Fund performance
Good month for CLO funds sees six in top 10 as Axiom sets pace

Sound Point becomes 5th largest CLO manager as Assured deal completes
Sound Point announced the completion of its partnership with Assured Guaranty yesterday jumping Sound Point into position as 5th largest CLO manager in the world.

Zais prints its first new US CLO in 15 months
Zais Group partnered with Jefferies on Friday to print its first new US CLO in 15 months

Jump in loan prices sees CLO primary stall in the US
US CLO primary supply almost ground to a halt in June with just three transactions printing in the first half of the month

Mid market league tables: Golub and Natixis team up to lead in issuance as HPS debuts
Five mid market CLO managers priced in May for a combined $2 billion monthly issuance. This marked the fourth straight month when mid market volumes crossed $2 billion

Global CLO league tables - May 2023 YTD
Global CLO league tables - May 2023 YTD

DWS prints new CLO backed by infrastructure assets
DWS Group priced a new CLO backed by infrastructure loans on Monday

CLO and structured credit PM parts ways from Hildene
An experienced CLO and structured credit specialist has left Hildene Capital Management

Global CLO league tables - April 2023 YTD
Global CLO league tables - April 2023 YTD

Senior CLO officials leave Credit Suisse ahead of move to Canadian bank
Credit Suisse’s CLO operations have been hit with two senior figures leaving the bank

More than $1 billion new mid market CLOs print from Angelo Gordon and Cerberus
Angelo Gordon and Cerberus Business Finance each priced a new middle market CLO on Friday, with the two deals totalling over $1 billion in new issue volume

The rise and rise of CLO ETFs
A couple of years ago, the prospect of billions of dollars being invested in CLOs through exchange-traded funds would have seemed far-fetched. But a crop of CLO ETFs have popped up, demonstrating that liquidity is no longer an issue

Rope-a-dope brings knock-out returns
Post-pandemic US and European CLOs delivered mid-teen equity returns in 2022, despite a barrage of weak macroeconomic news and what could have been a heavyweight Libor mismatch  

US CLO pipeline: busy January sets the tone for the year
US CLO new issuance in January has exceeded 2022’s volumes with $6.4 billion priced last month compared to $4.6 billion last year, and the market is showing no signs of slowing down

US CLO pipeline: Oak Hill aims for tightest triple As since July, as other CLO markets at 245bp
Nine US CLO managers are in various stages of marketing their latest CLOs, and while Oak Hill is seeking a benchmark-setting deal, there are other CLOs that are expected to price well wide of this

Beneath the triple C: Life could be better, but it’s just a letter, under the CCC
Many market participants were eagerly looking forward to a break in December after a gruelling year, but the rating agencies were in no mood to oblige. 

US CLO league tables: Blackstone and BofA rise above competition in volatile 2022
A tumultuous year in the US CLO market led to total issuance dropping from a record $391.2 billion in 2021 to $134.8 billion in 2022

Global 2022 CLO league tables
Global 2022 CLO league tables

CLO rankings: manager AUM, advisory firm and trustees Q4 2022
As 2022 draws to a close manager consolidation through mergers and acquisitions have been balanced out by new market entrants to leave roughly the same number of managers that entered the year, at least for now.

Beneath the triple C: Winter is coming for CLOs as downgrades outstrip upgrades
Both US and European issuers have felt downward pressure from the rating agencies as we head towards the end of the year, with downgrades to triple C now firmly outpacing upgrades out of it.

US CLO league tables: BofA and Citi going down to the wire but Blackstone set to clinch manager crown
20 US CLO managers priced last month to take year-to-date new issue volumes to $114.2 billion. This is $54.7 billion less than 2021’s total new issuance, but $34.1 billion more than 2020 and $6.1 billion more than 2019

Global CLO league tables - November 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - November 2022 YTD

Manager looks to cut HY exposures in CLO-heavy credit interval fund
A credit fund manager has provided a performance update on is multi-strategy closed-end credit fund through regulatory filings, revealing it has beat its benchmark from 1 April to 30 September despite losing 13.66%

Panagram assembles private mid-market CLO
Panagram Asset Management has put together the latest in a series of middle market loan CLOs in the form of Cedar Crest 2022-1