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

Carlyle brings 2021 US new CLO volume to $1.14 billion with tightly priced deal
Carlyle Group priced its second new US CLO of the year on Friday, teaming up with Citi to place the $508.8 million Carlyle US CLO 2021-2

Carlyle pushes tighter with US CLO partial refi
Carlyle Group has tightened pricing on four tranches of a 2017 CLO with a partial refinancing, adding to a flurry of activity by the manager in recent weeks

Carlyle adds equity and seeks tight pricing with 2016 European CLO reset
Carlyle Group is looking to add equity and price triple A debt tight to the primary CLO market with a €434.3 million reset of its 2016 transaction, Carlyle Global Market Strategies Euro CLO 2016-2

Global CLO b-wic round-up: 2020 deals trade at premium
As the primary CLO market continues to grind tighter, the secondary market is holding steady, but last year's vintages are trading well as they near the end of their call-locks

Euro CLO repricing hits €4bn as Jefferies arranges first deal and Investcorp drops double Bs
Spread compression is driving European CLO refinancing activity, with three transactions pricing on Friday: Carlyle Euro CLO 2017-2, Harvest CLO XVI and Man GLG Euro CLO III

Carlyle holds first close on opportunistic credit fund amid 2020 'record fundraising'
Carlyle Group has held an initial closing on its second opportunistic credit fund amid a record credit fundraising year for the firm

It's all relative: CLOs are lagging no more, as Carlyle deal drags market tighter
“CLOs are lagging” has been a much repeated refrain over the last nine months. But Carlyle Group has this week produced a US CLO that has dragged spreads to their tightest point in three years so that, rather than comparing CLOs to pre-covid levels, they should be assessed against early 2018

Carlyle scores tightest CLO triple A print since 2018
Carlyle Group has priced a new record triple A spread on its latest deal at just 114 basis points over Libor, a full 5bp inside previous market tights

Euro CLO league tables: Killer Bs: Barclays and Blackstone cause buzz to lead new issuance
The coronavirus pandemic-induced volatility had a marked effect on the European CLO market in 2020 with total issuance falling by €18.5 billion and new issuance €7.8 billion lower than 2019’s figures

Global CLO league tables - November 2020 YTD
Global CLO league tables - November 2020 YTD

Euro CLO league tables: Barclays heads close race for new issues
Bridgepoint became the fifth European debut manager in 2020 when it teamed up with Barclays to price Bridgepoint CLO I on 13 November. The €301.85 million deal featured triple A notes at 121bp over Euribor, 11bp wide of market tights

CLO triple A benchmark hits 105bp in Europe as Carlyle returns
.Carlyle Group has priced its first European CLO post March-sell off, setting a new benchmark for triple As

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

Global CLO b-wic round-up: Secondary markets rally despite ‘worst liquidity seen all year’
An adjournment in the US for Veterans Day last week still left plenty of time for the CLO secondary market to rally, thanks to Pfizer's covid-19 vaccine breakthrough and a firmer indication of the US presidential election results

US and European CLO PMs earn promotion as Carlyle's Pace takes on new role
Carlyle Group’s global head of liquid credit has decided to take on a new role as vice chair of global credit, according to an internal memo seen by Creditflux, which will involve investing capital across the Carlyle platform

European CLO managers switch legacy deals to originators ahead of Brexit deadline
A few European CLO managers are undertaking house keeping ahead of the end of the Brexit transition period in January, by switching the method by which their legacy CLOs comply with risk retention from sponsor to originator

Carlyle secures 132bp triple As on second post-covid CLO
Carlyle Group printed its second CLO post-covid on Friday, teaming up with JP Morgan on the new $359.8 million deal named Carlyle US CLO 2020-2

CLO pipeline: three behemoths prepare for quick-turnaround new issues
CLO managers have printed at a frenetic pace since the start of the quarter with $3.36 billion of issuance across all CLO markets and pricing types

Libor floors and Volcker tweak bode well for future of CLOs
It’s been a truly miserable year, but amid all the despair covered so tirelessly by the mainstream media has been an omission; namely, that CLOs have withstood the damage caused by the pandemic

Faith in structures has been rewarded
CLOs have been resilient against covid-19 fallout, said speakers at Creditflux’s CLO Symposium last month. But there’s always room to improve and 3.0 deals may add ESG and bullet tranches

Investors sell downgraded CLO tranches as single Bs widen sharply
Four CLO tranches downgraded during the third quarter are featured on a b-wic today that concludes 11am New York time, offering investors a chance to cash in on the recent spike in junior CLO spreads

Six triple Bs trade in line with primary as 78-item euro CLO b-wic concludes
All 78 European bonds that appeared on a b-wic yesterday at 9am New York time (2pm UK time) traded with colour - strongly suggesting that the auction represented the unwind of a fund.