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.

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

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 

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

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.

Carlyle scores 2019's tightest print to date with 2015 CLO reset
Carlyle has scored the tightest five-year triple A print of 2019 to date, following its reset of Carlyle GMS 2015-5 via Citi

Carlyle closes private business development company at $1.9 billion
Carlyle Group has closed its second business development company, TCG BDC II, raising a total of $1.9 billion

Carlyle and Citi's CLO volumes pass $1 billion on the week as pair reunite for new issue
Carlyle Group teamed up with Citi on Friday for the second time in the space of a week to price a CLO transaction

Carlyle resets its oldest active CLO in reworking of 2012 deal
Carlyle Group has priced its 23rd CLO transaction of the year following a $561 million US reset arranged by Citi yesterday, according to market sources

Carlyle lands acquisition of $5.6 billion Apollo Aviation
The Carlyle Group has expanded its asset-based credit offerings with the acquisition of Apollo Aviation Group 

Carlyle prices tight of market average in its 21st CLO transaction of the year
Carlyle Group’s CLO issuance shows no signs of slowing down

Carlyle turns out its 20th CLO transaction of 2018
Carlyle Group hit a new benchmark on Friday by pricing its 20th CLO transaction of the year, according to market sources

US CLO league tables: GSO and Morgan Stanley close the gap on market leaders
CSAM and Citi are the market leaders when it comes to new issue CLOs - but there's growing competition

US CLO league tables: CSAM aces it to take top spot in new issue reshuffle
Carlyle Group now leads the CLO market on two fronts with the firm moving into top spot in the 2018 US CLO rankings, adding to its position as a market leader in Europe

Credit drives strong returns for five of the largest asset managers in the business
Carlyle is close to hitting its ambitious fundraising target; direct lending has been kind to Ares; and Och-Ziff has decided to shed its US CLO risk retention stakes after exiting its financing agreements

US CLO round-up: investors feast on over $3 billion of CLOs
One CLO manager has gone for a reissue as its main, another two have gone back for seconds of new issue -  and this all leads to the inevitable: an expanding middle 

Carlyle resets 2015 mid market CLO with unusual triple A debt structure
Carlyle Group has reset its 2015 vintage middle market CLO, Carlyle Direct Lending CLO 2015-1