PIMCO prices first new CLO of 2025
The USD 442.3m transaction followed three refinancings from the manager in the first half of the year

PIMCO and LCM refi short-dated US transactions
PIMCO and LCM Asset Management have each reworked three-year reinvestment US CLOs, with both deals arranged via Bank of America

AGL, PIMCO rework 2021-vintage US CLOs
AGL and PIMCO both refinanced deals from 2021 and priced the top-of-stack paper at SOFR plus 95bps and 99bps, respectively  

PIMCO prints US BSL CLO at 133bps
West Coast giant PIMCO has printed its second new US BSL CLO of the year, a USD 406.70m deal called Balboa Bay Loan Funding 2024-2

PIMCO resets noteworthy CLO from 2020
PIMCO caused a stir four years with its first foray into the US CLO market in 13 years, a deal they have now reset with a short-dated 1Y/3Y timeframe

PIMCO and Fidelity boost investing in CLOs
PIMCO and Fidelity ramp up their buying of CLOs with Fidelity swapping to purchase longer-dated paper

iHeart secured group advisors in confidential talks with company
iHeartMedia, still an important name in the US CLO market, is back in the news, potentially impacting 482 different CLOs

AlbaCore expands with senior research hires
London-based AlbaCore Capital Group announced the expansion of its investment team last week, with the addition of a new Head of Research

Resets keep coming as PIMCO resets 2023 vintage CLO
In the latest in what’s become a reset craze in Q1, PIMCO has reset Balboa Bay Loan Funding 2023-1

West-coast giant prices second CLO this year
PIMCO returned to the CLO market for the second time this year with the pricing of Balboa Bay Loan Funding 2023-2

Pimco eyes CLOs as part of new flexible credit interval fund
Pimco is preparing to launch a new closed-ended, non-listed interval fund, named Pimco Flexible Corporate Income Fund, which will invest at least 80% of assets in corporate debt across public and private credit markets

Pimco promotes global lev fin and CLO head to managing director
Pimco's leveraged finance head is one of five senior officials promoted to managing director

Western AM goes short-tenor for first CLO of the year
Western Asset Management priced its first new issue of the year on Friday, and its fifth of the Crown City moniker it adopted in 2020

Pimco produces strong print on three-year reinvestment CLO
Pimco has produced a three-year reinvestment US CLO in what marks its fifth CLO issuance since it returned to CLO management in late 2020

LP round up: 27 managers find the top corner with investor wins
Credit fund managers like to take it one fund at a time and give it 110% for their 90-minute investor fund pitches - and it's working as $3.8 billion was allocated during November and early December. The gaffer would be proud. 

Credit funds at a glance (November 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Apollo and Pimco buy ‘significant portion’ of Credit Suisse's securitised products group
The move has prompted a rally for Credit Suisse, which on Thursday unveiled a strategic review “designed to reduce risk-weighted assets and leverage exposure”

We can cope with downgrades again

LP round up: 28 credit managers win $6.6 billion as San Diego carves private credit allocation
Pensions allocated over $6.6 billion to credit managers in June including Angelo Gordon, Antares, Apollo, Ares, Beach Point, BioPharma, Brookfield, CarVal, Cerberus...

Envision exchange leaves some lenders sick, but CSAM finds prevention is better than cure
Envision Healthcare’s distressed debt exchange has rocked the CLO market, with over $1.68 billion of the firm’s loans held by US CLOs. But some of the largest managers have avoided the name completely 

US CLO manager plots re-expansion into Europe after 16 years
A European 1.0 CLO manager looks set to return to the business 

Pimco prints new CLO with three-years of reinvestment
Pacific Investment Management Company priced a new CLO on Thursday, teaming with Goldman Sachs to print the deal

Octagon and Pimco tap CLO refi market
Octagon Credit Investors and Pacific Investment Management Company each turned to the CLO refi market on Thursday resulting in just short of $800 million pricing

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

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