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

US CLO round-up: choose your own reinvestment period
Reinvestment periods have played an important role so far this year, with 30.8% of the new issue market opting for terms shorter than four years

Octagon jumps to top of CLO leaderboard with fourth transaction of 2019
Octagon Credit Investors on Friday became the first manager to price its fourth transaction in the CLO market this year, with a new issue named Octagon Investment Partners 41

Controlling class conditions unshackle CLO managers
CLO managers are looking to the future by incorporating ‘controlling class conditions’ in their CLO documentation, which kicks in if an anchor triple A investor exits their deals

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

Octagon prices CLO reset with triple A controlling class condition
Octagon Credit Investors teamed up with Bank of America Merrill Lynch on Friday to reset its 2015 vintage CLO named Octagon Investment Partners XXIV

Payless bankruptcy steps on toes of CLOs
CLOs hold exposure to the debt of US retailer Payless ShoeSource, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this week

Octagon's quick-fire start to 2019 continues as it plans another CLO reset
Octagon hits the US market with another reset 

US CLO round-up: years fall off CLO market as it gets back to its old self
The CLO market is starting to look rejuvenated, with the dense pipeline having this week offloaded seven new broadly syndicated deals and one middle market deal as Creditflux goes to press – totalling $3.7 billion of new paper. 

Octagon CLO pricing points to tightening mezz tranches
Octagon Credit Investors priced its second CLO transaction of the year yesterday and its first new issue, Octagon Investment Partners 40

Equity investors eye resets as they focus on 2014 CLOs
US CLO resets will be favoured over refinancings this year, with equity investors keen to give CLO managers as much flexibility as possible to capitalise on a distressed wave — whenever it may arrive

US CLO round-up: Dry January ends early as spreads get hammered
Is the 2019 vintage going to be a classic? It's certainly started off slow, but it could mature into something very special if loan volatility persists

Octagon prices 2019's first reset as Nomura begins to fulfil CLO promise
Octagon Credit Investors has teamed up with Nomura to reset 2014’s Octagon Investment Partners XXI for five years additional reinvestment

Octagon and Nomura look to open 2019 CLO reset market
Octagon Credit Investors has emerged as the first manager to attempt a CLO reset in 2019

Octagon resets 2016 CLO with senior triple As pricing at 117bp
Octagon Credit Investors notched its 13^th CLO transaction this year with a reset on Friday of the $707.7 million Octagon Investment Partners 28, which originally priced in September 2016

Global CLO round-up: what goes around comes around
It is no news that spreads are reverting back to the elevated levels of last year and, with each new deal pushing the market wider, the rolling three-month term curve in the US has been forced to stretch and move left, right and centre.

Octagon matches benchmark triple A levels with its fifth new issue CLO of 2018
Octagon Credit Investors priced its fifth new issue CLO of the year with Octagon Investment Partners 39 printing on Friday

Loan managers need an equity-like mindset instead of relying on docs
Octagon's Lauren Basmadjian takes our credit quiz and talks about buying CLO equity in 2009, the impact of technology on the retail sector and Eddie Murphy's 1980s heyday

US manager sheds CLO vertical strip in secondary market
Sources say that a US CLO manager offloaded $65.13 million of CLO paper into the secondary market with the manager shedding vertical strips, held for US risk retention compliance, in two of its CLOs

Octagon continues its rapid CLO issuance with fourth new deal of the year
According to market sources, the manager priced its 11th transaction of the year yesterday, with a fourth new issue named Octagon Investment Partners 38

Octagon continues reset spree but senior CLO spreads widen 4bp in one month
Octagon Investment Partners has issued its 10^th transaction in the CLO market of 2018 today

CLO b-wic line up: European equity makes up 85% of today's market share
European CLO equity has found a sudden burst of liquidity, albeit in bite-size pieces

Octagon shapes its fourth reset of the year, reviving post-reinvestment CLO
Octagon has reworked a 2013 vintage CLO for the first time, giving a new lease of life to its post-reinvestment deal Octagon Investment Partners XVI

Octagon looks to price ninth CLO deal of the year
According to a Fitch Ratings presale report, the manager is preparing to price its ninth CLO transaction of 2018 and its fourth this quarter