Euro CLO round-up: returnee CIFC comes full circle, seven years after CLO sale
Having sold a European CLO contract seven years ago, CIFC is back and determined to build on its debut 2.0 European CLO

Carlyle brings in Kroll to rate new European CLO as spreads tighten
Carlyle Group priced its second new issue European CLO in 2019 in a transaction which went through yesterday via Citi

Carlyle scores 2019's tightest CLO triple A as it prints via BAML
Carlyle Group has priced the tightest triple A print in the US CLO market of 2019, according to market sources

Euro CLO b-wic round-up: secondary volumes increase amid demand for short-dated paper
Last week saw over €230 million of European CLO items listed on the secondary market, matching the almost €1 billion seen in refinancing volume.

CLO pipeline: new business and manager returns add ray of light as arbitrage clouds the picture
The near-term CLO pipeline is shrinking amid familiar cries that the equity arbitrage is challenging. Adding to constraint fundamentals, the usual summer torpor is also approaching.

Budge up, more new managers are coming

Budge up, more new managers are coming

European managers find tight debt execution by refinancing once more
PGIM and Carlyle Group joined the growing list of CLO managers to refinance in Europe since the seven-month refinancing drought was brought to an end last month – and these managers are enjoying tight debt execution on their liabilities

Carlyle places triple As at 134bp in $463.05 million US CLO reset
Carlyle Group has reset a 2015 vintage CLO with the triple A notes printing at 134 basis points over Libor, according to market sources

Global b-wic round-up: US CLO equity continues its surge
Last week marked the third straight week that the US CLO secondary market has seen total listings of under $600 million, but over a quarter of that was equity.

Sungard bankruptcy to cause minor burns for CLOs
A total of $202.5 million of the loan basks in CLO structures - but managers are unlikely to get badly burned, sources say. And CLOs are fairly well-positioned to retain such assets with several structural factors and indenture provisions

Mid market CLO round-up: Owl Rock perches in the CLO space with debut deal
There was a flurry of activity in the middle market CLO space last week

Carlyle and PSP join forces for mid market CLO
Middle Market Credit Fund - a joint venture between Canadian pension fund PSP Investments and Carlyle Group - priced its second middle market CLO

Carlyle resets 2012 CLO for a second time in $615 million deal
Carlyle hits the market with its second reset of the year

ICG recruits Carlyle official to European subordinated debt and equity team
Intermediate Capital Group has appointed a former Carlyle Group managing director to its team in London

Controlling class conditions unshackle CLO managers
CLO managers are looking to the future by incorporating ‘controlling class conditions’ in their CLO documentation, which kicks in if an anchor triple A investor exits their deals

We can’t hide it any longer, we’re tiering up
With the opening months of 2019 highlighting a clear class system among CLO managers, there has never been a better time to assess tiering. We find that timing, patience and luck all play a role

Carlyle leads CLO count as it prices third deal of year
With US CLO 2019-1, Carlyle prices its first new US deal after a reset and a new issue in Europe 

Tail wags dog as European CLOs' 108bp benchmark drags loans
European CLOs usually price on the back of where underlying loans are printing, but this year the reverse looks to be true

Carlyle performance dips in Q4, but credit teams ride global volatility
Credit fund performance dipped for the Carlyle Group in the fourth quarter, as market volatility and fund outflows put a dent in the industry’s much stronger performance of the previous three quarters

Euro CLO round-up: largest managers brave primary market amid regulatory squeeze
Two seasoned European CLO managers stepped into the primary market to price new issue deals amid a period of uncertainty as the Securitisation Regulation put forth by the European Securities & Markets Association (Esma) beds in

US CLO round-up: it's a slow start, but at least we have a benchmark as 42 deals fill pipeline
It’s safe to say 2019 is off to a slow start for the US CLO market. This past week, $1.4 billion has priced, bringing total issuance in January 2019 to $5.7 billion. That’s 70% below the January 2018 new issue volume of $20 billion.

CLO docs shed light on implementation of Securitisation Regulation
Market participants are beginning to get visibility on how European CLOs are handling the transparency obligation and the risk of fines under the European Securities & Markets Authority’s (Esma) Securitisation Regulation, according to a report on Creditflux’s sister publication Debtwire

Carlyle prices Europe's second CLO of the year as triple As stick at 108bp
Carlyle Group has priced Europe’s second CLO of 2019, following a €409.1 million transaction arranged by BNP Paribas