CLO Census results: Citi comes out top but several banks make big leaps
Citi has been voted top in five out of the eight primary CLO categories as part of the 2020 Creditflux CLO Census, but BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs, Jefferies and Natixis are among the banks that have made huge strides compared to last year

BlackRock prices first middle market CLO following Tennenbaum buyout
BlackRock has priced its first CLO backed by loans to middle market companies since acquiring private credit manager Tennenbaum Capital Partners in 2018

Owl Rock surpasses $1 billion 2020 CLO issuance with three-tranche deal
Owl Rock has passed $1 billion in CLO new issue volume for 2020 by printing its third CLO backed by middle market loans since the March sell-off

Anchorage mixes it up with unusual 'partial reset' of US bond-flex CLO
Anchorage Capital Group has become the first manager to partially reset a bond-heavy CLO

Voya and ArrowMark refinance fixed triple A CLOs
Voya Investment Management and ArrowMark Colorado Holdings have each refinanced triple A-rated fixed CLO tranches. The two transactions both priced yesterday and total $29.5 million

Natixis races up post-covid CLO leaderboard
Natixis has emerged as a success story among arrangers in the US CLO market amid the coronavirus pandemic, with the French bank having been busy opening new warehouse lines at the height of the crisis in March

Barings prints largest post-covid European CLO via Natixis
Barings priced the largest European post-covid CLO on Friday in a €452.8 million transaction named Barings Euro CLO 2020-1

Cerberus ends 10-month CLO absence with tight triple-As
Cerberus Business Finance ends a 10-month absence from middle market CLO new issues by partnering with Natixis to price Cerberus Loan Funding XXVIII

CLO pipeline: managers prepare to end quarter with a bang
CLO issuance is showing no signs of slowing down as spreads continue to grind tighter and election day draws ever closer

Anchorage prices first-of-its-kind bond flex CLO refi
Anchorage Capital Group has taken the unusual step of refinancing three tranches of its 2018 vintage CBO named Anchorage Credit Funding 5. Creditflux data shows the deal to be a first-of-its-kind transaction

Credit Suisse hires euro CLO syndication and origination head from Natixis
Credit Suisse has hired a replacement head of European CLO origination and syndication following the departure of Florent Chagnard

Five Arrows prices third US CLO of 2020 for new personal best
Five Arrows Managers has built on its US CLO issuance boom with its third new issue of 2020

CLO pipeline: managers large, small and new ready to price in post-Labour Day surge
US managers are preparing a wave of new issue CLOs in the coming days, as the usual post-Labour Day pricing surge comes to fruition even in this most unusual of years

Anchorage prices first five-year CLO structure since March
Five-year CLO structures have returned for the first time since the coronavirus outbreak, thanks to a bond flex deal issued by Anchorage Capital Group

Global CLO league tables - August 2020 YTD
Global CLO league tables - August 2020 YTD

Mid market CLO league tables: Golub retakes new issue lead
Golub further cemented its lead over Owl Rock in Creditflux's overall rankings, as well as reclaiming the crown for new issuance, by pricing the only new mid-market deal in August

Fortress and Natixis strengthen mid-market CLO refi run
Fortress Investment Group has partially refinanced its third middle market CLO in as many months, say sources, with Natixis arranging the market's fourth deal in a row

Global CLO league tables - July 2020 YTD
Global CLO league tables - July 2020 YTD

US CLO league tables: refis return as Apollo and Citi maintain leads
US CLO monthly issuance rose above $8 billion in July for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc across the globe

Voya achieves second-tightest CLO pricing since sell off
Voya Investment Management has printed Voya CLO 2020-2 via Natixis, the manager's second CLO since the March sell off. A source close to the deal says the CLO was fully syndicated with multiple investors in each tranche

Refinancing of fixed CLOs gathers pace as Jefferies follows Natixis with triple MJX refi
Natixis has built on its drive to refinance CLOs' fixed rate tranches by arranging a $100 million transaction for Fortress Investment Group. And Jefferies has joined the fray, on Tuesday becoming the second bank to refinance CLOs amid the coronavirus pandemic as it repriced six tranches across three CLOs managed by MJX Asset Management

Natixis adds to CLO refi resurgence as it cuts funding costs for TCW
Natixis has priced the second CLO refinancing amid the coronavirus pandemic, bucking the trend by helping managers lower their funding costs despite the wider spread environment

Madison Capital refi points the way for cost-cutting in CLOs
A new development has opened up in the CLO market as Madison Capital refinanced the fixed rate notes of its 2018 deal MCF CLO VIII

Mid-market CLO issuance returns as Fortress prices $390 million deal
Fortress Investment Group has overcome mid-market CLO headwinds to become only the second manager to price a new issue deal since covid-19

Natixis makes experienced structured credit sales hire in New York
Natixis has added a structured credit specialist with over 20 years' experience to its US team