CLO pipeline: queue gets longer as Blackstone goes again and Sancus makes first move
The queue to price for US CLO managers is only getting larger with 18 new issue CLOs in the pipeline, according to market sources, along with 18 repricings and two new issue European CLOs and two mid market CLO resets

BNP Paribas hires senior European CLO trader from asset manager
BNP Paribas has expanded its CLO trading team 

Sticky European CLO triple As refuse to budge but mezz comes in as Redding Ridge resets
BNP Paribas arranged the €461.3 million transaction, which cuts the deal’s financing costs by around 38 basis points

CLO pipeline: new issue becomes name of game with 14 managers preparing to price
Only $3.2 billion of CLO paper priced globally across all forms of pricings this past week. But the market looks to set to explode back into life with 14 US CLO new issues in the pipeline

CLO triple As leak wider but mezz comes in as Carlyle, PGIM and KKR price Euro new issues
CLO heavyweights Carlyle, KKR and PGIM all took to the primary market on Friday pricing a total of €1.22 billion issuance

Bain saves 19.2bp on European CLO funding costs with partial refi
Bain Capital has partially refinanced the three most senior tranches of its European CLO, Bain Capital Euro CLO 2018-2

CLO pipeline: Carlyle eyes fourth new issue in two months but refis and resets dominate
Manager focus has shifted to reworking vintage CLOs to lower funding costs in a much tighter market, with the new issue US market having slowed

Equity chooses refi over reset as Carlyle Euro CLO becomes first 2019 deal to take this path
Carlyle Group's is the first 2019 vintage CLO to have been partially refinanced this year, according to Creditflux data

European CLO repricings top €8 billion in 2021 as Ares and PGIM rework deals
Ares and PGIM printed two repricings of European CLOs  on Wednesday, taking year-to-date volume to €8.29 billion

Euro CLO league tables: Europe sees a refi-val in repricing
Older deals get a fresh start in the new year

Global CLO league tables - January 2021
Global CLO league tables - January 2021 YTD

January European CLO volume shoots to €2.9 billion as Five Arrows refis 2017 deal
It has been a busy start to the year for European CLO investors, despite new issues having been slow to get going. Five Arrows is the latest manager to take advantage by refinancing a 2017 vintage CLO - Contego CLO I

European reset wave begins as Partners reworks 2018 CLO
Partners Group’s Penta CLO 5 has become the first European CLO to reset in 2021

Partners lines up first European CLO reset in 11 months
Partners Group is laying the groundwork to print one of the first CLO primary transactions in Europe of 2021, having teamed up with BNP Paribas to issue a reset of a 2018 vintage deal

Euro CLO league tables: Killer Bs: Barclays and Blackstone cause buzz to lead new issuance
The coronavirus pandemic-induced volatility had a marked effect on the European CLO market in 2020 with total issuance falling by €18.5 billion and new issuance €7.8 billion lower than 2019’s figures

Global 2020 CLO league tables
Global 2020 CLO league tables 

Euro CLO league tables: Barclays heads close race for new issues
Bridgepoint became the fifth European debut manager in 2020 when it teamed up with Barclays to price Bridgepoint CLO I on 13 November. The €301.85 million deal featured triple A notes at 121bp over Euribor, 11bp wide of market tights

Chenavari returns to CLO primary with first new issue in 16 months
Chenavari has returned to the CLO primary market with its first new issue deal since July 2019

CLO pipeline: LCM switches arranger to complete deal and join issuance surge
Over $3.5 billion of global CLO issuance priced last week and managers in all three CLO markets are taking advantage of tightening spreads across the capital structure after three major covid-19 vaccine breakthroughs and increased confidence since the US presidential election

Global CLO league tables - October 2020 YTD
Global CLO league tables - October 2020 YTD

Ucits at a glance: European funds and CLOs head rankings
Ucits fund returns

CLO Census results: Citi comes out top but several banks make big leaps
Citi has been voted top in five out of the eight primary CLO categories as part of the 2020 Creditflux CLO Census, but BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs, Jefferies and Natixis are among the banks that have made huge strides compared to last year

Credit Rendezvous: sometimes you have to dive deep to find value
Some parts of the credit market are fraught with danger, but that does not mean portfolio managers are avoiding them entirely, according to the Credit Rendezvous, Creditflux's 10-page quarterly report eaturing comments from 15 credit experts

Napier Park completes second euro CLO post-covid
Napier Park Global has priced its second European CLO post-covid, teaming up with BNP Paribas to issue the €353 million Henley CLO III on Wednesday

Faith in structures has been rewarded
CLOs have been resilient against covid-19 fallout, said speakers at Creditflux’s CLO Symposium last month. But there’s always room to improve and 3.0 deals may add ESG and bullet tranches