Europe welcomes four new CLOs in a day after nothing for one month
No issuance to speak of in a month, and then four CLOs come along at once 

Four Euro CLOs emerge with target pricings as early as tomorrow
According to the latest marketing blasts, WhiteStar is targeting pricing tomorrow, Palmer Square and Cross Ocean are aiming for ‘as early as’ tomorrow and Five Arrows will aim for early-to-mid next week

15 CLO managers aim to print European deals as 'aspirational pipeline' forms
European CLO market participants are doubtful the pace of issuance will return to full swing in September, despite a reasonably healthy forward-looking pipeline.

Secondary CLOs stand firm as credit markets take a hit
Macro weakness is seeping into credit with CDS indices gapping wider and US loans suffering a setback after dropping below 95 points this week. Traders say the CLO secondary market has reflected this turn in sentiment, with did-not-trades racking up – although spreads have held up better than other parts of the credit market

CLOs keep eyes glued to screen as Cineworld previews possible chapter 11
Cineworld, the UK-based cinema giant, has announced that a chapter 11 restructuring is among the options it is considering, in response to recent media speculation about a possible default

New Carlyle CLO with Citi and Barclays co-arranging scores tightest August triple As
Carlyle Group has teamed up with Barclays and Citi to print its latest CLO named Carlyle US CLO 2022-5 at $495.5 million

CLOs at a glance (August 2022)
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month

US CLO pipeline: like a (Center)bridge over troubled water
A large asset manager is marketing its first US CLO at a time of volatility in the underlying loan market. Whereas other funds build walls, CLOs build bridges 

Carlyle's global credit business becomes largest share of firm's fee-earning AUM
Carlyle has held a first close on its second revolving credit fund, while saying its CLOs are ‘well positioned’ and it does not expect management fee deferrals anytime soon

Bain and Carlyle print five-year reinvestment CLOs with senior triple As at 210bp
Bain Capital Credit and Carlyle Group each issued a new five-year reinvestment CLO on Thursday, with each deal's senior triple A tranche paying a coupon of 210 basis points over Sofr

CLO counterparties hunt for signs of optimism: SFIG conference
Leveraged loan and CLO investors are hunting for signs of optimism as they face the prospect of a US recession

Quarterly rankings: Carlyle climbs to top of pack with CBAM boost
Carlyle Group has cemented itself as the largest manager globally, following its acquisition of fellow CLO manager CBAM

CLOs at a glance (July 2022)
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month
 
 

   

CLO pipeline: large managers defy loan drought to keep market moving
US CLO senior spreads may have blown out to 180-190 basis points over Sofr for five-year deals, and even wider for short-dated new issues, but that will not stop the market from soldiering on

Carlyle prints new US CLO with triple As at 195bp
Carlyle Group priced its latest new CLO on Friday, placing the deal's triple A notes at 195 basis points over Sofr

Euro CLO league tables: short on deals but high on drama as new issuance race tightens up
For the second straight month, European CLO volume was below €2 billion, making it the first time there has been back-to-back months of less than €2 billion issued since November and December 2020

CSAM does the CLO awards double
Winning the Creditflux Manager of the Year award is a feat in itself. Winning it back-to-back in such different markets is an outstanding achievement — and CSAM can take great pride in it

Euro loan slide hits ramped warehouses as Carlyle eyes print and sprint deal
European loans tumbled in May, leaving CLO warehouses under pressure and causing a slowdown in primary issuance

Carlyle prepares to sprint after taking plunge with "unramped" European CLO
Carlyle Group has produced what is believed to be a rare print-and-sprint CLO in Europe

Credit funds at a glance (May 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit
   

We’re drifting apart
Everyone’s issuing US CLOs these days and it is tempting to believe the crowd of managers is blending into one. However, overall portfolio overlap has dropped to 37.7% across 2021 CLOs  

Two more seasoned CLOs poised to switch to Sofr based on issuance trigger
CBAM 2018-6 has joined Greywolf III-R and IV-R as another pre-2022 US CLO to switch its benchmark rate from three-month Libor to three-month Sofr after the market hit the same issuance trigger

Experienced CLO investor set to join Carlyle in New York
Carlyle Group is making a big hire to its CLO investment team in New York 

Carlyle closes CBAM transaction to become largest CLO manager in the world
Carlyle Group has closed a deal to buy the assets of CBAM and has become the largest CLO manager in the world

Arb work pays off
With day-one arbitrage alone delivering projected CLO cash-on-cash returns of 20-25%, 2021 may have been the best year ever for equity investors — at least until CLO spreads began to widen