Global CLO league tables - January 2020 YTD
Global CLO league tables - January 2020 YTD

Investcorp prices Europe's first new issue CLO of 2020 amid high demand
Investcorp Credit Management yesterday brought Europe’s first new issue CLO of the year, with pricing levels showing a big spread tightening across rating bands

Licence and registration: loan spreads get speeding ticket as CLOs play catch-up
The sharp rally in corporate credit means that CLO spreads are going to have to rapidly follow suit with investors informing Creditflux that US CLO triple As should be pricing at 105-107 basis points to make deal economics work. 

CLO pipeline: Medalist ascends podium as new issues pace themselves
CLO managers are biding their time before re-entering the primary CLO market, but this week Investcorp Credit Management, KKR and Medalist Partners are marketing new issue US CLOs

Investcorp lines up new CLOs on both sides of the Atlantic
Investcorp Credit Management is gearing up to price new issue CLOs in both the US and Europe, according to market sources

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Investcorp resets and upsizes 2017 European CLO
Investcorp Credit Management has reset and upsized its 2017 CLO named Harvest CLO XVII, according to market sources

Investcorp looks to become first manager to reset a 2017 CLO
Investcorp Credit Management is setting itself up to be the first CLO manager to reset a deal that first priced in 2017

Investcorp appoints co-head of US credit as mid-market acquisition closes
The new hire will join Jim Feeley, who was appointed as co-head earlier this year following the retirement of John Fraser

Investcorp refinances 2016 US CLO
Investcorp has joined the list of managers refinancing 2016 vintage CLOs after pricing a $368 million deal with GreensLedge

Investcorp prices triple As at 110bp in European new issue
The global issuer prices its second new deal in Europe

CIFC announces four analyst hires in London
CIFC Asset Management says that it has completed phase one of its build-out of a European credit team

Investcorp enters into mid-market lending with CM Investment acquisition
Investcorp Credit Management announced today that it has bought CM Investment Partners from Cyrus Capital and Stifel Venture

Investcorp adds fund placement business as it brings Mercury buyout to the boil
The transaction for the alternatives placement agent will help “serve investors worldwide with an array of attractive opportunities in alternative investments”, says Investcorp

Investcorp hires ex-Medley structured credit head as John Fraser retires
Investcorp has appointed a CLO specialist as co-head of US credit, following the retirement of the firm’s previous sole US credit head

US pension fund earmarks $375 million for various credit strategies
Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board (Mass PRIM) has committed $125 million to distressed, $100 million to aviation investments, while earmarking $150 million for structured credit    

Past returns: short and sweet
Five years ago in Creditflux, we reported on Pimco emerging as a major buyer of triple A-rated US CLO tranches

Tail wags dog as European CLOs' 108bp benchmark drags loans
European CLOs usually price on the back of where underlying loans are printing, but this year the reverse looks to be true

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. 

CLO managers exposed as US mortgage lender files for bankruptcy
CLOs hold $164.9 million exposure to the debt of Ditech Holding Corporation, who refiled for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday 

CLO spreads drift wider as Investcorp prices double Bs at 768bp
Investcorp Credit Management teamed up with Citi yesterday to price a $455.2 million CLO named Jamestown XII

Single B spreads edge tighter as Investcorp prices European CLO
Investcorp has entered 2019’s CLO primary market, pricing a new issue deal via Barclays

It’s going to be a credit picker’s market
Our panel of experts believe that the credit market will be volatile this year, but there will be opportunities in European credit and additional tier one bonds, trups CDOs and unitranches

Investcorp becomes fourth manager to reap €2 billion of CLO issuance in Europe
Investcorp Credit Management became the fourth European CLO manager this year to pass €2 billion in volumes on Friday, after launching a €410.4 million new issue deal

Investcorp targets 95bp spread as it markets Harvest CLO XX
Investcorp Credit Management is in the market with its 20th new issue CLO in its ‘Harvest’ series of European deals