US CLO triple As and mezz move out of sync as Fidelity and Voya refi
Triple A and mezzanine CLO tranches told different stories yesterday as two US CLOs, with very different profiles, refinanced

Global CLO pricing lab: let’s all point at that 108bp print while spreads leak out
The tsunami of CLO paper coming to market is the biggest technical factor causing spreads to widen, according to sources

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

Voya picks its spots with rework of triple As and triple Bs in unusual US CLO refi
Voya Investment Management has executed an unusual CLO refi transaction that cuts the spreads on just the triple A and triple B notes of a 2018 deal named Voya CLO 2018-4

Global CLO pricing lab: investors get over fatigue and embrace reset roll over
The demand for CLOs is showing no signs of slowing down after the market had experienced some fatigue at the end of the first quarter and into the second. In the last two weeks, there have been 47 CLO transactions across all forms of pricing in the three markets; led by 18 US CLO new issues

Woah, we’re halfway there
Judging by the 2020 vintage, European CLO overlap is 50%. But varied approaches to holding bonds and the many loans managers turn down mean there are ways for issuers to outperform

Market absorbs three CLO refinancings worth $1 billion
Apex Credit Partners, Barings and Voya Investment Management have each refinanced a CLO, with the three deals totalling $1.02 billion

US pension terminates three credit mandates due to 'underperformance' and relative value
The New Mexico pension terminated one multi-asset credit mandate and two bank loan mandates

Weekly refi volume passes $5 billion as five CLOs price
Another $2.06 billion of CLO refinancings priced in the US on Friday, bringing the weekly total to over $5 billion

Saba named as replacement manager on lev loan fund
Saba Capital Management expects to transition a 'meaningful portion' of the leveraged loan fund into assets like bonds, special purpose acquisition companies and closed-end funds

Voya puts forward two key people for US CLOs after Norman's retirement
Voya has named two replacement key persons on at least six of its US CLOs, following the retirement of co-group head of senior loans Dan Norman on 31 December

At least 2020 wasn’t dreadful for CLOs
Last year’s downturn was another in which CLOs survived and in many cases thrived as active management and Libor floors helped managers deliver 13%-plus returns to equity

Global CLO b-wic round-up: US lower mezz trades strong, but European piece softens
CLO investors have had no chance to catch their breath after a historic 2020 as US CLO secondary volume reached $3.3 billion and European secondary listings topped €1 billion in January

January US CLO refi volume overtakes 2020 post-covid volume
Two CLO managers - Voya Financial and Sound Point Capital Management - priced CLO refinancings on Friday worth a total of $621.9 million, bringing total refi volume for January up to $5.56 billion

Voya adds to double A and single B CLO exposure in Q3
Voya Financial added to its total CLO investments in the third quarter, with a sharp increase in the volume of double A and single B notes on its books, according to the firm's earnings call presentation which was released today

CLO pipeline: fixed income giants plan debut 2.0s with Morgan Stanley
Two large fixed income managers are pre-marketing debut 2.0 CLOs

Voya and ArrowMark refinance fixed triple A CLOs
Voya Investment Management and ArrowMark Colorado Holdings have each refinanced triple A-rated fixed CLO tranches. The two transactions both priced yesterday and total $29.5 million

Voya loan co-head Norman set to retire
Dan Norman is set to leave Voya Investment Management, where he co-heads the senior loan team, at the end of the year

Four US CLO refis highlight diverging manager strategies
Four US CLO managers - Ares Management, GSO Capital Partners, Marathon Asset Management and Voya Alternative Asset Management - have each refinanced fixed-rate CLO tranches, with the four deals totalling $69 million in paper. But new strategies are beginning to emerge

Voya passes $1 billion US CLO issuance in 2020
Voya Alternative Asset Management has surpassed $1 billion CLO new issuance since the March coronavirus sell off began, joining the ranks of managers to print three transactions in this time

LP round up: $5 billion flows to credit as private market allocations increase
Global institutional investors allocated nearly $5 billion to credit funds this week, according to documents seen by Creditflux

Fracking servicer FTS files for chapter 11 protection
Fracking servicer FTS International filed for chapter 11 protection in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas Houston yesterday. The credit is not widely featured in CLOs with only nine managers holding $47.9 million of FTI’s term loans

iQor files for chapter 11 with CLOs holding $260 millon
17 CLO managers hold $263.1 million term loans of customer services provider iQor, which filed for chapter 11 protection in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas today

Global CLO b-wic round-up: US CLO triple As finally rally while European investors go ‘all in’
A huge supply of $731 million of US CLO triple A bonds pushed US CLO secondary volumes to just shy of $1.5 billion last week

Global CLO b-wic round-up: Palmer Square sets highest cover as double B curve inverts
Palmer Square and MJX set the CLO secondary market trading range, but pickings in Europe were the slimmest they have been in almost five months