US CLO league tables: CSAM and JP Morgan lead the way as refis take over
For the third straight month US CLO issuance topped $35 billion, with $22.9 billion of the $35.9 billion in April coming from repricings

CLO fund comes top by distance in middling month for credit
A CIS Asset Management fund, which invests mainly in US CLO equity, was the star performer in March after gaining 7.36% in the month

Elmwood launches new CLO series with $529.5 million Logan CLO I
Elmwood Asset Management launched a new series of CLOs on Friday, printing an irregular deal named Logan CLO I

Market absorbs three CLO refinancings worth $1 billion
Apex Credit Partners, Barings and Voya Investment Management have each refinanced a CLO, with the three deals totalling $1.02 billion

More US CLO refis price as supply weighs on spreads
CLO refi transactions from Benefit Street Partners and Hayfin Capital Management have priced, adding $788.8 million to primary volume

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

Citi and BofA to bring others on board with groundbreaking CLO/loan b-wic platform
Further details have emerged of Citi and Bank of America's multi-dealer trading platform for CLOs and loans, nicknamed project octopus, with officials at Citi telling Creditflux that they are accelerating talks with dealers to join the initiative

US CLO pricing lab: let’s refi like it’s 2017
The new issue US CLO market has been a slow burn over the last two weeks with only six deals being brought to the market amid wider triple A spreads. But the repricing market has been booming with today’s triple A levels still comparatively cheaper than previous vintages exiting their non-call periods

Monroe issues first CLO since Bonaccord equity deal
Monroe Capital has priced its first new CLO in nine months, issuing a $455 million middle market transaction named Monroe Capital MML CLO XI

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

US CLO league tables: CLOs put on extra weight in February
Deal sizes increase as demand soars

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

Mid market CLO league tables: Billion dollar reset and tech CLO kick-start issuance
Mid-Market springs to life as winter winds down

PGIM refis 2018 CLO with triple and double Bs wider
PGIM has saved 12.34 basis points after refinancing its 2018 CLO named Dryden 61. Unusually for a refi, the triple and double B notes were wider than in their original issue form

Invesco flavours 2016 CLO vintage with single B notes
Invesco has priced a $553.6 million reset of 2016's Riserva CLO via Goldman Sachs, inserting a new single B-rated liability tranche into the structure in the process

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 

Recette reset takes US CLO market to new tights
Invesco has priced the tightest CLO reset in the market with a triple A print of just 108 basis points over Libor

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

It's all relative: CLO spreads explore record tights as credit indices hit impasse
CLO spreads are grinding to ever tighter levels, despite a flattish week for credit in which corporate credit indices have ended up more or less unchanged

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

Trimaran prints first new CLO since October 2019
Trimaran Advisors has priced a new issue CLO via Credit Suisse named Trimaran Cavu 2021-1

It's all relative: CLOs are lagging no more, as Carlyle deal drags market tighter
“CLOs are lagging” has been a much repeated refrain over the last nine months. But Carlyle Group has this week produced a US CLO that has dragged spreads to their tightest point in three years so that, rather than comparing CLOs to pre-covid levels, they should be assessed against early 2018

At least 2020 wasn’t dreadful for CLOs
Last year’s downturn was another in which CLOs survived and in many cases thrived as active management and Libor floors helped managers deliver 13%-plus returns to equity

US banks embrace CLOs again to drive spread compression
The three big US bank-buyers of senior CLO tranches — Citi, JP Morgan and Wells Fargo — all returned to the mar-ket as investors in January after sitting out for much of 2020

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