Credit funds at a glance (September 2021)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Euro CLO league tables: Blackstone back on top while Jefferies extends lead as focus turns to new issues
2021 European CLO issuance crossed €60 billion in July, which is more than the 22 months that preceded this year

Global CLO league tables - Jul 2021 YTD
Global CLO league tables - Jul 2021 YTD

What summer slowdown? Carlyle, Hayfin and Investcorp add €1.2 billion Euro CLO issuance
Europe’s CLO market has shown no sign of a summer slowdown in the first week of August as Hayfin and Investcorp rework 2020 deals and Carlyle refis 

CLO pipeline: Birch Grove and Fort Washington dish out first 2021 deals as Carlyle goes for sevenths
CLO investors can feast on a range of deals in the new issue market over the next month. 

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

Carlyle opts for partial refi of 2017 Euro CLO
JP Morgan arranged Carlyle's €234.4 million refinancing of the CLO’s triple A tranche

CLO pipeline: queue gets longer as Blackstone goes again and Sancus makes first move
The queue to price for US CLO managers is only getting larger with 18 new issue CLOs in the pipeline, according to market sources, along with 18 repricings and two new issue European CLOs and two mid market CLO resets

Carlyle hires head of credit investor relations in New York
Carlyle Group has hired an ex-Pretium official to lead investor relations for its credit platform

Woah, we’re halfway there
Judging by the 2020 vintage, European CLO overlap is 50%. But varied approaches to holding bonds and the many loans managers turn down mean there are ways for issuers to outperform

Euro CLO league tables: cramming a year's worth of work in two months
It is no surprise the European CLO market has been experiencing fatigue at times this year with the last two months of issuance alone almost equalling issuance figures for the whole of 2020: last year €22.78 billion worth of European CLOs priced, while in March and April 2021, managers brought €21.48 billion to market

Carlyle and Aflac officials lead new ACC committee with ESG template outlined as priority
The Alternative Credit Council has launched an ‘investor manager committee’, chaired by Carlyle Group’s Erica Frontiero and Elena Boeva from Aflac Global Investments, that has ESG in private credit as one of its first orders of business

Carlyle refinances 2014 European CLO
Carlyle Group has partially refinanced the senior most tranches of a 2014 European CLO, cutting the cost of debt by 17.41 basis points

CLO triple As leak wider but mezz comes in as Carlyle, PGIM and KKR price Euro new issues
CLO heavyweights Carlyle, KKR and PGIM all took to the primary market on Friday pricing a total of €1.22 billion issuance

Carlyle senior credit investor joins fintech firm as CFO
An experienced credit investment professional at the Carlyle Group has moved to become chief financial officer at fintech company NoviCap

Global CLO trading lab: secondary volumes inflate and easily get absorbed
Weekly secondary CLO volume has been lower across the capital structure in recent weeks as 2021’s refinancing wave left investors with plenty of choice

CLO pipeline: European new issues set to resume but managers seek pricing stability
The CLO pipeline is heavy with reworked deals - and anticipation - as 14 US CLO and one European CLO refinancings feature, along with nine US CLO and six European CLO resets

Carlyle teams up with Goldman for first Euro CLO of the year
Carlyle Group is marketing its first new issue European CLO of 2021

CLO pipeline: expensive 2019 CLOs in vogue with 32bp savings potential
The CLO pipeline is dominated by refinancings and resets, with new issuance taking a backseat

CLO pipeline: Carlyle eyes fourth new issue in two months but refis and resets dominate
Manager focus has shifted to reworking vintage CLOs to lower funding costs in a much tighter market, with the new issue US market having slowed

Equity chooses refi over reset as Carlyle Euro CLO becomes first 2019 deal to take this path
Carlyle Group's is the first 2019 vintage CLO to have been partially refinanced this year, according to Creditflux data

Past returns: Highland sells European CLOs at second attempt
In Creditflux 10 years ago, we reported that Highland Capital Management was offloading its European CLOs, with Alcentra and Barings among the frontrunner

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

Waiting for afters
Day one arb remains important, but last year there were opportunities aplenty in the secondary market, which put the onus on printing CLOs and waiting for the day after non-call periods expired

BofA forecasts record European CLO volume in 2021 as another reset prices
Carlyle Group has become the first manager in March to reset a European CLO, while BofA estimates the European CLO market might break a new record in 2021