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

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

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

Global 2021 CLO league tables
Global 2021 CLO league tables

Global CLO league tables - Nov 2021 YTD
Global CLO league tables - Nov 2021 YTD

CLO issuance set for big slump as managers relax on Sofr: JP Morgan
CLO new issue supply will likely decline sharply from this month to next, with the rush to complete deals ahead of the transition to Sofr base rates having added to November's historical heavy weighting over December, say JP Morgan structured credit strategists

Global CLO league tables - Oct 2021 YTD
Global CLO league tables - Oct 2021 YTD

Global CLO league tables - Aug 2021 YTD
Global CLO league tables - Aug 2021 YTD

Global CLO league tables - Jul 2021 YTD
Global CLO league tables - Jul 2021 YTD

Liquidations emerge as speed bump to $1 trillion CLO market
CLOs are now a $1 trillion global industry, but liquidations are picking up and could hamper growth — as well as providing welcome relief to an engine that’s running somewhat hot. CLOs are now a $1 trillion global industry, but liquidations are picking up and could hamper growth — as well as providing welcome relief to an engine that’s running somewhat hot.

Global CLO trading lab: Equity supply spikes as investors go long
CLO equity returned to the secondary market in a big way last week, after a month of very little visibility, with $118.3 million of US CLO and €44.9 million of European CLO subordinated notes on sale

CLO pipeline: four US and two European managers prepare first 2021 CLOs
The CLO market is set to carry on roaring with the pipeline as full as ever despite the summer slowdown just around the corner  

Global CLO trading lab: quality and optionality shine as 2020 and 2019 mezz trades up
The primary and secondary CLO markets are moving in tandem with both markets drifting wider amid a wealth of supply

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

Global CLO league tables - May 2021 YTD
Global CLO league tables - May 2021 YTD

Global CLO trading lab: Octagon CLO comes out top in CLO double B spike
Double B-rated bonds made up 40% of the European and US CLO secondary markets last week. $222 million of US CLO double B bonds were on sale and a further €105 million of European CLO double B items were listed

Beneath the triple C: CLOs benefit as upgrades make for lighter triple C buckets
For the first time since the sell off in March last year, downgrades to triple C have come to a near-standstill

Beneath the triple C: resurfacing credits surpass divers as tide turns for CLOs
Upgrades above triple C overtook downgrades to that rating or below in February. Moody's or Standard & Poor's cut six corporate debt issuers to triple C or below in February, out of which just four can be found in CLO portfolios

Global CLO league tables - February 2021 YTD
Global CLO league tables - February 2021 YTD

Global CLO b-wic round-up: equity trades break new records as investors look to redeploy cash
The CLO secondary market is experiencing heavy churn with €273.5 million of European CLO paper and $1.05 billion of US CLOs listed last week. Within that supply, a record trade for a 2.0 European CLO equty tranche was recorded 

Global CLO b-wic round-up: 2020 deals trade at premium
As the primary CLO market continues to grind tighter, the secondary market is holding steady, but last year's vintages are trading well as they near the end of their call-locks

Global CLO league tables - January 2021
Global CLO league tables - January 2021 YTD

CLO pipeline: OFS to make comeback as 2020 absentees eye new issues
As liability spreads tighten day by day, the CLO pipeline is filling fast. 2020 absentees are joining the parade as four US managers and three European managers aim to return to the new issue market after taking a break of 12 months or longer

OC health check: CLOs end 2020 with fragile recovery
Only 109 CLOs breached an overcollateralisation test in December, falling from 121 in November. This in turn was down from the 147 CLOs that breached an OC test in October, but 33 cured their breaches in November and a further 11 cured all OC test failures in December

Beneath the triple C: 13 CLO loans take a dive but defaults subside to a ripple
22 corporate debt issuers were downgraded to triple C or below in November and December by Moody’s or S&P, out of which 13 can be found in CLO portfolios  – hurting $4.55 billion of US CLO loans, €1.87 billion of European CLO portfolios and almost $80 million of middle market CLOs loans, according to CLO-i