2020 

Tikehau goes short with 1Y/2Y European CLO reset
Originally priced as a 1.5Y/4.5Y issue, a reset of Tikehau CLO IX has shortened the duration to a 1Y/2Y schedule

Fortress US CLO refi shows tightening throughout the stack
Fortress Investment Group paired with Bank of America to price a 2022-vintage US BSL CLO refi on Thursday, its seventh deal of the year

PGIM refinances US CLO deal from 2018
PGIM refinanced a a USD 398.83m US BSL CLO from 2018 arranged JP Morgan

Crescent refinances 2019 vintage CLO Atlas XV
Crescent Capital printed a refinancing on Thursday of its Atlas Senior Loan Fund XV, a US BSL CLO from 2019

Even 2021 CLOs are getting reset as GoldenTree prices deal
GoldenTree undertook a reset of its GLM 2021-9 this week, a CLO that originally priced with triple-As at Libor plus 107bps

PennantPark goes short for latest MM CLO
The primary CLO market saw a rarity yesterday when PennantPark Investment Advisers priced the first short-dated middle market CLO of the year

Churchill adds new private credit CLO to roster
While most market attention in recent weeks has been on the BSL side of the ledger, Churchill announced the pricing of a new USD 298.06m middle market transaction on Friday, the third CLO from Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Corp and its first of 2024

Crescent brings in triple-A spreads 85bps with static refi
Crescent Capital Group has become the latest manager to exploit advantageous market conditions to undertake a USD 298.91m refinancing of its 2022-vintage Atlas Static Senior Loan Fund I

Churchill prices new CLO for private BDC
Churchill was back in the market on Friday with a new middle-market CLO, Churchill NCLC CLO-I arranged by SMBC Nikko, with Capital One acting as co-placement agent

Mid market league tables: Golub and Natixis team up to lead in issuance as HPS debuts
Five mid market CLO managers priced in May for a combined $2 billion monthly issuance. This marked the fourth straight month when mid market volumes crossed $2 billion

Global CLO league tables - May 2023 YTD
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Global CLO league tables - April 2023 YTD
Global CLO league tables - April 2023 YTD

Voya prints short-dated European CLO via Barclays
Barclays priced its first European CLO new issue of the year on Friday

Voya targets this week for European CLO comeback with short-dated deal
Price talk for the CLO's triple As appears to be in line with recent longer-dated Euro CLOs