Octagon kicks of 2021 CLO primary with single tranche refi
Octagon Credit Investors has kicked off the CLO primary market for 2021 by refinancing the fixed rate notes of one of its oldest active CLOs, Octagon Investment Partners XV

Elmwood prints five-year reinvestment CLO with triple As at 139bp
Elmwood Asset Management has priced its seventh CLO and its first five-year reinvestment deal since the March sell off

CLO pipeline: LCM switches arranger to complete deal and join issuance surge
Over $3.5 billion of global CLO issuance priced last week and managers in all three CLO markets are taking advantage of tightening spreads across the capital structure after three major covid-19 vaccine breakthroughs and increased confidence since the US presidential election

Assured completes first CLO since BlueMountain name change
Assured Investment Management has priced a first CLO under its own moniker. The manager, formerly known as BlueMountain Capital Management, announced its change of name earlier this year, following its acquisition by insurer Assured Guaranty

Octagon prices first single A-only fixed rate CLO refi
Octagon Credit Investors has priced its third fixed-note CLO refinancing amid the coronavirus pandemic, becoming the first manager to complete a single A-only refi in the process

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

CLO pipeline: break's over - time to print deals
The CLO market has taken a slight pause after the independence holiday in the US last weekend, meaning the CLO pipeline includes a backlog

CIFC and RBC plan first new CLO partnership for over five and a half years
CIFC is marketing CIFC Funding 2020-II, the firm's second new CLO since the coronavirus pandemic began, and is working with RBC to arrange the deal

Elmwood completes second new CLO of 2020 with $392.4 million deal
Elmwood Asset Management, the CLO manager owned by Elliot Management, has priced its second CLO of 2020 and its first following the coronavirus outbreak

BlueBay pushes into US CLOs after taking on RBC's management business
BlueBay Asset Management has taken on the CLO management business of its parent company RBC, the firm announced today

Zais returns to CLO primary market with one-year deal
Zais Group has made its CLO primary market return, teaming up with RBC to price a 1.12-year reinvestment deal via RBC

Zais teams up with RBC for US CLO
Zais Group is working with Royal Bank of Canada on a forthcoming US CLO, with market sources indicating the senior notes are being guided at 250 basis points

Spreads tighten as HPS adds to 2017-vintage CLO refis
Short CLO spreads tightened today as HPS Investment Partners refinanced a 2017 deal with the triple As printing at 103 basis points over Libor

First AMR auction passes smoothly with all bonds trading
The first applicable margin reset (AMR) auction took place between 8am and 10am eastern time yesterday to refinance TCW CLO 2019-1, with all five tranches clearing successfully

CBAM plans expansion with new $60 million credit facility
CBAM has closed a $60 million credit facility to refinance a working capital facility to its parent company Eldridge Industries

CVC teams up with RBC for reset and upsize of 2012 CLO
CVC Credit Partners came to market yesterday with a short reset of its 2012 vintage deal Apidos XI

Mid market CLO league tables: Barclays makes entrance as AB picks up the pace
Barclays was involved in its first ever middle market CLO, as July marked the first month of 2019 that Natixis did not arrange a mid market CLO this year.

PGIM prices new issue CLO via RBC as triple A spreads tighten
PGIM yesterday priced its seventh CLO transaction of the year, teaming up with RBC to issue Dryden 68

Steele Creek teams up with RBC for new issue CLO
Steele Creek Investment Management priced a new issue CLO today, partnering with RBC for the first time

Nassau lures bank's CLO origination head as it adds investment arm to manager business
Nassau Re has poached a bank's head of CLO syndicate and origination as it launches a CLO equity and debt investment platform

Allstate secures 123bp triple A print on second US CLO of 2018
Allstate Investment Management Company (AIMCO) has issued its second CLO of the year, placing the deal via RBC

Lifelong CLO trader joins Nomura as head of US CLO origination
One of the most experienced names in US CLO trading has joined Nomura to lead its new issue business, sources say

RBC prices $509 million risk retention-compliant CLO for MJX
MJX Asset Management has priced more than $5 billion worth of CLO paper in 2018 following the launch of Venture 34 yesterday. The US deal is expected to comply with European risk retention rules

Whitehorse comes galloping back into CLO new issue market
Whitehorse Capital Management is back in the CLO primary issuance market following a $458.1 million transaction arranged by RBC

Head of CLO trading parts company with RBC
A well-known CLO trader has left RBC, where he is credited with helping to build the bank's secondary CLO business