BofA revises Euro CLO new issuance forecasts downwards
Bank of America CLO strategists have cut their base case forecasts for European CLO volume in 2022 to €22.6 billion for new issues and €10 billion for refi/resets, citing slower economic growth and higher tail risks. But further market disruption could take new issuance down to €16.5 billion, they warned

European secondary volumes rise through ups and downs
Europe’s secondary CLO market has been boosted by elevated supply as primary issuance trickles amid market volatility. Sources indicate that around €370 million of paper appeared on b-wics across the capital stack in each of the first two weeks of May.

Angelo Gordon prints 30th European CLO new issue of 2022
The €447.95 million deal, named Northwoods Euro CLO 26, brings CLO new issuance volume this year to €12.6 billion, according to Creditflux data

Euro CLO league tables: PGIM and Jefferies lead as Euribor caps come back in fashion
April was the quietest month of the year in the European CLO market with only €2 billion pricing across four new issues and one reset

Global CLO league tables - April 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - April YTD

Managers look at rating agency combos as weighted average life drops
CLO managers are looking closely at rating agency pairings as investors opt for shorter risk horizons, according to market participants.

Mezz and junior debt tighten sharply with BlackRock European CLO
BlackRock has issued its latest European CLO via Bank of America, with pricing on lower mezzanine tranches pointing to tightening in the market

Global CLO league tables - March 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - March YTD

BlackRock Euro CLO set to price, with KKR and ICG in line and 115bp emerging as triple A benchmark
BlackRock is expected to price a European CLO issue today via Bank of America. The immediate CLO pipeline is thin, but KKR is marketing a deal via Morgan Stanley and ICG is marketing via Citi

Euro CLO cost of debt retraces to 2020 year-end levels as BofA revises reset forecasts
Blackstone Credit and CVC Credit printed the first new issues since the loan market wobble, while Bank of America has revised its refi/reset forecast down from €35 billion to €19 billion

Global CLO league tables - February 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - Feb YTD

Impact of Russia-Ukraine war on Euro CLOs will be indirect, finds BofA
European companies largely do not have much direct exposure to Russia or Ukraine, but pricing and inflationary pressures may impact companies

Euro CLO triple As show signs of succumbing to macro volatility as €1 billion paper prints
Over €1 billion worth of European CLO paper priced on Wednesday with two new issues from KKR and Spire, alongside a reset from ICG

US banks' exposure to triple A-rated CLO paper climbs 84%
US banks held $170 billion of CLO paper at the end of 2021 – a massive increase of $72 billion from the end of 2020, according to Bank of America research

HPS resets 2017 CLO bought from Bardin Hill
HPS Investment Partners has reset and upsized a 2017 CLO it acquired from Bardin Hill Investment Partners in 2021

CLO pipeline: US manager base poised to hit 119 and Europe 57
The CLO market is open to newcomers as both the US and European are set to welcome first time CLO issuers – BlueBay Asset Management in the US and Acer Tree Investment Management in Europe

Global CLO league tables - January 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - Jan YTD

You wait a month for a new European CLO and two come along at once
Guggenheim Investments and Onex Credit kicked the European CLO new issue market into gear on Wednesday

Global 2021 CLO league tables
Global 2021 CLO league tables

Global CLO league tables - Nov 2021 YTD
Global CLO league tables - Nov 2021 YTD

Cairn CLO becomes 30th 2020 Euro CLO to be reset
Bank of America arranged the €373 million transaction for Cairn, which cuts the CLO’s cost of debt by over 40 basis points 

Euro CLO league tables: Jefferies nips ahead of Barclays as overall leader
The European CLO market has added laurels to a record-breaking year with one of the highest issuance months for new paper.

BofA adds to Euro CLO volume with Permira new issue and Spire triple A refi
Bank of America added €635.6 million to its European CLO arranging volume having priced a new issue for Permira and a partial refi for Spire 

CLO Census results: Citi and JP Morgan still top in US but Jefferies breaks through in Europe
Citi and JP Morgan are the clear favourites in US CLO arranging – the pair are locked in a close battle for supremacy over deal volumes and they have been voted joint-best at US CLO execution, according to the results of Creditflux’s CLO Census

BlackRock resets 2020 European CLO with triple As tightening to 97bp
Bank of America arranged the €351 million BlackRock European CLO X