Blackstone prices second new US CLO in a week
Bayard Park CLO was a half-billion-dollar issue that printed relatively tight, even as deal activity slowed across the market

Spain’s Arcano Partners debuts as a new CLO manager
Arcano has priced its first CLO transaction, making the Spanish firm the first new manager of the year

Sagard and HalseyPoint partnership prints first CLO
Sagard-HalseyPoint CLO 8 is the first CLO from the manager since alternative asset manager Sagard acquired a 40% stake in HalseyPoint back in March

Neuberger Berman resets 2014 vintage deal with large equity injection
Neuberger Berman has reset its Neuberger Berman CLO XVII, adding a USD 75m equity infusion to the deal

Neuberger Berman secures £2 billion mandate for credit fund
One of the UK's largest pension funds has awarded Neuberger Berman a £2 billion mandate for credit

Amundi aims for €600m for new senior mortgage fund
Amundi is launching Amundi Commercial Real Estate Loans II, a European senior mortgage fund

European and Asian surge extends as inflation and gas improvements fuel rally
US credit remains the laggard as spreads elsewhere extend their strong start to the year, taking European and Asian indices back to the recent tight levels

Swiss bank looks to plug holes but investors are hun-gruyere for risk
Credit Suisse is a rare, worrisome cloud in an otherwise brightening sky this week, as Europe extends its tightening trend in credit with the US standing at ease for the Thanksgiving holiday

Investcorp reworks 2020 European CLO via BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas arranged the €443 million transaction, which cuts the CLO’s cost of debt by over 18 basis points to 190.3bp

CIFC gets Euro CLO over the line with tight prints despite PM departure
CIFC Asset Management got its latest European CLO over the line on Thursday and achieved tight prints, despite the portfolio manager's departure two weeks ago

Mid market CLO league tables: stalwarts Golub and Natixis reign supreme again
It may have taken seven months, but the mid market CLO league tables have familiar faces at the top with Golub Capital and Natixis leading the way in manager and arranger issuance, respectively

Global CLO league tables - January 2021
Global CLO league tables - January 2021 YTD

CIFC prices new CLO tight of market with $50 million upsize
CIFC Asset Management on Monday priced its second new CLO following the coronavirus outbreak - and upsized the deal by $50 million before pricing

Oaktree mixes defensive with opportunistic in new fund for recent hire
Oaktree Capital Management has launched a standalone absolute return fixed income fund for recent hire Brad Boyd, according to market sources

Minnesota pension's 2020 credit allocations hit $1 billion
Minnesota State Board of Investments has earmarked $400 million across to two credit managers in a private market update. The commitments mark $1 billion allocated to credit in 2020 by the pension

Onex scores tightest CLO debt execution following covid-19 outbreak
Onex Credit Partners today teamed up with Bank of America to price its first CLO since the coronarvirus outbreak, named OCP CLO 2020-18

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

OC health check: failures lift above 100 as five more deals breach senior test
Another 116 CLOs have breached their overcollaterisation tests in the last week, according to the latest trustee reports on CLO-i. Out of this, five deals have failed OC tests for all classes – bringing the overall tally of deals that have breached senior OC tests to nine.

CLO market celebrates Valentine's Day by romancing with resets
Refinancings have been the talk of the month in the CLO market, but this Valentines day saw managers turn their minds to resets

CIFC prices US CLO reset following streak of seven consecutive new issues
CIFC Asset Management yesterday took a break from its new issue CLO streak to price its first reset of 2019 via Goldman Sachs

Bain edges closer to second US CLO of the year
Bain Capital Credit is targeting its second US CLO in 2019

Direct lenders pile into "turbocharged" market as fundraising skyrockets: report
Growth in the direct lending market in the 12 months to 31 December was “turbocharged,” growing robustly in the fourth quarter 2017 in particular due to a consistently growing Eurozone economy, according to Deloitte

New Mexico investment council approves commitment to Silver Point strategy
Special situations credit firm Silver Point is set to receive $100 million from a US state investment fund for its latest distressed credit stratregy

European CLO round-up: who's going to be first to break 70bp?
European CLO spreads continue to rally and the question on everyone’s lips right now is: “when [not if] will triple As dip below 70 basis points?” Most likely the next question posed will be “are US CLO market participants fretting upon similar quandaries?”