Alcentra, BlackRock and CVC refi €1.5 billion of European CLO paper
Deutsche Bank arranged the transactions for BlackRock and CVC while Morgan Stanley arranged partial refinancings for three of Alcentra’s deals

Investcorp preps first CLO refi in Europe with triple and double Bs since 2019
Investcorp Credit Management is working with Deutsche Bank to refinance six tranches of its 2018-vintage CLO named Harvest XVI

Barings' CLO team partners with Citi for first CLO as partnership since 2016
Barings has teamed up with Citi to print a new CLO, marking the manager's first partnership with the largest CLO arranger for the first time in over four years

OC health check: 41 CLOs heal their breaches
147 CLOs breached an over-collateralisation test in October, down from 183 in September. 41 CLOs that breached an OC test in September passed all OC tests in October, most of which had October payment dates

European CLO double Bs jump wider amid October macro worries - but seniors stand firm
The fortunes of investment grade and high yielding European CLO tranches have gone in opposite directions in the last month. In a year where relative value has shifted several times, Creditflux analysis shows that new issue European CLO double Bs have blown out by 16.5% in October versus September, while triple A-rated notes have tightened 6.7% in that time

US CLO round-up: 23 managers wait in the wings after avoiding pre-election rush
CLO managers rushed to the primary market last week as they sought to lock in financing before the US presidential elections. This resulted in one of the busiest weeks in the primary market with 10 new issues

Fortress prices first BSL CLO in over a year
Fortress Investment Group has priced its first CLO backed by broadly syndicated loans in over 12 months

US CLO round-up: New Mountain gives a peek at better times
CLO primary issuance has produced healthy volume over the last few weeks with new issue paper totalling $7.9 billion since 21 September.

Fidelity prices first three-year reinvestment CLO since sell-off
Fidelity Investments has issued its second post-covid CLO, and its first with a market standard three-year reinvestment period

Mezzanine CLO spreads tighten with BlackRock US deal
BlackRock has priced a $397.7 million new CLO via Goldman Sachs, acheiving a 175 basis points print on its tightest triple As, according to market sources

Frontier bankruptcy dials up pressure for 90 CLOs
Nine CLO managers hold $217 million of Frontier Communications’ debt across 90 CLOs, as the telecommunications company filed for Chapter 11 protection in the US Bankruptcy Court Southern District of New York

US CLO exposure to oil and gas is 2.6%, finds Barclays
Oil and gas exposure in CLOs is fairly limited, according to Barclays research, as crude oil prices drop to $33 per barrel, down from $41 on Friday

Global CLO b-wic round-up: equity, equity everywhere, but trading volumes sink
For the second week in a row, over $230 million of US CLO equity went on sale and multiple control equity positions were listed in the CLO secondary market

PGIM resets European CLO to cross €2 billion in 2019 issuance
PGIM reset its 2015 European CLO today, Dryden 35, via Goldman Sachs. It takes the PGIM’s 2019 European CLO volumes pass €2 billion

Senior European CLO spreads edge wider as PGIM markets reset
PGIM is marketing a reset of a 2014-vintage European CLO with price talk on the floating rate senior notes at 98 basis points, say market sources

Barclays markets two new issue CLOs in Europe
Barclays is marketing the latest European CLOs for Invesco and Anchorage Capital Group, according to market sources

Värde partners with Guber on €734 million NPL deal
Värde Partners along with Guber Banca have led a group of investors to make a joint acquisition of a €734 non-performing loan portfolio originated by 22 mutual, rural, and cooperative banks spread throughout Italy  

24 CLO managers hold J Crew loan as it drops 4.62%
A total of 109 CLOs hold $219.4 million exposure to J Crew, whose Term Loan B traded down 4.62% from yesterday 

BlueMountain prices its second new US CLO within a month
Within a month of pricing its first US CLO of 2018, BlueMountain Capital Management has returned to the primary market after pricing a $475.1 million deal yesterday through Citi.

Junior CLO spreads come in as CVC prices new European deal
CVC Credit Partners has priced its first new European CLO of 2018, moving the market slightly tighter in the process

GreensLedge ends 2017 by pricing two CLOs
The bank priced 18 deals last year, totalling $9.67 billion, according to CLO-i data

Triple-A coupon falls by 31bp as Oaktree resets 2014 US CLO
Oaktree Capital Management has become the latest US CLO manager to reset a deal, after pricing a $454 million transaction yesterday morning.

Black Diamond ticks both retention boxes as it prices new CLO
Black Diamond Capital Management has priced its first US CLO of the year, according to market sources

Manager hits $1 billion in 2017 issuance as it prices CLO reset
A private equity manager has reset and upsized a 2013 vintage CLO just one week after pricing its debut deal in Europe, according to market sources