Fortress and Polen print their first new CLOs of the year
Fortress and Polen Capital have priced their first BSL offerings of the year, both via BofA  

BofA: innovation and consistency
The first of our new series of CLO arranger profiles takes a look at Bank of America, the largest shop in the market, where one team covers CLO arranging, trading and financing, globally

CLO round-up: blinded by the tights
Secondary CLO spreads continued to grind tighter this week and, at last, the primary market began to follow in both the US and Europe

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

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

Global CLO league tables - February 2023 YTD
Global CLO league tables - February 2023 YTD

Global CLO league tables - January 2023 YTD
Global CLO league tables - January 2023 YTD

Global 2022 CLO league tables
Global 2022 CLO league tables

CLO 2023 Outlook: CLOs look set to rise to the challenge of a tough 2023
CLO researchers had an (understandable) inability to accurately predict the staggering array of macro shocks that affected the CLO market this year. So it comes as a surprise that overall CLO issuance reached a lot closer to anticipated levels than many would have expected back in Q2

Largarde snowballs puncture complacent calm and shocks spreads wider
Credit markets are ending the week on a big push wider, after European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde delivered the surprise that had been missing from other central bank messaging

Major fund withdrawals undermine credit momentum
Credit funds are extending their run of inflows into the end of the year, but investment grade momentum took a dent last week due to investors in one big fund pulling their money

Capex and real yields will split winners from losers in '23: BofA
Companies able to undertake capital expenditure will be the winners in 2023, while those historically most sensitive to rising real yields should inspire caution, say Bank of America strategists

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

Credit euphoria follows CPI, but analysts warn of comedown
Softer than expected US inflation numbers have ignited a spectacular rally in financial markets. But strategists and economists warn against the exuberance, arguing more pain is likely on the way

Global CLO league tables - October 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - October 2022 YTD

Weren’t there more of us than this?
According to this year’s Creditflux CLO Census, the CLO industry is not feeling optimistic. Some investors have vanished and managers have not taken advantage of helpful market conditions

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

US jobs strength sends traders scrambling to cut Fed pivot trades
Credit spreads are ending the week on a sharp move wider, with a heavy sell off hitting financial markets in the wake of US jobs numbers that suggest any notions of a Fed pivot on rates are premature

Global CLO league tables - September YTD
Global CLO league tables - September YTD

US loan index falls below 92 to almost wipe out gains since July
The S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Index sank to an average bid of 91.92 cents by Monday, down by two points in as many weeks, wiping out almost all the gains seen in the late-summer market rally

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

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

Go long duration in consumers and industrials: BofA
The year’s wides still lie ahead in the second half, but China reopening is bullish for consumer and industrial spreads and investors should extend duration in high-quality credit, according to Bank of America strategists

They said it: "We are proud to be moving our industry in a direction that will bring greater liquidity..."
Brian Carosielli, co-head of global credit trading at Bank of America, on a new CLO trading platform 

Points up front: BofA takes both sides
As dealers joined forces for the Octaura electronic trading platform, KopenTech announced a rival...