Law firms join Wells Fargo class action call over CLO and CMBS book
Frank R Cruz and Rosen have this week joined a growing list of law firms trying to rally investors to join a class action lawsuit against Wells Fargo that allege the bank made ‘materially false and misleading’ statements about holdings in its CLO and CMBS book

Correction: JP Morgan shifts bulk of CLO portfolio to held to maturity
JP Morgan has shifted two thirds of its CLO portfolio to the 'held to maturity' part of its balance sheet, posting $31.15 billion worth of CLO holdings on 30 September of which $20.95 billion were held to maturity

Mid market CLO league tables: Golub becomes talf of the town
Golub Capital Partners became the first manager to price a CLO eligible as collateral under the US Federal Reserve’s term asset backed securities loan facility when it teamed up with Societe Generale to price Golub Capital Partners talf 2020-1 on 22 October

Global CLO league tables - October 2020 YTD
Global CLO league tables - October 2020 YTD

Wells Fargo opens search for head of ABS/CLO strategy
Wells Fargo is on the hunt for a strategist to lead its ABS and CLO strategy team, according to a job advertisement seen by Creditflux 

Wells Fargo parts ways with star CLO research team
Wells Fargo is parting ways with its star CLO research team led by managing director David Preston

Cerberus takes lead in mid market CLO volume post-covid
Cerberus Business Finance has become the middle market CLO manager with the highest new issue volumes post-covid by printing its second new issue deal since April

Eaton Vance prices first CLO following Morgan Stanley buyout announcement
Eaton Vance has priced its first CLO following its buyout announcement

New Mountain becomes first CLO debutante since March sell off
New Mountain Capital has become the first debut US CLO manager to issue an inaugural deal post-covid, after teaming up with Wells Fargo to price the $348.7 million New Mountain CLO I yesterday

CLO pipeline: primary tightening opens door for CLO managers to print new issues
The CLO primary market is hitting a fast pace as it enters the last quarter of 2020. Last week brought a surge of new issuance as 11 US, two European and one mid market CLO manager priced their latest transactions

MidCap brings CLO resets back with largest deal since sell-off
MidCap Financial, the direct lending arm of Apollo Global, has priced the first CLO reset since February, teaming up with Wells Fargo to repurpose its 2017 vintage CLO named Woodmont 2017-1 Trust. The transaction is the largest in the CLO market post-covid, coming in at a huge $651.8 million

New Mountain markets debut CLO via Wells Fargo
New Mountain Capital is set to become the first manager to issue its debut CLO post-covid, with the firm marketing an inaugural deal via Wells Fargo

CLO pipeline: managers large, small and new ready to price in post-Labour Day surge
US managers are preparing a wave of new issue CLOs in the coming days, as the usual post-Labour Day pricing surge comes to fruition even in this most unusual of years

Global CLO league tables - August 2020 YTD
Global CLO league tables - August 2020 YTD

Mid market CLO league tables: Golub retakes new issue lead
Golub further cemented its lead over Owl Rock in Creditflux's overall rankings, as well as reclaiming the crown for new issuance, by pricing the only new mid-market deal in August

Golub puts unfunded single A tranche into mid-market new issue CLO
Golub Capital has slotted an unfunded single A-rated tranche into a new middle market CLO named Golub Capital BDC CLO 4, which priced on Friday via Wells Fargo

Big US banks pull back from CLO primary market to preserve cash
CLO triple As have tightened substantially in recent weeks to tights of 155 basis points in the primary market - but sources say the big US banks that typcially invest in these bonds are not buying

Mid market CLO league tables: Owl Rock rolls past Golub for new issue lead
Owl Rock Capital Advisors priced its third new issue mid market CLO of the year, and its second since the coronavirus pandemic last month, but with a twist

Global CLO league tables - July 2020 YTD
Global CLO league tables - July 2020 YTD

Eaton Vance prices in line with price talk with first CLO in 15 months
Eaton Vance returned to the CLO primary market on Wednesday with its first new issue deal in 15 months

Spreads tighten as GoldenTree and BlackRock print tightest CLO triple As since March
The CLO market moved tighter on Friday as GoldenTree Loan Management and BlackRock each priced new issues with triple As at 155 basis points over Libor, scoring a new record print following the coronavirus sell off in March

Eaton Vance embarks on annual foray into primary with upcoming CLO
Eaton Vance, one of the most patient issuers in the US CLO market, is marketing its first deal since April 2019, with senior notes guided at market tights

Global CLO league tables - May 2020 YTD
Global CLO league tables - May 2020 YTD

Mid market CLO league tables: breakthrough as Owl Rock ends deal drought
After a barren April, mid-market CLO activity returned in May with Owl Rock pricing its second deal of the year

Banks report billions in unrealised CLO losses
Some of the world's largest bank buyers of CLO tranches reported billions of dollars of gross unrealised losses in their their latest quarterly reports