US CLO league tables: CIFC makes big leap but CSAM and JP Morgan retain leads
There has been no change atop the US CLO league tables, but Credit Suisse Asset Management’s and JP Morgan’s leads are dwindling

CLOs bask in 'golden period' as industry approaches $1 trillion market cap
The economic rebound following the reopening US economy has created a 'golden period' for the CLO market, market participants say

Wellfleet CLO reset employs unusual reinvestment duration
Wellfleet Credit Partners priced an unusual CLO reset on Wednesday that extends the reinvestment period of its 2019 deal, Wellfleet CLO X, by 10 months

Credit funds at a glance (April 2021)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves

Mizuho appoints loan trading head in London
Mizuho says it has hired an experienced loans specialist as head of loan trading for Emea in a newly-created role

Mizuho outlines bold European CLO strategy
Mizuho is expanding into European CLOs as part of a push into leveraged finance.

Munich Re makes senior structured credit hire
Munich Re has hired one of the co-heads of structured products solutions at Mizuho to join its team in London

Credit rally rolls on as indices approach one-month tights
CDS indices are approaching their mid-October tights as reality seeps in of a divided US government and, consequently, little chance of dramatic corporate tax increases. Yesterday, iTraxx Main led the way, tightening 5.3%, followed by CDX NA HY and CDX IG (both 4.5%) and iTraxx Crossover (2.8%)

US credit shakes off early jitters as CDX IG tightens 6.9%
Credit spreads have reversed course yet again to join the rally in equities today. The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 2.5% today and credit is following with investment grade indices leading the way

BlackRock cuts CLO double A coupon with fixed-rate refi
BlackRock has priced a fixed-rate CLO tranche refinancing, teaming up with Mizuho to cut the coupon on the double A notes of Magnetite XII

AGL cements post-covid US CLO lead with fifth new issue
AGL Credit Management has consolidated its position as the most prolific CLO manager post-covid after becoming the first firm to print five new issues in the US

Shenkman prices its first CLO primary transaction since March sell off
Shenkman Capital Management has priced its first transaction in the CLO primary market since the sell off in March

US CLO league tables: light at the end of the tunnel as primary revives
May brought a rise in US CLO primary market activity with a combined $5.55 billion in new issuance for the month

AGL prints largest US CLO post-covid-19 and syndicates double Bs
AGL Credit Management today priced the largest CLO since the pandemic outbreak with a fully syndicated double B tranche

Credit funds at a glance
A round-up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Seix upsizes 2016 CLO by over $100 million with reset via Mizuho
Seix Advisors has priced a $382 million CLO reset with triple A spreads coming in at 136 basis points over Libor

Flurry of US CLO refis takes year's tally to 16
Four US CLO refinancings took place on Friday, underlining that 12- to 18-month deals can price their senior liabilities in the low 100s

Mizuho names raft of European fixed income hires
Mizuho has signalled a push to bolster its European fixed income business with the Japanese bank announcing a raft of hires including jobs in structured credit, emerging market credit and credit sales

CLO pipeline: a refi of nine cuts time (and margins)
Nine US CLO managers are preparing to refinance one of their CLOs to lower financing costs

Assured Guaranty Corp hires CLO specialist to co-lead structured finance group
A former CLO specialist from Mizuho will join the firm as senior managing director 

Brigade teams up with Mizuho for first CLO as partnership
Brigade Capital Management yesterday priced its latest CLO offering named Battalion CLO XVI in the firm’s first CLO partnership with Mizuho as arranger

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LCH's French unit adds first Japanese clearing member
Mizuho has signed up as the first Japanese clearing member of LCH SA, the French clearing unit of London Stock Exchange-owned LCH Group

Black Diamond prices new CLO via Mizuho in first-time partnership
Black Diamond has teamed up with Mizuho to price its latest CLO offering named Black Diamond 2019-2

Mizuho appoints US and European credit trading heads in leadership shake-up
The hires include a newly created CLO role, head of credit trading, and head of special situations and illiquid trading