Nochu returns to CLO new issues after two-year break
Norinchukin Bank made its long-awaited return to the CLO primary market last month, investing in US CLO triple A notes once more

Sofr transition timing puts CLO debt and equity at odds, says BNP Paribas
CLO investors look to have tough conversations ahead on the structure implications of the transition from Libor to Sofr, with BNP Paribas strategists noting CLO debt will benefit from an early move while equity tranches would do better to wait

There's still time to pick up pennies in credit before steamroller arrives: BNP Paribas
Declining dealer inventories, rising fund cash balances, and a greater prevalence of hedging have added up to produce a credit market that is positioned too short, according to BNP Paribas strategists

Zais and BNP Paribas strike ESG breakthrough with climate change CSO
The growing theme of environmental, social and governance standards helping to revitalise the market for collateralised synthetic obligations appears to have taken a big step forward, with Zais Group and BNP Paribas partnering on a first-of-its-kind deal that could lay a template for future transactions

Banks soak up selling pressure ahead of key ECB meeting
Banks - and particularly those in Italy and Spain - are among the main underperformers in credit as the market cautiously awaits messaging from this week's meeting of the European Central Bank

Blackstone passes $5 billion in US CLOs this year with 10th new issue
Blackstone Credit teamed up with BNP Paribas on Friday to print its 10th US CLO of 2021, becoming the second manager in history to pass $5 billion annual issuance

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.

Credit Rendezvous: Credit spins full circle
The third quarter was massive in terms of volumes with CLOs, high yield, leverage loans and private equity registering record issuance. But credit spreads were up and down as inflation fears, crackdowns in China and rising coronavirus cases became catalysts for risk-off sentiment in July and September

Medalist prices first new US CLO since January 2020
Medalist Partners has priced its first new US CLO since it took full control of Medalist Partners Corporate Finance (formerly known as JMP Credit Advisors) from JMP Group in July, ending a 21-month break from the CLO primary market

CLO refi and reset volumes surge with $2.3 billion priced on Friday
CLO refi and reset volumes surged on Friday with $2.3 billion priced across the US market, according to market sources. Brigade Capital Management, MidOcean Credit Partners and New Mountain Capital reset regular-way CLOs, Blackstone Credit scored a regular CLO refi, Sculptor Capital Management refinanced a bond-heavy CLO, and Ivy Hill Asset Management reset a middle market CLO

Everyone’s ramping

Invesco, Napier Park and Oaktree refinance 2019 CLOs
Three CLO managers - Invesco, Oaktree Capital Management and Napier Park Global - have each refinanced a 2019 CLO, with the three deals totalling over $1.5 billion

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

Deutsche Bank adds credit trading head to US build out
Deutsche Bank is looking at the next phase of its US development with the hire of a credit trading head from another bank 

PGIM upsizes late 2020 CLO by over $50 million
PGIM has teamed up with BNP Paribas to reset its September 2020 CLO named Dryden 85, upsizing the deal by $51.6 million in the process

Neuberger Berman, Sculptor and First Eagle tap CLO refi market
Three CLO managers refinanced 2019 CLO paper worth a total of $1.44 billion on Friday

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

Fight for leaderboard top-spot intensifies as Blackstone prints Peace Park CLO
Blackstone Credit priced its seventh US CLO of the year on Tuesday just days after Carlyle Group became the first manager to achieve the feat, as the two firms battle for top spot on the leaderboard for issuance in 2021

Carlyle shoots to top of issuance leaderboard with huge seventh US CLO
Carlyle Group is the CLO manager with the highest US issuance volume so far this year after becoming the first firm to print seven new CLOs

Vibrant mirrors first CLO of year with follow-up via BNP Paribas
Vibrant Capital Partners priced its third new issue US CLO on Thursday and its second via BNP Paribas

Napier Park takes CLO regatta to 20 vessels
Napier Park has brought its first new US CLO in nearly six months, pricing the upsized deal in line with guidance via BNP Paribas

Octagon slashes 55bp from CLO funding costs by resetting 2020 deal
Octagon Credit Investors has priced the reset of its 2020 deal Octagon Investment Partners 46 by partnering with BNP Paribas. 

BNP Paribas refis one-year CLOs managed First Eagle and Octagon
BNP Paribas arranged CLO refinancings for First Eagle Investment Management and Octagon Credit Investors, with both deals having only around one year of reinvestment remaining

Squarepoint draws big name options market maker to buy side
An experienced credit options trader has decided to join the systematic and quant strategies manager in a change of career from working on the sell side

AGL and Partners upsize legacy CLO deals with resets
AGL Credit Management and Partners Group each priced a CLO reset on Monday, with both firms opting to upsize their legacy deals in the process