Mid market CLO league tables: Natixis extends lead with two new issues but SocGen stays close
Of the three mid market CLO new issues that priced in August, market leader Natixis arranged two of them to put some breathing room between it and its nearest rivals

Mid market CLO issuance tops $7 billion with first AB deal of year
Middle market CLO issuance for 2022 surpassed $7 billion on Friday after AB priced its first mid market new issue of 2022 named ABPCI Direct Lending Fund CLO XI

CVC prints latest CLO's senior triple As at just 208 basis points
CVC Credit Partners priced a new CLO on Wednesday, scoring one of the tightest triple A prints in the last month

SocGen hires to CLO structuring team in New York
Societe Generale has hired a vice president in its CLO structuring team

SocGen promotes credit head in New York
Societe Generale has appointed a 20-year veteran of the bank to head of fixed income for the Americas

2022 mid market CLO volume hits $5.5 billion as Blue Owl prints new issue
Middle market CLO volume for 2022 rose to $5.5 billion on Friday as Blue Owl Capital priced its first new issue in over 12 months

Dealer list builds for year's first credit event auction
A credit event auction next week to settle Talen Energy Supply CDS contracts looks set to have 10 participating dealers, with two banks having been added to the regular list

Winton hires quant credit specialist as PM
Winton, a London-headquartered asset management firm that specialises in quantitative strategies, has hired an experienced trader to focus on credit alpha capture

Ares CLO counterparties make $100k charitable donation
Ares Management has become the latest manager to contribute a portion of management fees on its latest CLO to the Fulfilment Fund, alongside deal parties

CLO spread widening extends with Ares printing triple As at 138bp
Ares Management priced a new CLO via Societe Generale on Thursday, with the triple A notes paying a coupon of 138 basis points over Sofr

CVC places liabilities tight of market with first new US CLO of 2022
CVC Credit Partners priced its first US CLO of the year on Friday, with the deal's triple A notes printing 3.73 basis points tight of the 10-day rolling average

Mid market CLO league tables: diamonds are for 2019 and BCRED is for now
Middle market CLO issuance is off to a fast pace in 2022 as a busy February welcomed three new issue CLOs and three resets – adding $3.8 billion to this year’s tally of $4.39 billion

Blackstone prints largest CLO in $1.1 billion mid-market deal
Blackstone Credit has produced the fourth US CLO under the BCRED shelf with the firm pricing a $1.09 billion middle market CLO on Thursday

Credit Rendezvous: the upside of inflation
It is clear, inflation is not transitory and central banks are acting with several interest rate hikes likely in store for the US this year. That makes loans and CLO debt tranches attractive, but there could be opportunities beyond these floating rate assets

Bain and Blue Owl upsize middle market CLOs with resets
Bain Capital Credit and Blue Owl Capital each reset a middle market CLO on Monday, with both managers opting to upsize their vehicles without changing the equity tranche sizes

AMMC lowers 2020 CLO funding costs by 48bp with refi
American Money Management Corporation refinanced its late 2020 CLO AMMC 23 on Wednesday, lowering the deal's funding costs by 47.99 basis points in the process

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

French hedgers price in election six months ahead
The CDS market is well known to be more reactive than cash credit to changes of sentiment. However, a growing fixation among participants to price in macro and political risk ahead of time appears to have hit an extreme in the case of French presidential election hedging — more than six months before the country goes to the polls

Fidelity produces rare 2020 CLO refi as Benefit Street reworks 2017 deal
Benefit Street Partners and Fidelity Investments each priced a CLO refinancing on Monday, with the two deals worth a combined $896 million

Nuveen and SocGen pair for first time on new CLO with tight triple As
Nuveen priced its second new issue CLO of the year on Tuesday, via SocGen

Ares and Black Diamond become latest CLO managers to refinance
US CLO refi supply climbed to $3.2 billion for the month of July on Thursday after Ares Management and Black Diamond Capital Management became the latest firms to refinance

SocGen's head of CLO primary departs ahead of move to another bank
The head of CLO primary at Societe Generale has parted ways with the bank

SocGen hires senior CLO originator in New York
Société Générale has hired a senior originator for its middle market and BSL CLO platform 

Senior ABS trader lands at SocGen in London
An ex-Natwest official has resurfaced at Société Générale in London

CLO spreads trend tighter as Neuberger Berman scores 153.75bp funding cost
Neuberger Berman has priced the tightest new issue CLO since 9 April, the second time that record has been broken this week as liability spreads finally move tighter