GSO European CLO adopts 'loss mitigation loan' concept to boost workout flexibility
GSO Capital Partner’s Deer Park CLO has introduced the concept of loss mitigation loans to European CLOs, according to a report by Fitch Ratings today

Euro CLO primary spreads hit new tights as BlackRock prices first 2020 deal
European primary CLO spreads have finally begun to tighten, as BlackRock today printed triple A notes on BlackRock CLO X at Euribor plus 120 basis points

Deutsche Bank upsizes comeback European CLO in €344 million GSO deal
GSO Capital Partners has issued its second CLO in Europe since the coronavirus pandemic outbreak, upsizing the transaction by almost €50 million in the 24 hours before pricing

Beneath the triple C: April showers send buckets overboard
Downgrade waves rocked the CLO market in April as Moody's and Standard & Poor's downgraded 135 corporate borrowers to triple C or below, from ratings above that level. The downgrades put CLOs in rough waters as $41.6 billion of such loans are prevalent in US CLOs while €5.64 are moored in European CLO portfolios – affecting 5.92% of the US market and 4.37% of the European market

Euro loan trading: CLO managers find a home for building specialist's downsized loan
CRH Europe issued a €700 million term loan B in November, which was downsized from €900 million. But still, it has proved popular with CLO managers with CLO-i indicating that CLOs bought €275.2 million of the loan

US loan trading: Sinclair loans dominate the airwaves as CLOs tune in
Sinclair Broadcasting Group and Diamond Sports – both subsidiaries of issuer Sinclair - worked their way into CLO portfolios in July, with 91 managers purchasing $1.42 billion of the loans in July

CLO managers cash in their chips as Caesars trade pays off
Caesars Entertainment was the most sold issuer in June with $158.8 million of its term loan sold out of CLOs.

RiverRock launches direct lending fund in partnership with European bank
RiverRock has launched a European direct lending fund in which it has signed an exclusive co-investment agreement with a bank

Euro CLO round-up: smaller (and newer) issuers print deals as spreads edge wider
It has been a relatively busy week for the European CLO market after three new deals priced to end a 17- day silence in the primary market. The quiet spell was broken by smaller CLO issuers.

US CLO round-up: something old, something new, GSAM returns with newcomers too
GSAM is back pricing CLOs after 12 years away, while relative newcomers make swifter re-entries in the CLO market 

US loan trading: CLO managers on cloud nine after Ultimate Software allocations
CLO managers took down about 27% of Ultimate Software's loans in April, when the cloud operator issued its $2.3 billion first lien term loan due 2026, according to CLO-i

Golub sets quarterly record for mid-market CLO tights
Golub Capital Partners priced a $656.61 million reset of its 2016 mid-market CLO known as Golub Capital Partners CLO 31 on Friday

US CLO league tables: competition intensifies among dealers
$13.6 billion of new issue paper was produced in May, bringing total new CLO volumes to $52.1 billion for the year. And last month there was plenty of movement in the arranger league tables

US CLO round-up: Despite big freeze, market issues a cool $4.6 billion of paper
CLO managers are snowed under in yet another busy week for the US market. This week, managers have priced deals with a wide range of leverage ratios

Large slices of recently priced senior CLO debt go up for sale
€107 million of senior CLO debt of recently priced European deals has appeared on a b-wic

Carlyle re-issues 2015 European deal for its 20th CLO transaction of the year
Carlyle Group has priced the European CLO re-issue with the lowest funding costs of 2017. The deal is Europe's largest 2.0 CLO, according to CLO-i data.

Carlson goes vertical as it resets its second CLO in two weeks
Latest reset sees 2015 CLO obtain a renewed two year non-call and four year reinvestment period

US manager follows CLO's refi with reset after seven months
Latest reset deal follows the refinancing of senior tanches in October 2016

Benefit Street prices second CLO reset in as many months
With CLO 2 experiencing a reset in June, Benefit Street moved on to CLO 3 

Jefferies prices two CLO deals in a day for regular manager client
Jefferies continued its long-standing relationship with MJX Asset Management yesterday, pricing a refinancing and a reset for the manager on the same day

Aegon opens the seach for a credit portfolio manager
Aegon Asset Management is looking to secure the services of a credit portfolio manager, according to a new job posting