Elmwood becomes first US CLO manager to print a third new issue this year
Elmwood Asset Management became the first US CLO manager to print its third new issue of 2022 on Wednesday, teaming up with JP Morgan on the new deal named Elmwood CLO 16

Chenavari Euro CLO brings another co-placement agent role for Standard Chartered
JP Morgan was lead arranger and co-arranger on Chenavari’s latest €307.4 million deal, named Toro European CLO 8, with Standard Chartered a co-placement agent

Neuberger markets third ESG European CLO
Neuberger Berman is expected to price the deal in the week commencing 31 January

Blackstone uses CLOs as financing tool in new suite of deals
Blackstone Credit has added three non-traditional US CLOs to its collection this year

PGIM switches Euro CLO double A tranche from fixed to floating rate with refi
PGIM has refinanced three tranches – the triple As, one double A tranche and triple Bs - of its 2018 European CLO Dryden 66

Carlyle prints five-year European CLO as it slides into fifth place in league tables
Carlyle Group has printed the 10th European CLO with reinvestment longer than five years

Treasury desk lists $818 million b-wic as hedge fund looks to offload control CLO equity in bumper day
State Street once again listed over $800 million of US CLO triple A bonds on Tuesday, having sold $834 million of triple A paper last month

Three control CLO equity blocks trade, including rare CIFC deal with ultra-low funding costs
Three US CLO anchor equity positions traded Tuesday courtesy of one b-wic at 9.30am New York time

Palmer Square prices tight with sixth US CLO of the year
Palmer Square has notched up its sixth new issue US CLO of the year with Morgan Stanley pricing Palmer Square CLO 2021-4 yesterday, according to market sources

Global CLO pricing lab: investors get over fatigue and embrace reset roll over
The demand for CLOs is showing no signs of slowing down after the market had experienced some fatigue at the end of the first quarter and into the second. In the last two weeks, there have been 47 CLO transactions across all forms of pricing in the three markets; led by 18 US CLO new issues

AB and NXT reset middle market CLOs
AB Private Credit Investors and NXT Capital both reset middle market CLOs on Thursday with the two deals adding a further $740.8 million to primary market supply

Global CLO trading lab: secondary volumes inflate and easily get absorbed
Weekly secondary CLO volume has been lower across the capital structure in recent weeks as 2021’s refinancing wave left investors with plenty of choice

US CLO pricing lab: let’s refi like it’s 2017
The new issue US CLO market has been a slow burn over the last two weeks with only six deals being brought to the market amid wider triple A spreads. But the repricing market has been booming with today’s triple A levels still comparatively cheaper than previous vintages exiting their non-call periods

Global CLO b-wic round-up: record level of CLO paper stalls rally
Record levels of primary and secondary CLO supply has left investors spoilt for choice and led to the CLO rally stalling

CSAM lands third $700 million-plus US CLO refi of 2021
Credit Suisse Asset Management has priced its third CLO refinancing of the year with a par value above $700 million, meaning the manager can lay claim to the first, second and third largest refi transactions of 2021 so far

CSAM scores $732 million with largest CLO refi of 2021
Credit Suisse Asset Management priced the largest CLO refinancing transaction of the year on Monday, teaming up with Barclays to refi $732 million notes from its 2018 vintage CLO named Madison Park Funding XXXII

Fieldwood slips into second bankruptcy as CLOs hold $314 million
CLO managers hold $314.5 million of oil and gas drilling company Fieldwood Energy, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy yesterday for the second time in two years 

Deutsche Bank makes CLO arranging comeback with first new issue of 2020
Deutsche Bank priced its first new issue CLO of 2020 on Friday, placing a $406.27 million deal backed by middle market loans for Monroe Capital

Global CLO b-wic round-up: spreads widen in short week to end manic June
A shortened week brought an end to a manic month of secondary CLO activity. $343.5 million of US CLO and €309 million of European CLO paper was on sale last week, dropping $1.05 billion and €170 million from the previous week

Global CLO b-wic round-up: double Bs lead the way as rally endures and drags equity with it
The CLO secondary market continued its hard rally last week as prices rose across the whole asset class with double B rated CLO bonds leading the charge tighter

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

Onex prices second US new issue CLO in three weeks
Onex Credit Partners priced its second new issue US CLO in just three weeks yesterday, via Natixis, to become the fourth US CLO manager to price two new issue CLOs during the covid-19 pandemic

Post-reinvestment CLO hit by downgrade to Caa3 as warf rises
Moody’s has downgraded the F tranche of Halcyon Loan Advisors 2015-1, a 2015 vintage CLO managed by Bardin Hill Partners, to Caa3 from Caa2

Zais short-dated CLO prices triple As wide of market at 141.9bp
Zais Group has gone the short-dated route for a new issue CLO, Zais CLO 14, which Goldman Sachs arranged

European CLO round-up: new look turbos power up junior CLO tranches
Junior CLO debt investors are getting more defensive and this has resulted in the emergence of new-look CLO turbo tranches