Spire wins Creditflux Manager of the Year award
Spire Partners was the big winner at Creditflux's Manager Awards last night as the London-based manager scooped the award for the manager of the year. On top of this, the firm picked up awards for Best European CLO Manager and Best European CLO for Aurium CLO II

US CLO league tables: heavyweights dust off and jump back in the ring
Competition has prevailed after a tough quarter for the CLO market, in which banks offloaded their carry-ons from last year

Ares makes it three new issue US CLOs with $589 million deal
Ares Management has produced its fourth new issue CLO of 2019 and its third in the US

US CLO managers look to scale flat WALs in search of flexibility
The anticipation of a downturn in the credit cycle has made investors turn their attention toward document provisions that give CLO managers flexibility

Ares aims for four new issue CLOs in 2019 as it markets $590 million deal
The one manager that has priced three new issue CLOs this year is marketing its fourth

Global CLO round-up: 15 months to one month - managers set their own pace
Three new US CLOs priced this week courtesy of; Seix Advisors, via BNP Paribas; Kayne Anderson, via Goldman Sachs; and Steele Creek, via RBC. In Europe, Oaktree Capital Management paired with Barclays to price Arbour CLO VI.

Former Ares partner takes on head of structured products role at Sound Point (correction)
A figure with more than 20 years of experience in CDO and CLO markets has resurfaced at Sound Point in New York 

Ares plans $509.6 million CLO reset with JP Morgan
Ares Management is preparing to price a $509.6 million CLO reset this week, a deal which should see the west coast become only the second to price four CLO transactions in 2019 after Octagon Credit Investors

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

US CLO league tables: new issues drive volumes as Morgan Stanley and Citi occupy top two spots
Two months into 2019 and the US CLO market looks very different to previous years, as the balance of deal origination has changed

Ares notches up its second US CLO of the year after partnering with SocGen
Ares Management priced a five-year CLO with the second tightest weighted funding costs of 2019 last week

SocGen wins first new issue CLO mandate since 2017
Societe Generale is working on its first CLO new issue mandate since 2017, according to market sources

Ares prices new issue US CLO with triple As at 133.69bp
Ares Management teamed up with BNP Paribas on Friday to price a new issue CLO named Ares LI

Ares mandates BNP Paribas with its first CLO of 2019, according to ratings agency reports
Ares Management has teamed up with BNP Paribas to launch its first CLO of the year

Global CLO round-up: there's something for everyone as CLOs put on a good spread
This week, equity investors have something to be thankful for with triple A CLO spreads showing signs of tightening

Ares prices $510.5 million CLO with triple As at 117bp
Ares Management priced its sixth new issue CLO of 2018 via Goldman Sachs yesterday named Ares L CLO

Ares ups its target for US senior direct lending growth to $4.7 billion
Following $5 billion of inflows into global direct lending in the third quarter, Ares has upped the target for its US direct lending strategy 

US CLO league tables: low volumes drive big changes at the top
Despite a quiet month, September brought quite a shuffle in the US CLO league tables with new a plethora of new market leaders

Ares opts for low leverage as it prices $444.15 million CLO reissue
Ares Management has reissued its 2013 vintage deal, Ares XXVIII, producing one of the lowest levered CLOs of the year in the process

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

Ares prices its fourth new issue CLO of the year after teaming with Natixis
Ares Management priced a new issue CLO via Natixis named Ares XLIX CLO

Natixis goes coast to coast pricing two middle market CLO resets
Natixis made a $771.26 million stamp on the middle-market CLO space yesterday, resetting two 2015 vintage transactions for Ivy Hill Asset Management and Fortress Investment Group

Ares and Deutsche Bank team up once more to price US CLO reissue
Ares has priced its third CLO reissue of the year, and its second via Deutsche Bank