Global CLO league tables - January 2023 YTD
Global CLO league tables - January 2023 YTD

$1 billion mid market CLOs price from Antares and Deerpath
Antares Capital and Deerpath Capital Management each priced a new middle market CLO on Friday, with the two transactions clocking in at just under $1 billion

Landmark new CLOs from Barings and Oak Hill pull triple A spreads to 175bp
Barings and Oak Hill Advisors priced new CLOs on Wednesday, securing the tightest triple A debt spreads since June last year in the process

Audax prices its largest ever middle market CLO
Audax Group teamed up with BNP Paribas on Friday to price the firm's largest middle market CLO to date

CLO triple A spreads could drop to 175bp as Oak Hill markets new deal
Oak Hill Advisors is marketing its first new issue CLO in six months and is seeking a triple A print of just 175 basis points over Sofr

BNP launches marketing for Partners Euro CLO
BNP Paribas launched marketing for a Partners Group new issue European CLO yesterday, with pricing anticipated next week.

First new US CLOs of 2023 print triple A notes at 210bp
The first new US CLOs of the year priced on Friday, with triple A spreads coming in significantly tight of market averages from late 2022

US CLO pipeline: Triple A dispersion coming to fore as Palmer Square aims to open market again
The US CLO market is set to reopen with five managers in various stages of marketing new issue CLOs, according to sources

CLO 2023 Outlook: CLOs look set to rise to the challenge of a tough 2023
CLO researchers had an (understandable) inability to accurately predict the staggering array of macro shocks that affected the CLO market this year. So it comes as a surprise that overall CLO issuance reached a lot closer to anticipated levels than many would have expected back in Q2

CSO momentum builds as focus turns to fundamentals
Collateralised synthetic obligations (CSOs) have proved to be a bright part of the credit market in 2022. And participants are daring to dream the coming year will be one of the asset’s busiest.

Powell outlook brings risk buyers out in droves, but reality check looks soon to follow
Comments by US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell on Wednesday on the pace of future rate hikes have prompted a sharp rally across global financial markets, including credit. But dissenting voices have already begun to point out the enthusiasm is likely overdone

Blackstone's new Euro CLO volumes pass €1 billion for 2022
Blackstone Credit's new European CLO volumes for 2022 passed €1 billion on Friday after it priced its third new issue named Edmondstown Park CLO

Financials offer relative value opportunities after synthetic credit overshoot: BNP Paribas
A technical squeeze, driven by investor risk appetite but also short covering, has taken some parts of the synthetic credit to a point where cash bonds look to offer better relative value

Blackstone targets next week for Euro CLO via BNP Paribas
The €380.36 million deal is anticipated to price next week and is around 59.5% ramped 

Soft mood music abruptly dashed as Fed and BoE rile markets
The credit market’s strong run of improvement has come to an end this week, with the US Federal Reserve and Bank of England delivering a reality check to hopes of a more dovish path forward on interest rates

Credit faces blind spot as borrowers enter higher default cycle: BNP Paribas
With short term rates outstripping nominal GDP growth, the credit cycle is entering its next and final stage – one in which corporate defaults will pick up but high quality borrowers should outperform

CQS returns to Euro market with first new CLO since 2015
CQS has priced its first European CLO in seven and a half years, opting for a short reinvestment and non-call period

Creditflux CLO Census results: JP Morgan claims clean sweep of US CLO arranging categories
Following the close of this year’s census, JP Morgan was a quadruple winners in the US, with results declaring it the best at syndicating, structuring and providing both the best access to loans and the best warehouse service

UK credit spreads rally for Rishi
UK credit spreads have rallied sharply on Monday with the victory of Rishi Sunak in the contest to become the country’s third prime minister of the year

BNP Paribas and LFIS join forces on QIS fund
BNP Paribas’ quantitative investment strategies unit has partnered with LFIS Capital for a market neutral fund

Deutsche hires credit strategy head from rival bank
Deutsche Bank has hired a new head to oversee European and US credit strategy

Mid market CLO league tables: Golub gains ground on Blackstone with rare euro-tranche deal
Four managers - Blue Owl, Golub, Monroe and PennantPark - priced new issue mid market CLOs in September

PGIM goes short with new three-year reinvestment CLO
PGIM priced a new CLO on Friday, opting for a shorter-dated structure with a one-year call-lock and three-year reinvestment period

Monroe prints second middle market CLO of the year
Monroe Capital Partners priced its first middle market CLO since February on Tuesday, and the largest middle market CLO in four months

AGL stands alone with 190bp CLO triple As attaching at 37% in new issue
AGL Credit Management priced a new US CLO on Friday via BNP Paribas, scoring a market-tight triple A print of 190 basis points over Sofr - without the benefit of a junior triple A tranche