Voya makes quickfire CLO return using call-lock split in wider market
Voya has scored a quick turnaround with a new CLO just one month after its previous outing in the primary market. But the two deals show how much pricing has shifted in that time

US CLO pipeline: MidOcean and Seix look to end three-year drought as others rock and reload
14 US CLO managers are in various stages of marketing their latest offerings, with a wide scope of names for investors to choose from

Past returns: US firms become Euro CLO issuers
Five years ago in Creditflux we reported on CIFC Asset Management and Voya Investment Management harbouring European CLO ambitions as US issuers became accustomed to risk retention.

BofA prices CLOs for CarVal and Voya
Bank of America's CLO issuance volumes have passed $1 billion for the week after new deals for Voya Investment Management and CarVal CLO Management on Tuesday

Schroders beats five to win structured credit mandate as pension terminates Franklin Templeton
Schroders has beat out five other credit managers to win up to $108 million for a securitised credit mandate from a US pension. It comes after investment consultant RVK recommended to terminate the pension’s investment in Franklin Templeton due to “underwhelming performance and decreasing assets”

Czech mate: Voya IM agrees to buy $5 billion US direct lender
Private markets and alternative capabilities have been a “strategic focus and growth driver” for Voya and the firm says its new direct lending team will “complement our leading fixed income platform and accelerate the expansion of our private and leveraged credit franchise across institutional, insurance and retail channels”

Voya seeks portfolio manager focused on CLOs
The new hire will work with both the CLO portfolio management team and the CLO investment team

CLO liabilities trend wider with Voya CLO at 2022's widest funding costs
Voya Investment Management priced a new CLO via Royal Bank of Canada on Tuesday with the weighted cost of debt coming in at 281.93 basis points, making it the widest liability pricing of the year to date

CLO pipeline: large managers defy loan drought to keep market moving
US CLO senior spreads may have blown out to 180-190 basis points over Sofr for five-year deals, and even wider for short-dated new issues, but that will not stop the market from soldiering on

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

Morgan Stanley prints new CLOs for Oaktree, Octagon and Voya
Morgan Stanley priced three new issue CLOs on Friday worth a combined $1.36 billion

Voya cuts CLO costs across stack with 2019 reset
Voya has reset a US CLO it printed in 2019, slightly increasing the size of the deal and shaving the price of every debt tranche in the capital structure

Voya shaves 28bp with refi of 2019 CLO
Voya Alternative Asset Management priced a refinancing of Voya 2019-3 via GreensLedge on Friday and reduced the CLO’s cost of debt by 28.3 basis points

Voya prints largest CLO in nearly two years
Voya Investment Management paired with Natixis on Friday to issue its largest new CLO in almost two years

US CLO pipeline: Go long! Refis fall from favour as AMMC looks to join list of 2021 issuers
The only record left to fall this year in US CLOs is 2017’s refinancing total of $102.8 billion with the market $6.3 billion shy. Yet this segment shows little interest to break more records with the pipeline filled with new issues and resets as longer tenured deals are preferred.

Voya scores 115bp triple A print as it prints new CLO
Voya Investment Management priced its second new CLO of the year on Monday with the triple A notes yielding just 115 basis points over Libor

Voya reworks 2012 CLO for fourth time
Voya CLO 2012-4 reworkings mount to four, after refinancing, reset, partial refi and another partial refi 

Three CLO resets from Natixis grow market $450 million via upsizings alone
Natixis has priced CLO resets for Benefit Street Partners, Onex Credit Partners and Voya Investment Management that include big upsizings, with the combined total amounting to $455.1 million of additional CLO paper

Middle east firm hires high profile loan official to build on control CLO equity business
Middle east asset manager Lakemore Partner is doubling down on CLOs with the control CLO equity investor hiring one of the biggest names in the loan and CLO management business

US CLO pricing lab: expensive legacy deals take priority as two-three year point on term curve tightens
The US CLO market may have gapped out in recent weeks, but expensive 2019 and covid-era CLO refis and resets are still in the money

Three top 20 US managers print CLOs
The pace of CLO issuance in the US continues unabated as three top 20 managers take to the primary market for two resets and a new issue

Credit funds at a glance (July 2021)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

CLOs at a glance (July 2021)
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month

Credit fundraising: managers take care of infrastructure with new partnerships
Credit managers were busy launching new partnerships to support growth in infrastructure and CLOs. There were 13 announcements in the month paving the way for upcoming funds, platforms, and joint ventures

CLO pipeline: Man GLG resurfaces from six-year absence as deals exiting call-lock fill pipeline
CLO spreads have leaked out in recent weeks but deal economics are still favourable, encouraging managers to come back to the primary market for the first time this year