CLO pipeline: four US and two European managers prepare first 2021 CLOs
The CLO market is set to carry on roaring with the pipeline as full as ever despite the summer slowdown just around the corner  

Blackstone, Chenavari, CIFC and Five Arrows add €2 billion to weekly Euro CLO issuance
Nearly €2 billion of European CLO issuance priced this week, with Blackstone, Chenavari, CIFC and Five Arrows adding to Napier Park’s reset earlier in the week

CLO pipeline: Man GLG resurfaces from six-year absence as deals exiting call-lock fill pipeline
CLO spreads have leaked out in recent weeks but deal economics are still favourable, encouraging managers to come back to the primary market for the first time this year

Investcorp takes 2021 European CLO issuance to €2 billion
Investcorp has taken its 2021 European CLO volume to over €2 billion with its latest new issue, Harvest XXVI

HPS reworks Bardin Hill European CLO for first time since acquisition
HPS Investment Partners has refinanced a 2019 European CLO formerly managed by Bardin Hill

Euro refi CLO triple As hit 78bp - 1bp wider than 5yr deal in March
Cairn Capital partially refinanced its 2018 European CLO Cairn CLO X, highlighting the widening trend in triple As but tightening in mezz refi notes

Global CLO league tables - May 2021 YTD
Global CLO league tables - May 2021 YTD

CLO pipeline: queue gets longer as Blackstone goes again and Sancus makes first move
The queue to price for US CLO managers is only getting larger with 18 new issue CLOs in the pipeline, according to market sources, along with 18 repricings and two new issue European CLOs and two mid market CLO resets

CLO pipeline: Five out, five in as market digests new issuance wave
Five new issue US CLOs priced from last week’s pipeline, but five more have replaced them in this week's edition of our pipeline report

Napier Park slashes Euro CLO costs on post-covid deal reset
Napier Park has cut over 90 basis points off the cost of CLO financing on a post-covid deal, Henley CLO II

CLO pipeline: new issue becomes name of game with 14 managers preparing to price
Only $3.2 billion of CLO paper priced globally across all forms of pricings this past week. But the market looks to set to explode back into life with 14 US CLO new issues in the pipeline

Global CLO league tables - April 2021 YTD
Global CLO league tables - April 2021 YTD

BofA and State Street divided over CLO convertibles
A split has emerged in the approach between the two big buyers of triple A-rated CLO tranches that are structured as loans

Loan triple-A buyer adds option to convert, but keeps faith in CLOs
A CLO triple A investor has developed its CLO investment strategy by embedding an option that allows the bank to convert its CLO exposure from loan to note format

CLO pipeline: go long! new issues and resets push refis aside
The CLO market is ready to go beyond refinancings - after this year's opening blitz of those deals - into the longer tenored territory of resets and new issues

Spire slashes 70bp off CLO funding costs as it upsizes 2020 deal in reset
The London-based manager worked with Bank of America to reset the deal late Friday, upsizing the CLO to €447.7million from €425 million at issuance

BofA and Citi unveil multi-dealer platform for CLOs and loans
Bank of America and Citi have joined forces with plans for a multi-dealer CLO and loan platform which will cover trading, data and analytics

Triple Bs diverge and loan tranches increase as KKR and PGIM reset CLOs
KKR and PGIM have become the latest managers to reset European CLOs

CLO pipeline: Carlyle eyes fourth new issue in two months but refis and resets dominate
Manager focus has shifted to reworking vintage CLOs to lower funding costs in a much tighter market, with the new issue US market having slowed

Spire inserts triple A loan tranche in European CLO reset
Bank of America arranged the €411.4 million transaction, which includes split triple A, pari-passu tranches in loan and note formats

European CLO mezz drifts wider as Sculptor and GLG reset and refi
Sculptor has reset its inaugural European CLO, Sculptor European CLO I, via Bank of America

US bank emerges as big buyer of CLO loan tranches
A US bank has taken an unusual approach to investing in CLO tranches on its way to becoming one of the big buyers of US triple A-rated CLOs this year

CLO pipeline: US adds deals at frenetic pace as Europe catches breath after record start
US CLO investors have numerous deals to consider with 13 new issues and 15 repricings being prepared to flood the market in the coming days

Lower mezz grinds tighter with Blackstone's first European CLO since rebrand
Blackstone Credit has priced its first European CLO since it rebranded from GSO Capital Partners last month. Bank of America arranged the new €323.5 million deal, named Marino Park CLO

Alcentra returns to European primary CLO market after 13 months
Alcentra has priced its first European CLO new issue this year following a 13 month hiatus. Bank of America arranged the €303.1 million transaction