US CLO league tables: Massive Octagon CLO keeps BofA in lead as top managers tap new issues
For the second straight month, the US CLO market issued $12.5 billion of paper. But unlike April, which was all new issuance, May had one refinancing and the first reissue in the market since October

Talen bond squeeze brings low auction pay-out for protection holders
A credit event auction to settle Talen Energy Supply CDS has delivered a much higher result than had been predicted from bond prices, fuelled by a bidding squeeze on deliverable paper

Beneath the triple C: CLOs take first knock since covid scrapes
CLO managers have been hit by a number of loan downgrades to triple C for the first time since the wave of pandemic-related cuts trickled to a halt in early 2021. Companies indirectly linked to the health sector suffered most in May 

BofA revises Euro CLO new issuance forecasts downwards
Bank of America CLO strategists have cut their base case forecasts for European CLO volume in 2022 to €22.6 billion for new issues and €10 billion for refi/resets, citing slower economic growth and higher tail risks. But further market disruption could take new issuance down to €16.5 billion, they warned

Weekly new CLO volume hits $2.3 billion with Trinitas US deal
Trinitas Capital Management, the CLO manager arm of Whitestar Asset Management, has become the sixth manager to price a new US CLO this week, bringing weekly supply to $2.3 billion

Let's play the Great CLO B-wic Price Drop
When CLO liquidity is weak, sometimes you have to take matters into your own hands. That's what happened last week as part of a novel auction set up by a CLO investor

Global CLO league tables - April 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - April YTD

Ucits at a glance: Robus stands tall among Ucits funds
27% of Ucits funds had positive returns in March, a slight improvement from 10% in February

Phase 6 of uncleared margin rules drives CDS clearing volumes
2022 is shaping up to be a bumper year for CDS clearing activity, not only due to increased trading of the asset class, but a confluence of other factors, such as regulations, product expansion and wider geographical reach

Fund performance: Credit slumps widely as CLOs lag furthest behind
February’s market turn brought a variety of fund categories into the Creditflux top ten as six different categories were represented -- US high yield standing tallest among them

Global CLO league tables - March 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - March YTD

US CLO league tables: BofA marches on as Elmwood climbs to top in new issues
Last month, for the first time since June 2020, no resets or refinancings priced in the US CLO market as market volatility took repricings out of the money. This meant a month-on-month decline of $13.4 billion in overall issuance, but new issuance was still healthy with $11.6 billion pricing in March

CLO managers price with short, medium and long reinvestments as pricing widens
Ares Management, Golub Capital Partners and Partners Group each priced a new CLO on Friday, with each manager taking a different approach to the various duration structures that have arisen amid the current market volatility

Credit rally extends as investors welcome hawkish but clearer Fed message
Credit markets have carried their rally over to another day, fuelled in part by what investors have interpreted as a hawkish but clear message from the US Federal Reserve on policy tightening

US CLO league tables: BofA takes a big leap ahead
It has been a slow start to the year for the US CLO market, which has so far welcomed $33.42 billion worth of issuance – the second lowest in the last five years. But Bank of America is taking big strides

Global CLO league tables - February 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - Feb YTD

Euro volatility outpaces US with pivotal hours ahead in Ukraine
Financial markets took another battering on Tuesday, as Russia's war with Ukraine ramped up and western countries moved to enact new sanctions

Global CLO trading lab: Payments season prompts equity to surge but short-dated bonds trade low
Over the last two weeks, $2.8 billion of US CLOs and €640 million of European CLO paper have appeared on b-wics, with equity making up 33% and 40% of the respective markets

US CLO league tables: No static shock as Palmer Square conducts CLO traffic yet again
It was a slower start to the year for US CLO new issuance as  managers printed $4.56 billion of new paper against an average new issue volume of $5.88 billion in January in the last five years. But then again, the CLO and loan industries have had to contend with the not-so-small issue of replacing their favourite floating rate benchmark

I’ll see your 2020 and raise you 2021
Discounted loans, Libor floors and bond flexibility helped make 2021 an even better year for CLO returns than 2020, as US CLOs distributed 15.54% and European CLOs paid 13.93% annualised

Ares and Octagon bring weekly CLO reset volume over $2 billion in just two days
Ares Management and Octagon Credit Investors each reset a CLO on Tuesday, bringing weekly US CLO reset volume up to over $2 billion

Sound Point pairs with BofA on new US CLO
Sound Point Capital Management priced a US CLO on Friday 

Blackstone keeps up momentum with benchmark US CLO print
Blackstone Credit on Friday priced its first new CLO of the year, producing the largest and tightest 2022 transaction to date

CIFC prices second-tightest CLO of 2022
CIFC Asset Management priced its first CLO of the year on Thursday, securing the second tightest funding costs on a new issue this year