CLO round-up: sentiment improves as multiple breakthrough transactions emerge
New CLO formation slowed this week in the US, while Europe had its second zero-issuance week of the quarter. But there were three major developments: the first CLO refi in15 months, a major investor's first entry into a CLO at the reset stage, and the first middle market CLO arranged by Goldman Sachs.

Nochu enters Redding Ridge-managed CLO at reset stage as two 2022 deals merge
Redding Ridge Asset Management priced the largest transaction of the year in the BSL CLO market after merging two 2022-vintage print-and-sprint CLOs

Mid market league tables: Golub and Natixis team up to lead in issuance as HPS debuts
Five mid market CLO managers priced in May for a combined $2 billion monthly issuance. This marked the fourth straight month when mid market volumes crossed $2 billion

Global CLO league tables - May 2023 YTD
Global CLO league tables - May 2023 YTD

Mid market CLO issuance tops $2bn for the month as MidCap prices
Apollo affiliate MidCap Financial priced a middle market CLO on Friday named Woodmont CLO 2023-12, a deal that brought mid market CLO issuance for the month over $2 billion

Mid market CLO league tables: AB crosses $1 billion and Natixis $2 billion to lead the way
Mid market CLO issuance in April was down for the second straight month with $2.15 billion pricing, compared to $3 billion in March and $3.5 billion in February

Global CLO league tables - April 2023 YTD
Global CLO league tables - April 2023 YTD

MidCap prints 2023's second-largest CLO to date
Apollo affiliate MidCap Financial priced a new middle market CLO on Friday that is the second largest primary market transaction of 2023

Global 2022 CLO league tables
Global 2022 CLO league tables

Belstar partners with Apollo to launch global corporate and structured credit fund
Belstar Management Company has launched a credit fund to invest across global liquid and private credit - including both corporate and structured credit

Global CLO league tables - November 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - November 2022 YTD

Apollo scooped up $1.1 billion CLO paper amid UK LDI crisis, officials confirm
Apollo Global Management bought a whopping $1.1 billion of triple A and double A-rated CLO paper yielding over 8% in the three weeks of elevated bwic supply in October

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

CLOs at a glance (October 2022)
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month  

Apollo reaches for bigger slice of pi(e) with 5% Diameter stake
Apollo Global Management has bought a 5% stake in credit fund and CLO manager Diameter Capital Partners, cementing the relationship between the firms

Global CLO league tables - August 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - August YTD

CLO x-rays reveal chapter 11-diagnosed borrower
18 CLO managers hold $380.2 million debt of medical imaging and non-destructive testing product provider Carestream Health, which on Tuesday filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US Court for the District of Delaware. The firm entered into a restructuring support agreement to slash its debt by around $470 million

Global CLO league tables - June 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - June YTD

Apollo sees value of diverse thinking in CLO investments
Officials at Apollo Global Management have praised the “diversity of thought” at Advent Capital after providing seed capital for Advent’s new CLO platform

Experienced US CLO portfolio manager lands at Advent
Convertible bond manager Advent Capital Management has put an important part of its CLO plans in place by hiring an experienced portfolio manager 

Redding Ridge prices $404 million print and sprint CLO
Redding Ridge Asset Management has priced a new CLO via Natixis named RR 21

Mid market CLO league tables: Familiar feeling as Golub and Natixis lead after tumultuous month
Only $1.15 billion of mid market CLO issuance was priced in May, for the quietest month in the space since January

Global CLO league tables - May 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - May YTD

Envision exchange leaves some lenders sick, but CSAM finds prevention is better than cure
Envision Healthcare’s distressed debt exchange has rocked the CLO market, with over $1.68 billion of the firm’s loans held by US CLOs. But some of the largest managers have avoided the name completely 

Convertibles specialist moves into CLO management with Apollo support
Convertible bonds specialist Advent Capital Management is moving into US CLO management with support from Apollo Global Management