Octagon 68 prices with triple As at SOFR +167.5bps
Wells Fargo arranged a new US CLO for Octagon Credit Investors on Friday

The Italian connection
As Octagon and Conning come under the umbrella of large Italian insurer Generali, we spoke to the firms’ CEOs about their expectations for credit in general and their firms in particular

Bank of America prices three CLOs in a day
The bank managed to make the triple with a new CLO for Octagon, a reset of a 2022 vintage deal for Voya, and a highly unusual partial refi of a static CLO for Marathon

Lender on lender violence increasing as defaults tick up, conference hears
CLO managers are seeing an increase in aggressive lending practices as the long-anticipated rise in loan defaults begins to materialise, panelists at Debtwire's US Private Credit Forum said in New York on Wednesday

US CLO league tables: BofA takes CLO lead as new issues keep calm and carry on
US CLO issuance dropped last month as the banking crisis gripped financial markets when Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank failed and troubled Credit Suisse was sold for below market value

US CLO pipeline: issuers takes credit sell-off in their stride as supply picks up
Despite the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank in the last week, the CLO machine has continued to churn with just shy of $5 billion of US and mid market CLO issuance this week

Octagon partners with RBC on its latest new CLO
Octagon Credit Investors priced a new CLO named Octagon Investment Partners 61 on Thursday, teaming up with Royal Bank of Canada to print the deal

US CLO triple As settle near 180bp as Octagon prices
Octagon Credit Investors has got off the mark in the primary US CLO market with Octagon 67

US CLO pipeline: busy January sets the tone for the year
US CLO new issuance in January has exceeded 2022’s volumes with $6.4 billion priced last month compared to $4.6 billion last year, and the market is showing no signs of slowing down

US CLO league tables: Usual suspects keep market rolling as Citi moves within $1 billion of BofA
October experienced $7.1 billion of US CLO issuance with over half of that priced by the managers that occupy one to eight in the US CLO new issue league tables

Carlyle and Octagon bring first reinvesting US BSL CLOs since 19 October
Carlyle Group and Octagon Credit Investors each priced a new US CLO on Friday, bringing the first reinvesting transactions backed by broadly syndicated loans to the market in nine days

US CLO pipeline: issuance expected to slow as blockages emerge
Only three new deals have been added this week to the list of forthcoming CLOs. The pipeline is suffering from some blockage after only four US CLOs priced last week 

US CLO league tables: BofA’s big month opens gap with Citi but Palmer Square closes in on Blackstone
After a quiet August, the US CLO market returned to what is the new normal (or new, new normal depending on the timeframe you're using). Managers priced $11.3 billion of US CLO paper last month, extending a trend

LP round up: $2.7bn flows to 20 credit managers as investors battle PE overallocation
Investors faced huge headwinds in September with inflation, rising interest rates, and geopolitical turmoil, alongside the UK gilts sell-off at month end

Identity of sellers emerges as CLO equity blocks change hands
Two majority equity positions have changed hands in the secondary market over the last two days, with details behind the cover price and sellers coming to light 

Three control CLO equity positions hit market with another to follow
Three anchor US CLO equity positions were listed on the secondary market yesterday in what was a busy day for investors

190bp emerges as senior triple A benchmark as Octagon prints new CLO
Octagon Credit Investors priced a new CLO via Nomura on Thursday, placing its senior triple A notes at the market tights of 190 basis points over Sofr

US CLO pipeline: Dispersion comes to fore, while Capital Four goes static
The CLO market is heating up once again after the summer lull and pricing has tightened, with at least three US CLO managers looking to match or even best Palmer Square Capital Management’s triple A print of 200 basis points

The Last Tranche with Octagon's Nechamkin: Investors were selling the larger loans that were easier to sell
In this episode of the Last Tranche, Mike Nechamkin, chief investment officer and senior portfolio manager at Octagon Credit Investors, discusses the reasons behind the recovery in loan prices in recent weeks

Quick! Avaya has ignited and $1 billion of CLO assets are at risk
Sparks are flying in the leveraged loan and high yield market after communications company Avaya Holdings slashed its forecasted earnings mere weeks after syndicating new debt. The rapid decline of Avaya's debt has left CLO managers little time to avoid the blaze

US CLO league tables: Heavyweights knock deals out as familiar faces stay top
In June 25 managers braved the US CLO market, among which only Columbia Management priced its first deal of the year

CSAM does the CLO awards double
Winning the Creditflux Manager of the Year award is a feat in itself. Winning it back-to-back in such different markets is an outstanding achievement — and CSAM can take great pride in it

CLOs at a glance (June 2022)
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month
 
   

Octagon prices its largest CLO with high-rated mezz
Octagon Credit Investors on Friday priced its largest ever CLO, and the largest broadly syndicated loan-backed CLO in the market this year

CLOs at a glance (May 2022)
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month