Credit funds at a glance (April 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit  

Further details emerge of new Invesco US CLO management leadership team
New details have emerged of the new leadership team on Invesco's CLO management platform, with sources confirming that Elizabeth Clark and Ian Gilbertson have both been promoted to lead portfolio managers across the firm's US CLO franchise

Invesco promotes official to CLO PM after departure
Invesco has promoted Ian Gilbertson to portfolio manager overseeing the firm's CLO management platform

US manager hires Invesco CLO PM as it rebuilds
An experienced US CLO portfolio manager is set to join a credit firm that has in the last few months focused on rebuilding its CLO franchise 

Invesco tightens triple As to 130bp with its second largest CLO
Invesco priced a new US CLO on Wednesday with the triple A notes paying 130 basis points over Sofr

Invesco Euro CLO triple As leak wider to 99bp, but mezz tranches print tight
Invesco on Tuesday priced the 90th European CLO new issue of the year with Invesco Euro CLO VII. BNP Paribas arranged the €407.5 million deal

US CLO pipeline: newcomers look to follow Beach Point's lead by pricing before year-end
Beach Point Capital Management became the latest debut issuer in the US CLO market on Friday, and Sycamore Tree Capital Partners and Putnam Investments are set to join it    

Invesco, Napier Park and Oaktree refinance 2019 CLOs
Three CLO managers - Invesco, Oaktree Capital Management and Napier Park Global - have each refinanced a 2019 CLO, with the three deals totalling over $1.5 billion

Two analysts poised to join Onex as it expands in European credit
Onex Credit Partners is adding research analysts in London

Invesco takes 2021 Euro CLO volume to over €1 billion with reset
Invesco has taken its European CLO 2021 volume to just over €1 billion after the manager reworked its 2019 vintage deal, Invesco Euro CLO II

Credit Rendezvous: And breathe...
The unanimous verdict is that credit spreads will be moving wider – they have to. But the difficulty credit fund managers face is predicting when the next sell-off comes and how sharp it will be. In the Q3 instalment of Creditflux’s Credit Rendezvous, the over-riding message from portfolio managers is that there’s little point in taking on too much risk. The report features the views of prominent credit figures including Paul Horvath (Orchard), Himani Trivedi (Nuveen), Ronnie Jaber (Onex), Graham Rainbow (Alcentra) and Michelle Russell-Dowe (Schroders). The report looks at 14 segments of the market including CLOs, direct lending, leveraged loans, distressed debt and credit derivatives.  

CLOs at a glance (July 2021)
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month

Coronavirus tiers up old ranking script
Forget everything you thought you knew about CLO manager tiers. Apollo and Blackstone are mainstays, but smaller, more nimble issuers are finding new ways to stand out from the crowd

Euro CLO new issue 2021 volumes hit €17 billion as Palmer Square and Invesco price
-Invesco and Palmer Square have become the 35^th and 36^th European CLO managers to price new issues

Global CLO pricing lab: investors get over fatigue and embrace reset roll over
The demand for CLOs is showing no signs of slowing down after the market had experienced some fatigue at the end of the first quarter and into the second. In the last two weeks, there have been 47 CLO transactions across all forms of pricing in the three markets; led by 18 US CLO new issues

Invesco lands second tightest US CLO debt execution of Q2
Invesco has priced the tightest US CLO for almost a month, teaming with Natixis on the $512.6 million deal named Invesco 2021-2

CLO pipeline: and breathe... issuance splurge clears the backlog
Over 20 deals remain in the CLO pipeline, despite a glut of issuance last week in which 38 transactions priced, totalling $18.1 billion

Invesco reduces CLO funding costs by 30 basis points in refi
Invesco has reduced the funding costs on Verde CLO, a 2019 transaction, by 29.58 basis points following a $457.2 million refi arranged by Goldman Sachs

Inflation fears add to allure of CLOs and keep fatigue at bay
CLO debt investors took a breather in late March, but sources indicate a busy second quarter is in store.

Blackstone and Invesco hold CLO triple A levels at 100bp
Invesco and Blackstone Credit each issued new CLOs in recent days with first pay notes locked in at 100 basis points over Libor

Global CLO b-wic round-up: record level of CLO paper stalls rally
Record levels of primary and secondary CLO supply has left investors spoilt for choice and led to the CLO rally stalling

Points up front: A gander at Recette’s reset
The paths of a CLO and the restaurant it was named after are entwining after Invesco reset its 2015 CLO, Recette, last month.

CLO pipeline: US adds deals at frenetic pace as Europe catches breath after record start
US CLO investors have numerous deals to consider with 13 new issues and 15 repricings being prepared to flood the market in the coming days

Credit fundraising: ESG centre stage as capital pours into new strategies
Sustainability was the watchword for fundraising in February, amid a flurry of fund launches as well as first closes for impact funds and sustainable bond funds

Invesco flavours 2016 CLO vintage with single B notes
Invesco has priced a $553.6 million reset of 2016's Riserva CLO via Goldman Sachs, inserting a new single B-rated liability tranche into the structure in the process