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

CIFC prices second-tightest CLO of 2022
CIFC Asset Management priced its first CLO of the year on Thursday, securing the second tightest funding costs on a new issue this year

Gapstow expects strategic deals as credit manager M&A volume slumps to $120 billion
M&A volume involving credit asset managers dropped last year with total target value assets under management slumping to $120 billion from $149 billion in 2020 (and $254 billion in 2019), according to Gapstow Capital Partners

CIFC turns three-year CLO into five-year deal with reset
CIFC has turned its three-year reinvestment deal named CIFC Funding 2014-IV-R into a full five-year transaction with a reset via BNP Paribas

CLO managers show respect to their elders
Alongside lucrative new issues, managers also make time for refinancing and resetting old deals. Our data shows that, in 2021, mid-sized firms were the most effective at this balancing act

Fund performance: CLO funds deliver again, but third of all funds post losses
CLO funds took six of the top 10 spots in October in a continuation of the previous month’s strong performances. However, a consistent showing from Wasserstein in the US high yield category has claimed the top spot for the last two months

Ucits at a glance: Robus and Altana dip but stay at the top
In October, Ucits funds continued a slide that had begun the previous month with 60% of them in the red

CIFC pushes into direct lending with LBC acquisition
CIFC Asset Management has agreed to buy middle market direct lender LBC Credit Partners

CIFC pairs with Bank of America for $460 million CLO reset
CIFC Asset Management teamed up with Bank of America on Tuesday to reset its legacy CLO, CIFC Funding 2019-V

CLO managers refi $1.7 billion across four deals
Four CLO managers refinanced legacy deals on Tuesday, for a total $1.7 billion

Credit Fundraising: Private credit and CLO captive equity feature strongly as closes mount up
Credit funds have made a fair start to the fourth quarter, although the $21 billion raised during October is down substantially on September’s impressive record for 2021

Fund performance: Dominant CLO funds look to end the year with 20%-plus gains
Once again the Creditflux hedge fund top 10 is dominated by CLO funds, with seven funds among the best performers in September.

Ucits at a glance: Robus and Altana enter the final sprint neck and neck
A downward turn hit Ucits funds as 65% of them made positive returns in September,

CIFC, Generate and Monroe secure combined $1.3 billion CLO resets
CIFC Asset Management, Generate Advisors and Monroe Capital each reset a CLO on Monday with the three deals amounting to $1.34 billion

Three control CLO equity blocks trade, including rare CIFC deal with ultra-low funding costs
Three US CLO anchor equity positions traded Tuesday courtesy of one b-wic at 9.30am New York time

CIFC pulls CLO market tighter with seventh US deal of year
CIFC Asset Management teamed up with Nomura on Monday to price the tightest new CLO in over two weeks

US CLO pipeline: newcomers look to follow Beach Point's lead by pricing before year-end
Beach Point Capital Management became the latest debut issuer in the US CLO market on Friday, and Sycamore Tree Capital Partners and Putnam Investments are set to join it    

Everyone’s ramping

Ucits at a glance: Angsana recovers from July slump
Just under 75% of Ucits funds made positive returns in August, holding steady from June and July

CIFC looks to have another crack at direct lending
CIFC Asset Management is exploring the possibility of building out a direct lending business for a second time, with chief executive officer Steve Vaccaro telling the audience at Creditflux’s CLO Symposium that the firm is looking to broaden its business

Points up front: CLO award-winners love bowing out at the top
Reaching the summit of their profession gives CLO officials the compulsion to move on to pastures new, as evidenced by the Creditflux Manager Awards

CSAM regains best manager throne
Upstart CLO managers overtook more experienced rivals at last year’s Creditflux Manager Awards, but CSAM and other large firms, such as PGIM, emerged victorious in London this time around

CIFC launches $2bn loan SMA with Texas pension fund
CIFC Asset Management has teamed up with Teacher Retirement System of Texas to launch a separately managed account named Texas Debt Capital LP to invest in senior secured loans

CLO resets top $2 billion for second day this week
CLO reset volume topped $2 billion on Thursday as Antares Capital Management, CIFC Asset Management and Shenkman Capital Management each reworked older deals

CIFC European CLO head leaves on eve of deal pricing
CIFC Asset Management's European chief investment officer has left the firm resulting in two senior US officials plugging the gap on a short-term basis