CLO pipeline: new kids in class look to excel on first assignments
The summer holiday is well and truly over with the European CLO market building on last week’s momentum as three new deals and one reset are to enter the primary market. 

Euro CLO round-up: debt investors own the floor as tempo picks up
It was one of those rare weeks in Europe when volumes surpassed the much larger US CLO market and, to cap it all off, spreads made a big jump tighter.

US CLO round-up: Fed up of waiting
The US CLO market made a bright start this year, but 2019 now lags 2018 and 2017 after a weak August checked its momentum. This has left some pinning their hopes on a favourable outcome to the US Federal Reserve meeting this week, amid political overtures to up its game in the wake of the European Central Bank's stimulus package

Spreads tighten 3bp as Axa IM prices first European new issue CLO for 12 months
Triple A CLO spreads tumbled in Europe again on Friday as Axa Investment Managers priced its first new CLO in 12 months, according to market sources

GSO prices tightest European CLO of 2019 with syndicated triple As
GSO Capital Partners priced the tightest European CLO of the year yesterday with weighted funding costs 177.27 basis points over Euribor

THL anchor CLO equity seeks purchase in secondary market
Up for auction later today is the 15th controlling stake in a US CLO this year, with nine of the previous 14 having failed to trade

Bain prices new CLO with triple As 6.91bp tight of 10-day average
Bain Capital Credit priced its latest CLO offering, scoring the second tightest triple A print of the month

Hayfin prices new CLO as European 2.0 volumes break monthly record
Europe’s CLO volumes reached a post-crisis monthly record on Friday as Hayfin Capital Management priced its latest new issue bringing July volumes to €5.21 billion

Global CLO round-up: it's time to rethink benchmarks
The CLO market broke out of holiday mode last week by presenting strong issuance on both sides of the Atlantic - $2.8 billion in the US and €1.6 billion in Europe. High volumes have brought with them bigger shifts in market dynamics. This week put the focus on tightening spreads, as benchmark triple A levels dipped.

Benefit Street slashes 32bp from 2016 CLO's funding costs via refi
Benefit Street Partners teamed up with Citi on Friday to refinance Benefit Street Partners CLO X, according to market sources, slashing 31.96 basis points from the deal’s weighted funding costs

PGIM goes all in as it refis 2016 CLO for second time
Having refinanced the junior debt in a US CLO last year, PGIM has refied the entire capital stack of its 2016-vintage CLO

Euro CLO round-up: smaller (and newer) issuers print deals as spreads edge wider
It has been a relatively busy week for the European CLO market after three new deals priced to end a 17- day silence in the primary market. The quiet spell was broken by smaller CLO issuers.

US CLO round-up: something old, something new, GSAM returns with newcomers too
GSAM is back pricing CLOs after 12 years away, while relative newcomers make swifter re-entries in the CLO market 

MeDirect prices debut European CLO as equity goes to third parties
MeDirect Bank has priced a new European CLO via Barclays today in a deal where the equity was syndicated to third parties. Chief investment officer Michael Curtis tells Creditflux that this is part of the firm's build out of an asset management busines

Benefit Street teams up with Wells Fargo for $508.2 million new CLO
Benefit Street Partners has priced its first new issue CLO of 2019

Correction: US CLO round-up: newcomers make waves in CBOs and mid market
The CLO market is showing little sign of constraint as three new names entered the market last week – two debut middle market deals priced while one US CBO closed

Euro CLO round-up: after three-year hiatus, two Apollo/Redding Ridge CLOs come along at once
The Japanese bid for CLO triple A notes is taking a break for at least a few weeks, according to market sources, effectively removing a key contributor to the benchmark levels set this year. 

PGIM prices new issue CLO via RBC as triple A spreads tighten
PGIM yesterday priced its seventh CLO transaction of the year, teaming up with RBC to issue Dryden 68

HPS shakes things up with first three-year CLO
HPS Investment Partners has shaken up its CLO reinvestment strategy to price its first short dated-deal

Redding Ridge prices three-year new issue CLO
Redding Ridge priced a $597.2 million new CLO via Deutsche Bank on Friday, with the deal selling its senior notes at a slight discount to par 

CSAM plans double CLO issuance next week with US and EU deals in the market
Credit Suisse Asset Management is preparing to issue two new issue CLOs next week, with one issuance on either side of the Atlantic

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

Single A and triple B spreads tighten as Goldman prices new CLO for TICP
TICP and Goldman Sachs priced their latest CLO offering yesterday with bonds tightening since premarketing information was first reported by Creditflux

KKR and Citi price largest CLO refi of 2019
CLO refis continue to build popularity since a slow start to the year. On Friday KKR Financial Advisors refinanced its 2016 CLO named KKR CLO 16, which edged in as the largest CLO refi of 2019 to date

Spreads set to tighten as TICP closes in on three-year CLO
TICP, the credit management division of TPG Capital, is close to pricing a new issue CLO via Goldman Sachs, with sources suggesting the deal could print as early as today