Double B CLO spreads drop back to 725bp as BlackRock prices US CLO
CLO double B spreads in the US have gone tumbling back to 725 basis points after BlackRock priced a new CLO yesterday via Wells Fargo

BlackRock upsizes upcoming US CLO amid overwhelming demand
BlackRock’s upcoming US CLO, Magnetite XXIV, was heavily oversubscribed last week as price talk circulated, according to two investor sources

Euro CLO league tables: refi market opens up to give KKR best of both worlds
European CLO issuance in October crossed €5 billion for the second month this year as managers took advantage of falling spreads and increased demand. In one example, KKR obtained tight senior CLO financing to go with tight mezz spreads from 2017 in a demonstration of expert timing 

BlackRock’s first mid-market CLO to be managed by experienced team acquired from Tennenbaum in 2018
BlackRock is on track to become the latest manager to start issuing CLOs backed by loans to middle market companies.

BlackRock brings triple A spreads back to 130bp with new US CLO
BlackRock has priced its latest new CLO named BlackRock XXIII, scoring the tightest triple A print for three months

CLO pipeline: Capital time to debut in Europe as liability spreads drop
CLO managers are showing no signs of slowing down, as a further 16 US and five European new issue CLOs, including Capital Four's CLO management debut, appear in the pipeline

Global CLO round-up: Europe mops up demand, as Euribor hits the floor
The final stretch of the year began with a bang, with the first week of Q4 bringing $3.3 billion of CLO issuance in the US and €1.2 billion in Europe. But the resurgence in volumes was not the only talking point last week, with Europe coming into focus as spreads surfed tighter

European CLO spreads reach new tights as BlackRock prices new issue
European CLOs reached new record tights yesterday as BlackRock and Credit Suisse priced the tightest new issue for over 12 months

CLO investor looks to offload US and European anchor equity positions
There are two controlling CLO equity stakes up for sale today with a 2017 European deal and a reissued US transaction going under the hammer

BlackRock becomes fifth European CLO manager to refinance
BlackRock today became the latest European CLO manager to join the budding refinancing wave, having teamed up with Morgan Stanley to reprice the debt liabilities of BlackRock European CLO II

New kids on the block dominate awards

Spire scales heights as Creditflux’s Manager of the Year 2019
Spire Partners celebrated bringing home three Creditflux awards, including the coveted Manager of the Year trophy, on a night of high spirits on 8 May at London’s Landmark Hotel.

Points up front: CLO awards banter
The Creditflux Manager Awards have a history of springing surprises. This year we had journalist and TV presenter Gavin Esler host the awards dinner and regale the audience with a Dolly Parton gag (the less said about that, the better).

Spire wins Creditflux Manager of the Year award
Spire Partners was the big winner at Creditflux's Manager Awards last night as the London-based manager scooped the award for the manager of the year. On top of this, the firm picked up awards for Best European CLO Manager and Best European CLO for Aurium CLO II

Control equity available in BlackRock CLO just one month after first payment
Control equity in BlackRock's 2018 European CLO is up for auction today at 10am New York time (3pm London), according to market sources

BlackRock prices European CLO senior triple As at 108.5bp in new issue deal
Natixis has priced BlackRock European CLO VIII in a €408.5 million deal

BlackRock moves along the term curve by pricing five-year US CLO
BlackRock has followed up its three-year US CLO in February with a regular five-year reinvestment CLO. The latest deal has priced well in comparison to the short-dated transaction 

CLO pipeline: managers seek to return as others arrive, after testing Q1
With the first quarter of 2019 now in the books, the CLO market looks to be continuing where it left off.

We can’t hide it any longer, we’re tiering up
With the opening months of 2019 highlighting a clear class system among CLO managers, there has never been a better time to assess tiering. We find that timing, patience and luck all play a role

We can't hide it any longer, we're tiering up

US CLO round-up: years fall off CLO market as it gets back to its old self
The CLO market is starting to look rejuvenated, with the dense pipeline having this week offloaded seven new broadly syndicated deals and one middle market deal as Creditflux goes to press – totalling $3.7 billion of new paper. 

Shorter-dated CLOs grow in popularity with BlackRock pricing three-year deal
Short CLOs gained in popularity yesterday with BlackRock joining the list of managers issuing deals with less than the standard five years of reinvestment

Keep calm and buy corporate loans
Calm heads prevailed in 2018. Markets were volatile and risk retention was supposed to cause problems, but there was no need to panic and volumes went on to break records set in 2014

BlackRock prices €411.25 million CLO via Barclays
BlackRock priced its third new issue European CLO yesterday in a €411.25 million transaction arranged by Barclays