Arrival of five-year bespokes draws in CLO investors
Synthetic bespoke tranches are undergoing a major shift, with dealers projecting five-year business to supersede previously dominant shorter tenors by the end of 2019.

US CLO round-up: dropping anchor (investors) brings CLO spreads tighter
Syndication was the theme of the week across the global CLO market last week as managers and arrangers presented deals which were sold to a more diverse group of investors than has been the case for most of this year.

GSO prices CLO with tightest prints across senior and junior tranches
CLO spreads fell sharply yesterday as GSO Capital Partners priced a new issue deal named Niagara Park CLO with a weighted average funding cost of 176.65 basis points over Libor

Symphony becomes 90th manager to price CLO this year
Symphony Asset Management yesterday became the 90^th CLO manager to price a transaction this year after printing a new issue named Symphony CLO XXI

Credit traders' kickstand: Trump gives Europe the ghoulies as single B spectres haunt CLOs
Trade tariff terrors and things that go triple C rated in the night are top of the list of items spooking credit market sentiment at the end of this week

BNP Paribas lands double punch with two CLOs in a day
BNP Paribas made a $1.11 billion splash in the US CLO market on Friday, pricing two new issue CLOs. 

Bespoke gains pull CLO buyers as market tipped to hit $100bn
Synthetic bespoke issuance could catch up with the more visible CLO market this year, say structured credit specialists

Past Returns: Repacking in land of the rising sun
Five years ago in Creditflux, we reported that Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ was embarking on a strategy of buying repackaged CLO triple A notes denominated in Japanese yen

MJX prices first new issue CLO in five months
MJX Asset Management returned to the CLO primary market yesterday with its first new issue deal in five months

Triple B fightback has begun, says BNP Paribas
Fallen angel risk – the possibility that a wave of triple B credits could be cut by rating agencies to sub-investment grade – should begin to decline, according to strategists at BNP Paribas

Seix returns to CLO market with double step-up tranche in two-year deal
Seix Investment Advisors yesterday priced its first new issue CLO since 2017, according to market sources

Octagon CLO pricing points to tightening mezz tranches
Octagon Credit Investors priced its second CLO transaction of the year yesterday and its first new issue, Octagon Investment Partners 40

Ares prices new issue US CLO with triple As at 133.69bp
Ares Management teamed up with BNP Paribas on Friday to price a new issue CLO named Ares LI

Ares mandates BNP Paribas with its first CLO of 2019, according to ratings agency reports
Ares Management has teamed up with BNP Paribas to launch its first CLO of the year

Credit spread improvement is calm before the storm, warn strategists
European and US credit markets have begun 2019 with a more buoyant tone than they ended 2018, but strategists warn that bearish factors still outweigh and suggest the overall direction of spreads this year is likely to be wider

JP Morgan makes big hire to its global credit trading desk
An experienced banker who has covered CLOs, CSOs, loan TRS and credit derivatives, has joined JP Morgan after leaving BNP Paribas 

Cash-CDS basis set for comeback after "falling knife" mishap, predicts BNP Paribas
The beginning of 2019 should revive interest among credit investors to trade the basis between cash bonds and credit default swaps, according to BNP Paribas strategists – following what they term “falling knife” dynamics in this year’s fourth quarter

Symphony resets and upsizes 2014 vintage CLO
Symphony Asset Management teamed up with BNP Paribas on Friday to price its sixth CLO deal of 2018

Napier Park returns to CLO refi market via BNP Paribas
Napier Park Global Capital priced its first CLO refi in over a year yesterday following a $368 million deal arranged by BNP Paribas

BNP Paribas runs up Bardin Hill's first new issue CLO since rebranding
Bardin Hill Investment Partners, formerly known as Halcyon Capital Management, has priced its first new issue CLO since rebranding

115bp emerges as senior triple A benchmark as KKR prices new US CLO
KKR Financial Advisors has priced its fifth new issue CLO of 2018

Monroe prices second new issue mid-market CLO of 2018
Monroe Capital Partners has priced its second new issue middle market CLO of the year, according to market sources

GSO prices fourth new issue CLO in as many weeks
GSO Capital Partners has priced its fourth new issue CLO in as many weeks, following a €409.4 million deal arranged by BNP Paribas

BlackRock prices CLO reissue at market-beating levels
BlackRock continues to issue CLOs at market-beating levels, yesterday reissuing a 2015 deal with triple As at Libor plus 112 basis points

Dealers show appetite to retain tranches amid CSO growth
There are increasing numbers of dealers involved in the CSO market and their approach to issuing bespokes is evolving, attendees at Creditflux’s Credit Dimensions conference heard last month.