Nomura and Allstate pair up for one of the tightest new issues this year
Nomura and Allstate teamed up on Friday for the first time to price one of the tightest deals of the year

Carlyle joins the 2018 vintage refi party
Carlyle Group this week joined a brace of 2018 US CLO refis, as Nomura restructured Carlyle US CLO 2018-2.

US CLO refis continue with tight print from 2018 vintage Octagon deal
Continuing its hectic start to the year, Octagon Credit Partners priced its fourth deal of 2024 on Tuesday. The partial refi of its 2018 US BSL CLO saw one of the tighter prints this year.

Blackrock breaks through 150bps barrier
BlackRock hit a significant milestone on Friday, matching the tightest new US print so far this year with its half-billion-dollar BSL CLO

PGIM kicks off 2024 activity with a 2015 vintage US BSL refi
Industry heavyweight PGIM’s first deal of 2024 took the form of a USD 346.821m refi, priced in conjunction with Nomura 

CSAM refinances giant 2014-vintage US CLO
Pricing its second deal in the space of a week, Credit Suisse Asset Management is in the midst of a prolific February, with its latest transaction a sizeable USD 736.737m refi arranged by Nomura

Regatta is back in the race with new CLO print
Nomura arranged a new Napier Park Global Capital CLO on Tuesday, titled Regatta XXVI Funding

Nomura prices another short-dated US CLO
Irradiant Partners became the latest manager to price a short dated deal on Thursday

Short-dated US CLOs are in fashion with BlackRock pricing new deal
Magnetite XXXIX features a one-year reinvestment period and triple-As at 155bps

US triple As reach 165bp as BlackRock CLO prices
Nomura priced the tightest vanilla CLO of the year for BlackRock yesterday, a $504 million new US CLO called Magnetite XXXVII

BlackRock markets new CLO indicating spreads to tighten dramatically
BlackRock is marketing a new $503.15 million CLO via Nomura that appears on track to become the tightest US deal of the year to date

Nomura Private Capital taps BlackRock for new senior role

Nomura Private Capital hires new head of opportunistic private credit from BlackRock. 

Napier Park prints first new US CLO in 12 months with triple As at 190bp
Napier Park Global issued a new CLO on Wednesday, the first US new issue from the manager in just over a year

New CLOs from AGL and Ares amount to almost $900 million issuance
AGL Credit Management and Ares Management both priced a new CLO on Thursday, with the two transactions amounting to $882.75 million issuance

Defiant CSAM prices benchmark-setting US CLO after Nomura's rapid deal execution
Credit Suisse Asset Management has demonstrated that no matter the troubles of its parent bank, CSAM remains a force as a CLO issuer.

Nomura's private capital unit launches credit interval fund
Nomura Alternative Income Fund has a flexible allocation across private and public credit sectors, depending on relative value opportunities

Hilltop hires CIO for real estate credit business
European real estate credit specialist Hilltop Credit Partners says it has hired Claudiu Gheorghita as chief investment officer.

CLO 2023 Outlook: CLOs look set to rise to the challenge of a tough 2023
CLO researchers had an (understandable) inability to accurately predict the staggering array of macro shocks that affected the CLO market this year. So it comes as a surprise that overall CLO issuance reached a lot closer to anticipated levels than many would have expected back in Q2

CSAM and CVC take different paths to benchmark 220bp US CLO triple A print
Credit Suisse Asset Management and CVC Credit Partners each came out with a new CLO on Tuesday with senior triple A notes yielding 220 basis points over Sofr, proving the benchmark triple A print for tier one CLO managers is unchanged since October

US CLO pipeline: PPM returns to playing field after 14-month absence
Five fresh deals have made their way on to the pipeline this week, including PPM Loan Management company preparing to end its 14-month drought

Ares prints new US CLO with 220bp senior triple A print
Ares Management priced a new CLO on Monday with a senior triple A spread of Sofr plus 220 basis points

Ares markets new $400 million CLO via Nomura
Ares Management is marketing a new CLO via Nomura, with pricing expected next week

PGIM prints five-year US CLO as investors brace for spreads to move wider
PGIM has marked a quick return to the US primary CLO market by pricing Dryden 106 on Tuesday via Nomura. But the overriding feeling is that primary CLO spreads are vulnerable to another bout of volatility

PGIM to pair with Nomura for second new US CLO of 2022
PGIM is working with Nomura on a forthcoming CLO named Dryden 106, which is set to be the manager's second new issue arranged by the bank this year

Credit funds at a glance (October 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit