GoldenTree adds single B tranche to new CLO for first time since February
GoldenTree Loan Management priced a new CLO on Thursday, becoming the first manager to include a single B-rated liability tranche since before the Ukraine invasion

AIG, BlackRock, First Eagle and GoldenTree bring weekly CLO reset volume to $5.9 billion
Four managers capped off a huge week for US CLO reset activity by reworking 2019 deals, bringing weekly reset volume to $5.85 billion across 12 transactions

I’ll see your 2020 and raise you 2021
Discounted loans, Libor floors and bond flexibility helped make 2021 an even better year for CLO returns than 2020, as US CLOs distributed 15.54% and European CLOs paid 13.93% annualised

CLO managers show respect to their elders
Alongside lucrative new issues, managers also make time for refinancing and resetting old deals. Our data shows that, in 2021, mid-sized firms were the most effective at this balancing act

Vibrant follows CLO investments hire with new addition in business development
Vibrant Capital Partners has hired Zachary Radler as a director in its business development team for North America

LP round up: no Stoptober as investors allocate $5 billion to credit
US institutional investors allocated $5 billion to credit funds in October, with Oak Hill and Pimco among the biggest mandates    

GoldenTree goes back to old approach with $650 million new CLO
GoldenTree Loan Management on Tuesday priced its third US CLO of the year, stacking the deal with additional junior debt tranches

US CLO pipeline: Go long! Refis fall from favour as AMMC looks to join list of 2021 issuers
The only record left to fall this year in US CLOs is 2017’s refinancing total of $102.8 billion with the market $6.3 billion shy. Yet this segment shows little interest to break more records with the pipeline filled with new issues and resets as longer tenured deals are preferred.

GoldenTree and Oaktree root out older CLOs for refi
GoldenTree Loan Management and Oaktree Capital Management each refinanced a CLO on Thursday with the two deals amounting to $1.14 billion of issuance

Everyone’s ramping

GoldenTree, Steele Creek and TCW hit primary CLO market to rework legacy deals
GoldenTree Loan Management, Steele Creek Investment Management and TCW Group all took to the CLO primary market on Friday to rework legacy CLO transactions

2020 CLOs find redemption is sweet
The believers have been vindicated with 2020 CLOs among the best-performing of all time by IRR. Even those that have been reset have been a success with par flushes making for huge equity distributions.

Morgan Stanley prints Euro CLO refis for Chenavari and GoldenTree
Morgan Stanley partially refinanced two 2019 vintage European CLOs managed by Chenavari and GoldenTree yesterday, adding €609 million to the arranger’s 2021 volume

Credit Fundraising: Blue Owl and WhiteHorse gain from improving animal spirits
Fundraising perked up in July as managers raised $14.9 billion for credit funds - the third highest monthly amount this year

GoldenTree upsizes 2020 CLO by $73.1 million and takes leverage above 23 turns
GoldenTree Asset Management reset its 2020 CLO, GoldenTree 8, on Wednesday 

Credit funds at a glance (August 2021)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Siaci €202 million loan to leave CLOs after merger as new debt guided in low 400s
Burrus has outlined price talk on an €850 million loan backing its acquisition and merger with Siaci, a popular CLO credit

Euro CLO managers price €1bn as triple As surpass 100bp and capped tranches gain popularity
CBAM, Hayfin Capital Management and GoldenTree Asset Management have all taken to the European CLO primary market, adding €1 billion to 2021 volume

CLOs at a glance (July 2021)
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month

GoldenTree matches June's tightest triple A print in new $639 million CLO
GoldenTree Loan Management priced its latest new CLO on Friday and scored the tightest triple A print of the month in the process

CLO pipeline: GoldenTree makes good home for single Bs in swarm of activity
Wider CLO spreads are not deterring US CLO managers or equity investors, as 14 new issues, 10 resets and seven refinancings enter the pipeline

GoldenTree refis irregular 2012 CLO
GoldenTree Loan Management refinanced the double A notes of its irregular CLO named GoldenTree Credit Opps 2012-1

GoldenTree and Zais print US CLO refis
The CLO market absorbed $1.07 billion of refinancings on Friday as GoldenTree Loan Management and Zais Group became the latest managers to cut funding costs

Brigade, GoldenTree and Sculptor reset $1.5 billion of CLOs
Brigade Capital Management, GoldenTree Loan Management and Sculptor Capital Management took to the CLO primary market on Friday to price a combined $1.53 billion in CLO resets

CLO pipeline: Carlyle eyes fourth new issue in two months but refis and resets dominate
Manager focus has shifted to reworking vintage CLOs to lower funding costs in a much tighter market, with the new issue US market having slowed