Symphony issues first CLO since integration with Nuveen
Symphony Asset Management has priced its first new issue CLO in nine months, and its first since announcing the integration of its leveraged finance business with affiliate Nuveen

CLO pipeline: three behemoths prepare for quick-turnaround new issues
CLO managers have printed at a frenetic pace since the start of the quarter with $3.36 billion of issuance across all CLO markets and pricing types

Global CLO round-up: fresh start for five year deals as market reopens
The CLO market is still producing deals at a good pace, with $2.6 billion of global issuance last week. Four new issue deals priced in the US with Intermediate Capital Group and NYL Investors pricing their first transactions of the year while CVC Credit Partners made it two and Barings three in 2020

CLO pipeline: primary tightening opens door for CLO managers to print new issues
The CLO primary market is hitting a fast pace as it enters the last quarter of 2020. Last week brought a surge of new issuance as 11 US, two European and one mid market CLO manager priced their latest transactions

Symphony prices unusual refi of CLO three years out of reinvestment
Symphony Asset Management has taken the unusual step of refinancing a tranche of a CLO three years after it left its reinvestment period. The deal, named California Street CLO XII, is a 2013 vintage CLO that exited reinvestment in October 2017

CLO pipeline: managers prepare to end quarter with a bang
CLO issuance is showing no signs of slowing down as spreads continue to grind tighter and election day draws ever closer

Symphony raises $77 million for CLO fund
Symphony Asset Management has collected $77 million on a first close for a CLO equity fund dubbed Nuveen CLO Issuance Fund

Details emerge on nature of Revlon payment 'error' and lender attitudes
Fresh details have emerged on the nature of the ‘operational error’ Citi says took place when it transferred $900 million to Revlon loan holders

Citi files lawsuit against nine more lenders over 'accidental' $900 million Revlon transfer
Citi has filed a new lawsuit against nine more asset managers regarding its transfer of $900 million to Revlon lenders, which Citi says was made mistakenly. The bank is looking to claim the money back against lenders 

Nuveen brings CLOs under one roof as Symphony takes on TIAA deals in rejig
Four TIAA US CLOs are being absorbed into its affiliate Symphony Asset Management as part of a streamlining undertaken by TIAA and its asset management business, Nuveen

US CLO manager to dance to its own tune with breakthrough CLO equity fund
A large US CLO manager is on the verge of a first close for a fund that will invest in the majority of its CLOs, ending its reliance on third-party CLO equity investors

It’s all going to plan
Whether managers are relaxed because they can make up losses later, or are putting more money into their deals, panellists on the Creditflux West webinar weren’t panicking about OC breaches

Beneath the triple C: downgrade rate slows as $8 billion of CLO loans tumble
May offered some respite to CLO portfolios as corporate downgrades to triple C were reduced heavily - affecting just $6.67 billion of US CLO paper and €1.09 billion of European CLO portfolios

US CLO issuers get pricing signals as triple As trade in secondary at 375bp
Would-be US CLO issuers were given an indication of pricing levels yesterday after a CLO that turns static in July hit the secondary market

Brigade set to price new US CLO today with triple As subject at 135bp
At a time when spreads are contracting, the senior triple As in Brigade Capital Management's upcoming CLO are subject at 135 basis points, some 5bp wide of the market average in 2020

Symphony becomes latest to issue US CLO
Symphony Asset Management yesterday became the second manager to price a new issue US CLO since the new year

Former structured credit co-head Messina lands on buy side
Megan Messina, former co-head of structured credit at Bank of America, has resurfaced at an asset manager three years after leaving the bank

Global CLO round-up: Europe mops up demand, as Euribor hits the floor
The final stretch of the year began with a bang, with the first week of Q4 bringing $3.3 billion of CLO issuance in the US and €1.2 billion in Europe. But the resurgence in volumes was not the only talking point last week, with Europe coming into focus as spreads surfed tighter

Symphony prices unusual post-reinvestment CLO refi
Symphony Asset Management has taken the rare step of refinancing a post-reinvestment CLO, according to market sources

TCI-Symphony and GSO refinance single tranches of 2016 CLOs
Two CLO managers on Friday refinanced single tranches of their 2016 deals, according to market sources. TCI-Symphony and GSO Capital Partners priced seemingly mirror image transactions, having refinanced the mezzanine notes of  the CLOs last November

Symphony reworks 2012 vintage CLO via Barclays
Symphony Asset Management on Friday priced a $617.85 million reset of a CLO that it first brought to market in 2012

Symphony becomes 90th manager to price CLO this year
Symphony Asset Management yesterday became the 90^th CLO manager to price a transaction this year after printing a new issue named Symphony CLO XXI

Spire wins Creditflux Manager of the Year award
Spire Partners was the big winner at Creditflux's Manager Awards last night as the London-based manager scooped the award for the manager of the year. On top of this, the firm picked up awards for Best European CLO Manager and Best European CLO for Aurium CLO II