US triple A spreads hit 160bp as GSO prices second post-covid CLO
Triple A spreads on new issue US CLOs have further tightened to 160 basis points

Global CLO b-wic round-up: double Bs lead the way as rally endures and drags equity with it
The CLO secondary market continued its hard rally last week as prices rose across the whole asset class with double B rated CLO bonds leading the charge tighter

Global CLO b-wic round-up: secondary prices reach March levels
The Memorial Day bank holiday in the US and the late May bank holiday in the UK meant a short week for CLO trading, but that did not stop a good supply of US CLO triple A rated paper making its way to the secondary market

Beneath the triple C: April showers send buckets overboard
Downgrade waves rocked the CLO market in April as Moody's and Standard & Poor's downgraded 135 corporate borrowers to triple C or below, from ratings above that level. The downgrades put CLOs in rough waters as $41.6 billion of such loans are prevalent in US CLOs while €5.64 are moored in European CLO portfolios – affecting 5.92% of the US market and 4.37% of the European market

Who’s got the moves US: oil and gas leads renaissance for US CLO managers
The US leveraged loan market has held steady over the last two weeks. After rising to just below 87 of par in mid-April, the S&P LSTA US Leveraged Loan index closed at 85.75 to start this week

Global CLO b-wic round-up: triple A volumes hit nine-year highs, but equity valuations could be "single digits"
Over $2.5 billion of US CLO paper listed in b-wics in last week's manic trading, with a further €435 million of European CLO bonds also on sale. CLO buyers and sellers turned to the safest part of the capital structure – the triple A rated notes – and away from its most illiquid asset class, with no equity bonds listed in either market

ArrowMark notches broadly syndicated loan CLO for first time since 2018
ArrowMark Colorado Holdings has brought its first market-standard new CLO since October 2018

Alcentra refinances US CLO via Nomura
Alcentra has priced a $435 million CLO refi via Nomura, according to market sources

HalseyPoint debuts in CLOs after two-and-a-half month ramp up
Start-up manager HalseyPoint Asset Management priced its debut CLO yesterday with founders Lynn Hopton and Yvonne Stevens informing Creditflux that their inaugural CLO was ramped up over just two-and-a-half months.

Global CLO round-up: Europe mops up demand, as Euribor hits the floor
The final stretch of the year began with a bang, with the first week of Q4 bringing $3.3 billion of CLO issuance in the US and €1.2 billion in Europe. But the resurgence in volumes was not the only talking point last week, with Europe coming into focus as spreads surfed tighter

Fortress prices new issue CLO with blended triple As above 150bp
Fortress Investment Group on Friday priced a new issue CLO backed by broadly syndicated loans via Natixis, according to market sources

OFS plans CLO market return with first new issue since June 2018
Orchard First Source could become the 120^th manager to price a transaction in the CLO market this year, according to market sources

Steele Creek prices tight of the market with second new CLO of 2019
Steele Creek Investment Managers has priced its latest new issue CLO, with the triple A notes printing tight of the market at 136 basis points

Whitebox debuts with $401 million CLO
Whitebox Advisors yesterday became the seventh debut US CLO manager of 2019, according to market sources

From pricing to close in just two days: Trinitas moves rapidly for latest CLO
Trinitas Capital Management priced a new CLO yesterday, and plans to close the deal tomorrow in one of the fastest turnarounds for a standard two-year non-call, five-year reinvestment deal

Bridge markets fourth CRE CLO
With three prior deals outstanding, Bridge Investments last visited the market in December

Global CLO b-wic round-up: fixed tranches make their way into European secondary
Last week brought the first instance of fixed coupon tranches trading in the European CLO secondary market this year, according to CLO-i. 

Hayfin adds step up notes to triple A tranche as it prices European CLO
London-based Hayfin showed creativity in selling its senior CLO notes on Emerald I, opting for Euribor caps. Again the firm has defied convention, this time by incorporating step-up notes

CLOs hold Anchor Glass as loan shatters 5.5%
A total of 32 CLO managers hold $368 million exposure to the debt of Anchor Glass Container Corporation, whose term loan has traded down 5.5%, according to the IHS Markit

Global CLO round-up: there's something for everyone as CLOs put on a good spread
This week, equity investors have something to be thankful for with triple A CLO spreads showing signs of tightening

CLO round-up: reset triple As price apart on divergent portfolios
CLO spreads have been volatile of late with seemingly no consistency in triple A CLO prints from deal to deal. In a reset-heavy week, BlackRock and Marathon Asset Management were positioned at opposite ends of the spectrum

Golub prices its first new issue BSL CLO of the year
Golub Capital Partners has priced its first new issue CLO of the year backed by broadly syndicated loans, according to market sources

US CLO league tables: competition intensifies among dealers
$13.6 billion of new issue paper was produced in May, bringing total new CLO volumes to $52.1 billion for the year. And last month there was plenty of movement in the arranger league tables

US CLO round-up: Voya print stands out as spreads disperse
There has been a fair bit of spread dispersion within the CLO market over the last few days with deals pricing up to 11.1 basis points apart when it comes to triple-A financing costs

Carlyle prices partial refi of 2015 CLO with double and single As untouched
Carlyle Group priced a partial refinancing of Carlyle GMS CLO 2015-2 yesterday