Citi looks to place $100 million bespoke mezz tranche
Citi has traded around $700 million of bespoke tranches in 2016 so far, according to internal communications seen by Creditflux

CLO spreads tighten as Octagon prices deal with 146bp triple-A print
Octagon Credit Investors yesterday priced its largest CLO since 1999

European CLO issuance hits €10 billion as KKR reopens primary market
KKR Credit has reopened the primary European CLO market after two months with no activity, according to market sources

Manager hires Morgan Stanley for its largest US CLO since 1999
Morgan Stanley is marketing an $820 million CLO for a top-10 US CLO manager, according to market sources.

JP Morgan prices downsized CLO for large credit manager
JP Morgan has priced a US CLO for a large firm, however the deal has printed $71 million shy of where it was originally marketed

Top CLO trades north of par despite wipe-out option
Unusual feature gives manager the option to wipe out equity investors

Voya prices $569 million CLO with long reinvestment period
Voya Alternative Asset Management has become the eighth manager of the year to issue a CLO with a five year reinvestment period, according to market sources.

Morgan Stanley gets to work on another CLO with long reinvestment period
Voya Alternative Asset Management has begun marketing its second CLO of the year, according to market sources.

Midstream energy: Building simpler pipelines
The retreat by midstream US energy companies from partnership structures should be good for credit investors

Garrison prices broadly syndicated loan CLO after long warehouse phase
Sources say that Garrison Investment Group has priced its first ever broadly-syndicated CLO, in a $413.7 million deal which is set to close next month.

US regional bank returns to CLOs
A bank that pulled back from CLOs in the wake of the Volcker rule is moving back into the market

BNP Paribas Asset Management prices first euro 2.0 CLO
BNP Paribas Asset Management has priced its first European CLO 2.0, according to market sources. The European market has seen four new issuers this year, accounting for over €1 billion in new issuance

Jefferies prices short-duration CLO with novel double-B tranche structure
Jefferies Finance has priced its first CLO of the year, according to market sources. The deal, which has no reinvestment period, will feature a double B-rated variable funding note

US CLOs deliver 22.2% returns in 2014
CLO equity investors made huge returns last year with CLO-i data showing that US deals returned an average of 22.2% to equity in 2014

3iDM aims for tight mezzanine pricing for upcoming US CLO
Following a busy year in 2014, 3i Debt Management is making progress on a $600 million CLO, according to market sources

Credit market snapshot: credit ends the week wider
Credit indices touch wider as disappointing ECB numbers dampen financials