Past returns: Making CLO triple As more secure
10 years ago in Creditflux, we reported on super-senior tranches being inserted into US CLOs

Centerbridge returns with second Morgan Stanley-arranged CLO of 2022
Centerbridge Partners priced a new CLO on Wednesday named Park Blue CLO 2022-II, which is the followup to its inaugural BSL transaction back in August

GoldenTree prints new US CLO via three arrangers
GoldenTree Loan Management has priced a new CLO, teaming up with three arranging banks to print the $486.48 million deal named GoldenTree Loan Management CLO 16

US CLO pipeline: PPM returns to playing field after 14-month absence
Five fresh deals have made their way on to the pipeline this week, including PPM Loan Management company preparing to end its 14-month drought

Brigade issues new CLO with unusual call and reinvestment structure
Brigade Capital Management priced a new CLO via Morgan Stanley on Thursday with a rare non-call and reinvestment period duration

Creditflux CLO Census results: JP Morgan claims clean sweep of US CLO arranging categories
Following the close of this year’s census, JP Morgan was a quadruple winners in the US, with results declaring it the best at syndicating, structuring and providing both the best access to loans and the best warehouse service

Elmwood prints new CLO with shorter three-year reinvestment period
Elmwood Asset Management on Thursday priced its ninth US CLO of the year, opting for a shorter structure with just three years of reinvestment capability

Mid market CLO league tables: Golub gains ground on Blackstone with rare euro-tranche deal
Four managers - Blue Owl, Golub, Monroe and PennantPark - priced new issue mid market CLOs in September

Triple As come at 199bp for Barings CLO
Barings priced a new CLO on Tuesday with a triple A spread of 199 basis points over Sofr

Golub inserts euro-denominated tranche into US CLO
Golub Capital Partners has taken the highly unusual decision to include a euro-denominated tranche as part of a new US CLO, which the firm priced on Wednesday

Senior triple As hold steady at 190bp as Morgan Stanley Eaton Vance prices CLO
190 basis points remained the new benchmark spread for senior triple A CLOs on Friday after Morgan Stanley Eaton Vance became the third manager to place its first pay notes at the level

Triple A investors come out in force to support new CLO manager Centerbridge
Centerbridge has broken through in US CLO management with a four-year reinvestment deal on Friday through Morgan Stanley. The firm is understood to have recieved strong support for its senior CLO debt

US CLO triple As reach 225bp as CIFC prints sixth deal of the year
CIFC Asset Management printed its sixth US new issue of the year yesterday, pairing with Morgan Stanley on the $392.3 million transaction

Indicative deal structure emerges for debut Centerbridge BSL CLO
A preliminary deal structure has emerged for a forthcoming Centerbridge Partners debut CLO, in the market via Morgan Stanley

Atlas feels weight of static CLOs as triple As reach 260bp
The US CLO term curve inversion is becoming more exaggerated after Crescent Capital priced a static CLO with the coupon on the senior notes set 47 basis points (or 22.1%) wide of five-year CLOs

US CLO pipeline: like a (Center)bridge over troubled water
A large asset manager is marketing its first US CLO at a time of volatility in the underlying loan market. Whereas other funds build walls, CLOs build bridges 

Neuberger Berman upsizes latest CLO offering prior to pricing
Neuberger Berman upsized its new CLO to $566 million before pricing the deal on Thursday

Wells Fargo hires US CLO trader
Wells Fargo has added to its US CLO trading team in Charlotte

CLO counterparties hunt for signs of optimism: SFIG conference
Leveraged loan and CLO investors are hunting for signs of optimism as they face the prospect of a US recession

BlackRock CLO triple As set new benchmark of 205bp
The emerging benchmark triple A spread for three-year reinvestment CLOs is 205 basis points, with BlackRock having placed first pay notes there on its latest offering, Magnetite XXXV

BofA points out flaws in NAIC CLO proposal while Morgan Stanley warns of primary slowdown
Bank of America research has pointed out what it believes are further flaws in the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ proposal to take CLO modelling and monitoring in-house. And Morgan Stanley research says the CLO proposals could weaken demand for CLO triple Bs in particular, hampering CLO formation

GoldenTree prints second US CLO new issue within three weeks
GoldenTree Asset Management on Friday priced its second new issue US CLO in less than a month, bringing the number of CLO transactions the manager has priced this year to four

Putnam adds to CLO comeback with second new issue
Putnam Investments, which made a return to CLOs in 2021 after a 17-year absence, has priced its second new issue deal of that comeback with triple A coupons starting at 200bp

Loan traders eagerly await electronic trading solution
The announcement of Octaura’s electronic loan and CLO trading platform last month has been met with positivity by market participants, who laud the unified approach taken by large investment banks in supporting the initiative

Morgan Stanley Eaton Vance produces Thursday's tightest CLO execution
Morgan Stanley Eaton Vance priced a new CLO on Thurday, scoring the day's tightest triple A print in the process