CLO pipeline: managers seek to return as others arrive, after testing Q1
With the first quarter of 2019 now in the books, the CLO market looks to be continuing where it left off.

Mid market CLO league tables: Natixis dominates in Q1 as middle market diversifies
The middle market CLO space has seen less activity at this stage of the year compared to 2018. 

Cerberus opts for step-up tranche for low-levered mid market CLO
Cerberus Business Finance opted for a step-up tranche in its first CLO of the year, which priced yesterday via Natixis

THL prices two CLOs in a single day, including first middle market-backed deal
THL Credit Advisors left a $914.65 million mark on the CLO market on Friday by pricing two new issue deals, including its first transaction backed by middle market assets

THL prepares $505 million CLO alongside Natixis
THL Credit is looking to issue a new CLO via Natixis named THL Credit Wind River 2019-1

Onex CLO hits mid-range with triple As, but triple-Bs point to widening
Onex Credit Partners has returned to the CLO market with its first new issue since May last year, say sources

Mid market CLO round-up: eyes (wide) open as mid-market CLOs re-awaken
AB returned to the middle market CLO space this week after a year out to price ABPCI V. It is the second middle market CLO of the year after Fortress Investment Group refinanced Fortress Credit Opportunities VII. 

AB returns to CLOs by pricing 2019's first mid-market new issue
AB Private Credit Investors, the middle market credit arm of AB, has become the first manager to price a new issue CLO backed by mid-market loans in 2019

CLO manager base to boom as four debut managers plan first-quarter launch with JP Morgan top choice of arranger
The US CLO market welcomed four new managers in 2018, but this year the same number could be launching in just the first quarter

Fortress prices 2019’s first mid-market CLO transaction via Natixis
Fortress Credit Opportunities today refinanced a $700.1 million middle market CLO from 2018 via Natixis

Mid market CLO league tables: large credit managers debut in record-breaking year
The middle market expanded in all manner of ways in 2018, from increased issuance to new entrants into the market

Owl Rock eyes first ever CLO transaction as Natixis scores mandate
Owl Rock Capital Partners is ramping its first ever CLO transaction backed by middle market loans, with plans to print in early 2019

Three US managers capitalise on loan volatility to price new CLOs
It’s late in the year, but loan market volatility seems to be presenting CLO managers with ideal circumstances in which to ramp up portfolios and price deals

Neuberger Berman and Natixis combine to price new US CLO
Neuberger Berman has priced its ninth CLO transaction of the year

Guggenheim enters mid-market CLOs with deal arranged by Natixis
Guggenheim Partners Investment Management has entered the middle market CLO arena following the pricing of its inaugural transaction yesterday (20 November)

Barings and Natixis team up again for a middle market CLO
Barings priced its second CLO backed by middle market loans yesterday

Voya drops loan triple As as it resets 2015 CLO via Natixis
Voya Alternative Asset Management has dropped the A1 loan component of its CLO 2015-3 as it reset the deal with a five-year reinvestment period and slightly bigger size

MV Credit raises €803 million for credit fund following Natixis acquisition
MV Credit, formerly known as Mezzvest, has held a final close for its fourth private credit fund with €803 million capital commitments

Triple As are left alone as Natixis prices US CLO refi for large asset manager
Natixis priced a US CLO refinancing for LCM Asset Management on Friday in which the first-pay notes remained intact while the remainder of the debt stack was repriced

Cerberus adds a fourth CLO to its 2018 deal tally as volumes approach $2 billion
Cerberus Business Finance’s 2018 middle market CLO volumes approached the $2 billion mark yesterday after the manager priced its fourth new issue deal of the year

Garrison arms itself with revolver as it prices new mid market CLO
Garrison Capital has priced its second middle-market CLO of the year, and added a revolving credit facility at the triple A level  

Voya prices new CLO to highlight demand for new issues over resets
Natixis has priced its second CLO in as many working days with the bank following up Friday’s reset of Denali Capital CLO XI with a new issue transaction yesterday named Voya 2018-3

Golub sets quarterly record for mid-market CLO tights
Golub Capital Partners priced a $656.61 million reset of its 2016 mid-market CLO known as Golub Capital Partners CLO 31 on Friday

Spreads move wider as US manager prices EU compliant CLO reset
The US CLO market continues to drift wider as a third deal this year has been printed with triple As wide of 120 basis points

MJX refinances 2016 CLO with triple As at 107bp
MJX Asset Management refinanced a 2016 vintage CLO yesterday, according to market sources